Shane van Gisbergen secures the Supercars title in style with a dominant win at Surfers Paradise 👑 Full RepcoSC race report and results ⬇️
The Kiwi went into the opening 250-kilometre race of the Gold Coast 500 weekend needing only to finish 24th or better to be crowned champion.
"We had to beat one car to secure [the title], but we killed everyone," said van Gisbergen."What a year. It's been a lot of fun. I want to come out tomorrow and do the same job, so I'll keep focus. But it's certainly pretty special.converted pole into an early lead, although initially it was anything but comfortable as second-placed van Gisbergen tried to find a way past.
In the laps that followed van Gisbergen steadily closed back onto the bumper of the Reynolds Mustang, before making another play for the lead at the hairpin on lap 15. Van Gisbergen followed suit a lap later, popping out just ahead of Reynolds before resisting a brief challenge as his tyres came up to temperature.
By the midway point of the 85-lapper it was over three seconds, before ballooning to more than seven seconds when Reynolds made his second stop on lap 52.