Supercars: Van Gisbergen claims one of the greatest wins of his career

Fairy tales don’t come along every day in sport, but today they did for Auckland’s Supercars’ Champion Shane van Gisbergen.

The dominant kiwi won his way into history with dual victories on the final ever day of Supercars racing at his home circuit, Pukekohe Park Raceway and Holden’s final ever day at the circuit as well.

His victory in the final race of the event was described by van Gisbergen as “Better than winning Bathurst.”

van Gisbergen leads Event 10 of the Repco Supercars Championship, Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand. 11 Sep 2022

In front of thousands of kiwi fans, the Red Bull ace equalled fellow kiwi Scott McLaughlin’s season record of 18 race victories, by moving from 8th to first, with a daring move to overtake Cam Waters Mustang at high speed with just two laps to go to take the race lead.

The move saw the crowd rise as one to cheer on their local hero, who held his nerve to claim victory and his third Jason Richards’ Memorial Trophy.

All Supercars that finished the race formed a guard of honor on the circuit to thank fans before van Gisbergen, Waters and another Auckland product, Andre Heimgartner, stood on the podium in front of the famous hill at Pukekohe.

Van Gisbergen also secured the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy for a third time.

“I didn’t give up,” van Gisbergen said.

“I knew he was going to be the hardest guy to get past.

“He was doing all the right things, but making some mistakes as well.

“I just kept moving around in the mirror… unreal.”

It could’ve been a much different story today. Shell V-Power Racing’s Will Davison who was leading the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy standings – was leading Sunday’s final race before a pit lane error by his crew ended his chances of a second victory of the weekend.

Van Gisbergen now heads to Supercars’ Great Race, the Repco Bathurst 1000, holding a 525-point Championship lead over Waters. Davison is third and Anton De Pasquale is fourth.

Sunday Race 2 Results

POS NO. DRIVER TEAM BEHIND
1 97 Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team +0.000s
2 50 C. Waters Tickford Racing 1 +1.116
3 8 Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing +1.627
4 88 B. Feeney Red Bull Holden Racing Team +3.214
5 11 A. de Pasquale Shell V-Power Racing Team +5.627
6 25 Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United +6.228
7 20 S. Pye Team 18 +7.417
8 26 Reynolds Penrite Racing +8.518
9 2 Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United +12.632
10 3 Slade CoolDrive Racing +12.964
11 31 J. Golding PremiAir Subway Racing +18.022
12 18 Winterbottom Team 18 +18.943
13 14 B. Fullwood Brad Jones Racing +24.662
14 10 Holdsworth Penrite Racing +25.318
15 56 J. Kostecki Tickford Racing 2 +25.619
16 22 C. Pither PremiAir Coca Cola Racing +26.761
17 96 M. Jones SCT Motor Sports +27.225
18 55 T. Randle Tickford Racing 2 +31.827
19 99 B. Kostecki Penrite Racing – Erebus +32.487
20 4 J. Smith SCT Motor Sports +34.659
21 34 J. Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing +37.293
22 17 Davison Shell V-Power Racing Team +1 Lap
23 35 T. Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing +7 Laps
NC 5 Courtney Tickford Racing 1 +41 Laps

Sunday Race 1 Results

POS NO. DRIVER TEAM BEHIND
1 97 Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team +0.000s
2 25 Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United +2.399
3 50 C. Waters Tickford Racing 1 +4.475
4 17 Davison Shell V-Power Racing Team +6.948
5 20 S. Pye Team 18 +11.810
6 8 Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing +12.209
7 26 Reynolds Penrite Racing +19.758
8 88 B. Feeney Red Bull Holden Racing Team +22.098
9 56 J. Kostecki Tickford Racing 2 +23.760
10 31 J. Golding PremiAir Subway Racing +24.154
11 14 B. Fullwood Brad Jones Racing +26.852
12 10 Holdsworth Penrite Racing +27.599
13 96 M. Jones SCT Motor Sports +32.709
14 2 Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United +33.110
15 3 Slade CoolDrive Racing +36.208
16 5 Courtney Tickford Racing 1 +38.575
17 4 J. Smith SCT Motor Sports +42.104
18 99 B. Kostecki Penrite Racing – Erebus +42.473
19 22 C. Pither PremiAir Coca Cola Racing +42.880
20 35 T. Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing +43.778
21 55 T. Randle Tickford Racing 2 +53.171
22 18 Winterbottom Team 18 +1 Lap
NC 34 J. Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing +6 Laps
NC 11 A. de Pasquale Shell V-Power Racing Team +36 Laps
NC 9 W. Brown Penrite Racing – Erebus +36 Laps

DRIVER STANDINGS – REPCO SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos  Driver Team     Diff
Shane van Gisbergen Red Bull Ampol Racing Commodore 2782
Cameron Waters Monster Energy Mustang 2257 -525
Will Davison Shell V-Power Racing Mustang 2180 -602
Anton De Pasquale Shell V-Power Racing Mustang 2113 -669
Chaz Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing Commodore 2004 -778
Broc Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing Commodore 1852 -930
David Reynolds Penrite Racing Commodore 1742 -1040
Andre Heimgartner R&J Batteries Commodore 1592 -1190
Brodie Kostecki Boost Mobile Erebus Commodore 1485 -1297
Tim Slade CoolDrive Mustang 1435 -1347
Mark Winterbottom Irwin Racing Commodore 1429 -1353
James Courtney Snowy Rivers Caravans Commodore 1421 -1361
William Brown Boost Mobile Erebus Commodore 1312 -1470
Lee Holdsworth Penrite Racing Commodore 1308 -1474
Nick Percat Mobil 1 NTI Commodore 1280 -1502
Scott Pye Seiko Commodore 1212 -1570
Todd Hazelwood Truck Assist Commodore 1162 -1620
Bryce Fullwood Middy’s Commodore 1056 -1726
Macauley Jones Kubota Commodore 997 -1785
Thomas Randle Castrol Racing Mustang 973 -1809
Jack Le Brocq Truck Assist Commodore 937 -1845
Jake Kostecki Tradie Mustang 931 -1851
Chris Pither Coca Cola Commodore 927 -1855
Jack Smith SCT Logistics Commodore 862 -1920
James Golding Subway Commodore 444 -2338