Shane van Gisbergen didn’t just stroll into Supercars. Instead, he kicked the door down, parked himself in the front, and stayed there for over a decade. Three championships, eighty career wins, forty-six pole positions, and a knack for making overtakes look like a casual Sunday drive turned him into a living legend back home in New Zealand and Australia. The guy could wrestle a V8 around Bathurst in the rain and make it look like a video game highlight reel.
His reputation? Equal parts fierce competitor and problem-solver behind the wheel. SVG was the kind of driver who figures out a track’s secrets before everyone else has even unpacked their gear. And now that skill set has followed him across the Pacific, where… well, let’s just say some drivers, including veterans like Denny Hamlin,