Shane van Gisbergen

The championship leader won his 18th race of the season to equal the all-time record.

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Mostert was 2.3s behind, with Waters 4.4s from the winner. Van Gisbergen kept the margin at 1.3s, with Waters unable to make a dent on Mostert. Mostert led Davison in on the following lap, with Waters splitting them on re-entry. Van Gisbergen emerged ahead of Mostert following his lap 18 stop, with the margin 0.5s. The points leader crossed the line ahead of Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters, with Will Davison fourth. Davison ranged around the outside of the #97 at Turn 8, but ran wide and collided with Waters.

Qualifying for the final two races at the New Zealand circuit saw van Gisbergen and Will Davison grab the final pole positions on offer before two dramatic ...

Feeney in fourth was the first of the leading pack to come in to stop on lap 18 and that triggered his direct rivals into action as both De Pasquale and Heimgartner running behind the teenager dived in a lap later. As a number of drivers down the pack gambled on coming straight in for their mandatory stops, Davison looked to quickly build a lead over Waters at the front of the pack but was unable to build much of a gap – although the top two would break away from De Pasquale. The final ever Supercar race at the circuit kicked off with Davison on pole ahead of Waters and De Pasquale, with DJR having worked hard in the gap between races to ensure the #11 Ford was able to take part.

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"The car was amazing ... Brown was sent off the track at 180km/h, saying "it was the biggest hit I've ever had", before unloading on Winterbottom in the garage, with his team manager pushing the veteran and telling him to leave. Davison was too quick on the accelerator in pit lane, taking off as his team tightened his wheel, meaning he needed to pit again to fix it, and then once more as a penalty. Saturday's winner Will Davison will rue his Sunday, botching a passing move on van Gisbergen for the lead in race 28 to finish fourth, then winding up 23rd after a race 29 disaster. It's a dream. I grew up watching Supercars here and fell in love with it and wanted to become a Supercars driver."

Shane van Gisbergen was somewhat lost for words after taking a thrilling, last-ever victory at Pukekohe Park Raceway in Race 29 of the Repco Supercars ...

“Andrew as well, he was pretty close with JR, worked closely with him, and how emotional he was for the JR trophy, it’s pretty cool to share that with him.” “And then the next lap up to the Hairpin, it was pretty hard not to be distracted. “But the second time, I wasn’t lifting, I was going on the fence.” “But, doing the skid [post-race burnout] and having the crowd, it was it was pretty cool.” “Been struggling a lot in the high-speed corners and we made a couple of tweaks there and the thing was a rocket and I just had the eyes on and charged on. Van Gisbergen was born in nearby Auckland, the capital city of the region in which Pukekohe is located, and can now count himself as the winner of the last two races which Supercars will hold at the track.

Shane van Gisbergen has hailed his incredible finish to the final Supercars race at Pukekohe Park as the highlight of an already illustious career.

It resulted in the wheel just hanging on, having to pit again on the next lap and then copping a penalty. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. But the left rear wheel nut wasn’t done up before Davison’s car was dropped and he sped away. No offence to Cam, but I was cheering for Shane.” If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. Then you start thinking about it and fight back the tears,” Heimgartner said. Then when I passed Cam into the hairpin on the next lap, they were going nuts.” The spotlight had been on Van Gisbergen all week, something he’s never comfortable with. Having Jason’s parents there, it was very cool.” “It was an emotional day and I was really glad Shane was able to get it in the end. “I could see them going wild.

In a highly entertaining weekend of Supercars racing, it was a fitting farewell for the end of motorsport at the grand old lady of New Zealand racing venues.

With three laps to go the Kiwi slid past Waters and went on to take the win with Heimgartner third. I knew he was going to be the hardest guy to get past but I wasn't going to give up. On the restart, Davison bounced away and held firm from Waters, De Pasquale, Feeney and Heimgartner with van Gisbergen in eighth, but trouble arrived for Davison during the pitstop. "It was a bit crazy on the restart and I did the best I could to try and get going as I was struggling on my tyres. Van Gisbergen picked up his 17th win of the season with Mostert second and Waters third. "I could see the crowd and it was awesome and pretty hard to not get distracted. With a few laps to go van Gisbergen got past Heimgartner and set about chasing Waters down. The second race again started with drama as James Courtney was punted heavily into the wall at turn one. On the restart van Gisbergen held Davison at bay. Heimgartner finished sixth and the third Kiwi in the field, Chris Pither, ended 19th. No matter where we go next in New Zealand I hope we can keep racing for the JR Trophy." Seeing his parents was awesome and great to have them here.