Shane van Gisbergen

Aucklander wins both races on Sunday - the second in dramatic style - as Supercars say goodbye to cherished old race track.

"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 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.

New Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen says winning the final race ever at Pukekohe rates is one of the greatest achievements of his Supercars career.

Van Gisbergen's winning move was completed in front of the fans on the hill. The weight of home support was in the #97's corner, and he delivered in style. Van Gisbergen said he drew on local inspiration to take home the win.