Shane Van Gisbergen

V8 Supercar Driver


Caption =
Name = Shane Van Gisbergen
Nationality = flagicon|NZL New Zealander
Car number = 9
Team = Stone Brothers Racing
Races = 15
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Poles = 0
2007 Championship position = 43rd (23 pts)

Shane Van Gisbergen (born May 9, 1989) is a racecar driver from Auckland, New Zealand. Van Gisbergen has raced in the New Zealand, Toyota Racing Series in 2007. He is currently driving in the V8 Supercar series for Stone Brothers Racing, driving the number 9 Falcon V8 Supercar.

For the record

For the record - 1st overall in the Championship by 112 points
* 1st Rookie of the year
* 12 race wins 5 second places
* 5 pole positions
* Recipient of the Presidents Motorsport Scholarship
* Winner again of the prestigious Steel Trophy
* Winner of the Ron Frost Memorial Trophy
* Winner of the NZ Motoring Awards Best Young
* Driver of the Year

200th V8 Supercar Driver

Shane Van Gisbergen become the 200th driver to start a race in a V8 Supercar at the Jim Beam 400 at Oran Park Raceway 2007 Round 8. [ [http://www.p101.com.au/html/s01_home/home.asp V8 Supercars: The First Decade by Publishing 101] ]

Van Gisbergen finished race 1 in 20th spot before improving to 13th for race 2 but then dropped down to 23rd in race 3.

References

External links

* [http://www.shanevangisbergen.com Official Shane van Gisbergen Website]
* [http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=&author=&gid=32668787 Shane van Gisbergen 200th V8 Supercar driver]
* [http://www.toyotaracing.co.nz/Default.aspx?pageid=1 Toyota Racing Series]