{"id":500218,"date":"2026-02-24T04:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/500218\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:25:15","slug":"shane-van-gisbergen-documentary-cota-nascar-double-duty-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/500218\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen documentary, COTA NASCAR double duty announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHANE van Gisbergen will return to double duty this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas, with SafetyCulture set to sponsor both his Trackhouse Racing NASCAR Cup Car and his JR Motorsports O\u2019Reilly Series Chevrolets.<\/p>\n<p>The Sydney-based company first entered NASCAR with van Gisbergen in 2024, with the pair last year celebrating victory in the Cup Series at Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n<p>The return to JR Motorsports sees the Kiwi reunite with the squad that claimed victory last year on the streets of Chicago, before finishing second at Sonoma.<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s #9 entry is a part-time effort from the outfit, with Ross Chastain previously announced to run a limited schedule.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-2?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-2_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, SafetyCulture has partnered with NASCAR and Trackhouse Racing to produce a documentary on van Gisbergen\u2019s stockcar racing journey.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary, entitled Runaway Kiwi, will be available to watch on the official NASCAR YouTube channel and The NASCAR Channel starting Friday, February 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast season was unforgettable, and we wouldn\u2019t have achieved so much success without SafetyCulture,\u201d said van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey helped keep our team prepared and focused, so we could show up every weekend and compete for wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafetyCulture was a big part of my racing career in New Zealand and Australia, and to have their continued support on my NASCAR journey is special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy win in Mexico City with SafetyCulture on board is something I will never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SafetyCulture will also sponsor SVG\u2019s Trackhouse Racing teammate Chastain at Martinsville.<\/p>\n<p>Top 5: Classic V8 Ute Crashes from Adelaide<\/p>\n<p>On this week&#8217;s Top 5, presented by Shell, The Undercut delves into the archives for some classic carnage from the V8 Utes on the Adelaide Street Circuit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHANE van Gisbergen will return to double duty this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas, with SafetyCulture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-500218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}