UPDATE: Shane van Gisbergen will look to back up his Chicago heroics when he makes a second NASCAR Cup Series start next month.
It’s now considered almost a formality that he’ll switch full-time to NASCAR as soon as next year.
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ORIGINAL POST 7-22-2024: Triple Eight won’t stand in the way of a permanent move to NASCAR next season for Shane van Gisbergen.
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As it stands van Gisbergen is under contract with Triple Eight until the end of the 2024 Supercars season, after which he is free to pursue a deal outside of the Aussie series.
However T8 managing director Jamie Whincup today admitted that should a NASCAR offer come along for next season, the team won’t stand in van Gisbergen’s way.
Speaking to Fox Sports, Whincup said: “He’s only contractually bound to us for next year. But me sitting here right now, of course I’m trying to run the business as well as I possibly can, and I need the best drivers – but if any driver, engineer, employee came to me and said, ‘hey, my dream is to go to the other side of the world and do something else’ then I’m not going to stand in their way, am I?
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