If you’ve been following Austin Cindric’s career, you might have noticed that he has never been the kind of driver to stay in one lane (literally or figuratively). He cut his teeth first in Legends cars and Bandoleros, moved to Global RallyCross, and then took on the rough-and-ready ARCA Racing Series.

From there, it was a typical steady climb. Trucks, Xfinity, and eventually the NASCAR Cup Series, where he stunned the sport by winning the Daytona 500 as a rookie in 2022. But even for a driver with that kind of résumé, Australia’s V8 Supercars presented an entirely different beast. New car. New style. New expectations. And yet, as Cindric strapped in for his debut, no one expected what came next. His ‘new’ braking technique wowed everyone.

A new chapter in a new hemisphere for Austin C

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