Trackhouse Racing Indicators Shane van Gisbergen to Multi-Yr Extension

After making the NASCAR Cup Sequence playoffs as a rookie, Shane van Gisbergen has earned a multi-year extension with Trackhouse Racing.

The workforce introduced Friday that the Auckland, New Zealand native will proceed “for years to come back.” No additional phrases had been launched.

With victories from the pole place at Mexico Metropolis, Chicago and Sonoma Raceway, van Gisbergen has secured the fourth seed within the 2025 playoffs with three races remaining within the common season.

“I really feel like Trackhouse Racing is my residence,” van Gisbergen, 36, stated in a launch.

After profitable three championships within the Australian-based Supercars collection, van Gisbergen was employed by Trackhouse two years in the past as a part of its Undertaking 91 program to showcase worldwide drivers in NASCAR’s premier collection.

On the inaugural Chicago Avenue Race in July 2023, van Gisbergen grew to become the primary driver to win in his Cup debut since Johnny Rutherford in 1963.

Van Gisbergen moved to NASCAR final 12 months and made the Xfinity Sequence playoffs with two victories for Kaulig Racing. He moved as much as Cup with Trackhouse this 12 months within the No. 88 Chevrolet and have become the winningest foreign-born driver in NASCAR historical past.

In Sunday’s race at Watkins Glen Worldwide, van Gisbergen will search to affix Chase Elliott and Jeff Gordon as the one drivers with 4 consecutive Cup wins on street or road programs.

“We’re getting to look at one of many superstars of racing,” Trackhouse Racing founder Justin Marks stated in a launch. “What we’re asking him to do carries a excessive diploma of problem. He’s moved to the opposite facet of the world, discovered a brand new type of racing and at instances dominated the competitors. He’s one of many biggest.”

No. 1 Chevy driver Ross Chastain and van Gisbergen are beneath contract for 2026, however Trackhouse has but to announce who will drive its third automobile, with Daniel Suarez leaving the No. 99 Chevrolet after the season.

Xfinity Sequence factors chief Connor Zilisch, who has 5 wins for JR Motorsports, will make his fourth Cup begin Sunday for Trackhouse Racing and has been talked about as a chief candidate to fill Suarez’s experience.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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