Shane van Gisbergen to leave Australia and run NASCAR development program for Trackhouse in 2024
FILE - Shane van Gisbergen, left, and Kamui Kobayashi talk before a practice session for the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Indianapolis. New Zealand race car driver Shane van Gisbergen will leave Australia at the end of the V8 Supercars season and move to the United States to run a developmental NASCAR schedule with Trackhouse Racing. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Darron Cummings]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Shane van Gisbergen’s expected move to NASCAR will be in a development program driving in all three national series for Trackhouse Racing. The New Zealand native won his NASCAR debut race on the downtown streets of Chicago driving for Trackhouse in early July. He said after the win wanted to make a full-time move to American stock cars and confirmed his intent later that month following a V8 Supercars race in Australia. Trackhouse has now committed to build a program around the 34-year-old from Auckland to run select races in the the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series. He’ll also run some other lower-level races.
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FILE - Shane Van Gisbergen celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the Grant Park 220 Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Chicago. New Zealand race car driver Shane van Gisbergen will leave Australia at the end of the V8 Supercars season and move to the United States to run a developmental NASCAR schedule with Trackhouse Racing. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
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