Shane van Gisbergen has extended his points lead with a dominant Race 25 victory at Sandown.

Van Gisbergen won from pole in Sunday’s first Penrite Oil Sandown SuperSprint race.

It was van Gisbergen’s 15th win of 2022, and his fourth in the last five races at Sandown.

The reigning champion will carry a 446-point lead into Sunday afternoon’s finale.

Chaz Mostert shrugged off an engine change to finish second, with Will Brown third.

Brown cleared David Reynolds on lap 33 to claim his first podium of the season.

Will Davison, who started 11tafter a qualifying drama, finished down a lowly 15th due to a penalty.

Davison worked his way into the top 10 before he was pinged for a pit lane infringement.

“The car was really good, so much better than yesterday,” van Gisbergen said.

“The real test will come this afternoon, when Will is up the front, he was very fast yesterday.

“I can’t remember the last time I got through Turn 1 in the lead, I was like, ‘Shit, what do I do now?’

“I was a bit lost for the first few laps.”

Mostert hounded van Gisbergen in the early laps before the points leader pulled away.

The winning margin was 7.5s, van Gisbergen scoring career victory No. 69.

Triple Eight has now won 12 of the last 14 races at Sandown dating back to 2011.

Brown was 4.4s behind Mostert, with Reynolds 1.9s behind the Erebus Commodore.

Brown’s last podium came in Sydney some nine months ago.

Scott Pye was fifth ahead of Heimgartner and Waters, with De Pasquale, Golding and Feeney rounding out the top 10.

The Penrite Oil Sandown SuperSprint will conclude with Race 26 at 4:20pm local time.

Van Gisbergen holds off Davison for Sunday double at Sandown

Shane van Gisbergen has outlasted Will Davison to record his 16th win of the season and draw one step closer to a third career Supercars title.

Red Bull’s Van Gisbergen helped himself to a second Penrite Oil Sandown SuperSprint win of the day after winning earlier today.

Davison chased all day but just couldn’t run down Van Gisbergen in the closing stages, while rookie Broc Feeney finished third for his second career podium.

Van Gisbergen’s Championship points lead is now out to 500 points from Ford’s Cam Waters and Anton De Pasquale.

It was a hectic start to the race as van Gisbergen and Davison tussled for the lead.

While the weekend’s previous race winners traded paint, Davison’s teammate Anton De Pasquale tried to sneak past the race leaders only to collide with his teammate and get the front of his car airborne.

That allowed van Gisbergen the break he needed from Davison and the defending Champion never looked back.

Van Gisbergen’s 16th win drew him level with Craig Lowndes’ haul set in 1996. Only Scott McLaughlin’s record 18 wins, set in 2019, is in van Gisbergen’s way of a new Supercars’ season record.

The victory was also the 70th of van Gisbergen’s career, which began way back in 2007.

“It was critical in those first few laps, what an awesome battle,” van Gisbergen said.

“It’s a shame Anton got damage, and we couldn’t all fight it out.

“So stoked for the team, double podium, congrats to Broc.

“[Davison’s] been really fast all weekend, I followed him yesterday, he was driving very well.

“That race, I knew I had to get him at the start… I didn’t look in the mirror, I just kept pushing.”

Holden Racing Team rookie Lowndes won a then record 16 races in the 1996 season. Lowndes’ record stood for 23 years before McLaughlin won 18 of the first 25 races in 2019.

McLaughlin and Lowndes both won the Bathurst 1000 and championship in their respective seasons.

While it took 23 years for Lowndes’ record to fall, McLaughlin’s is in serious danger of lasting just three years.

Van Gisbergen has eight more races across four events to surpass McLaughlin’s tally.

Fittingly, van Gisbergen could equal and break countryman McLaughlin’s record on home soil.

Races 27, 28 and 29 of the season will be held at Pukekohe Park Raceway in Auckland.

Coincidentally, McLaughlin broke Lowndes’ record with his 17th victory coming at Pukekohe.

Van Gisbergen will carry an extended 500-point series lead to New Zealand next month.

Supercars will return to New Zealand on September 9-11.

Sunday Race 1 Results

Sunday Race 2 Results

Driver	Team	Points	Diff
Shane van Gisbergen	Red Bull Ampol Racing Commodore	2493	-000
Cam Waters	Monster Energy Mustang	1993	-500
Will Davison	Shell V-Power Racing Mustang	1974	-519
Anton De Pasquale	Shell V-Power Racing Mustang	1971	-522
Chaz Mostert	Mobil 1 Optus Racing Commodore	1764	-729
Broc Feeney	Red Bull Ampol Racing Commodore	1648	-845
David Reynolds	Penrite Racing Commodore	1562	-931
Brodie Kostecki	Boost Mobile Erebus Commodore	1389	-1104
James Courtney	Snowy Rivers Caravans Commodore	1349	-1144
Andre Heimgartner	R&J Batteries Commodore	1346	-1147
Tim Slade	CoolDrive Mustang	1343	-1150
Mark Winterbottom	Irwin Racing Commodore	1280	-1213
Will Brown	Boost Mobile Erebus Commodore	1174	-1319
Lee Holdsworth	Penrite Racing Commodore	1122	-1371
Nick Percat	Mobil 1 NTI Commodore	1068	-1425
Todd Hazelwood	Truck Assist Commodore	1022	-1471
Scott Pye	Nulon Commodore	938	-1555
Bryce Fullwood	Middy’s Commodore	917	-1576
Macauley Jones	Drill Pro Commodore	885	-1608
Jack Le Brocq	Truck Assist Commodore	193	-2300
Thomas Randle	Castrol Racing Mustang	873	-1620
Chris Pither	Coca Cola Commodore	813	-1680
Jake Kostecki	Tradie Mustang	807	-1686
Jack Smith	SCT Logistics Commodore	754	-1739
James Golding	Subway Commodore	308	-2185