Supercars news | Bathurst 1000 winner Shane van Gisbergen to make Sprintcar debut at Baypark Speedway
, 2022-12-04 02:47:08,
There’s no slowing down for Shane van Gisbergen.
Fresh off winning his third Supercars title, the Kiwi has confirmed he’ll head home just a few days after the season-ending Adelaide 500 to make his Sprintcar debut at Baypark Speedway.
The motorsport all-rounder hasn’t shied away from dabbling in different forms of motorsport.
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This year he contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a GTE entry and also made his FIA World Rally Championship debut at his home event, Rally New Zealand, where he claimed a class podium in WRC2.
Alongside his Supercars commitments, van Gisbergen also contested select rounds of GT World Challenge Australia on the SpeedSeries support card.
Now, the 33-year-old has a slew of speedway races on his radar, starting on Saturday in Tauranga at the North Island Sprintcar Championship meeting.
“They’re absolute beasts,” van Gisbergen told V8 Sleuth.
“Obviously you’re on dirt and you’re in an open-wheeler that’s 500kg with big aerodynamics and 900bhp.
“You sit in them like you’re in a bus. It’s the most foreign feeling but you get the biggest rush.
“The races last for five minutes but so much can happen. It’s crazy but I’ve always been a fan of it, so it’ll be a good…
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