Van Gisbergen rocked the NASCAR world when he received on debut within the inaugural Cup race on the Chicago Avenue Course in July, driving the Project91 entry for Trackhouse Racing.
He grew to become the primary driver in 60 years to win in his first ever Cup Collection begin.
The New Zealander adopted it up with a prime 10 end on the Indianapolis Highway Course, turning into the primary driver to open their Cup profession with back-to-back prime 10s since Terry Labonte did so in 1978.
He additionally made his Truck Collection debut at IRP final month, ending nineteenth with Niece Motorsports.
In 2024, van Gisbergen will be a part of Trackhouse’s developmental programme, which can see him race throughout all three nationwide divisions of the game in choose races. He may even run “some late mannequin and different races,” per the crew.
“This announcement means so many issues to me,” stated the 34-year-old in a launch from the crew. “I’m happy with what I’ve achieved right here in Australia, however I’m excited by this new chapter in my profession and the alternatives that it brings.
“I’m so grateful to everybody who has performed a task in my profession thus far, particularly Triple Eight Race Engineering, and looking out ahead to ending our 12 months with a number of extra highlights!
“It’s time for a brand new problem and this journey into NASCAR would be the largest problem of my profession and one I’m actually trying ahead to. I wish to thank Justin Marks (Trackhouse founder and proprietor) and everybody at Trackhouse Racing who’ve taken an opportunity on me and given me this chance. I’m excited to get to America and getting the season began.”
Race winner Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing, Chevrolet Camaro
Photograph by: David Rosenblum / NKP / Motorsport Images
Precise particulars of his 2024 schedule have but to be launched, however the purpose appears to be all about getting van Gisbergen on top of things as quick as potential.
“That is going to be an incredible problem for Shane however he’s an incredible driver as we have now all seen,” stated Trackhouse Racing team founder Justin Marks.
“Subsequent 12 months can be about getting him acclimated to oval monitor racing, superspeedways, 1.5-mile tracks and the whole lot he has by no means skilled in his profession. It’s clearly going to be a studying course of, however we predict Shane will carry out fairly properly.”
Trackhouse at present fields two full-time Cup vehicles with Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez. They don’t have any groups within the decrease NASCAR divisions.
However earlier than heading over to America, van Gisbergen nonetheless has a title combat to settle in Supercars. He’s 137 factors adrift of championship chief Brodie Kostecki with the endurance rounds simply forward, starting with the Sandown 500 this weekend.