{"id":771388,"date":"2026-07-01T04:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771388\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T04:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:54:19","slug":"shane-van-gisbergens-stunning-milestone-for-new-zealand-in-nascar-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771388\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen’s stunning milestone for New Zealand in NASCAR racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHANE van Gisbergen\u2019s sweep in the NASCAR Cup Series and O\u2019Reilly Series at Sonoma Raceway over the weekend has elevated New Zealand to the second-most-winning country in his NASCAR career across all three top tiers.<\/p>\n

All told, van Gisbergen\u2019s tally of eight Cup Series and six O\u2019Reilly Series wins gives New Zealand 14 all-time wins, overtaking Canada\u2019s 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not really a stats or numbers person but I did see that New Zealand became the second winningest country in (NASCAR), so that\u2019s awesome,\u201d said the 37-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so cool to be competing in this series and have a stat like that but also be so welcomed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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SVG broke through in the Cup Series at Chicago in 2023, before winning five times in his rookie season last year at Mexico City, Chicago, Sonoma, Watkins Glen and the Charlotte Roval, ahead of winning this year at Watkins Glen and Sonoma.<\/p>\n

In the second-tier O\u2019Reilly Series, he broke through at Portland in 2024, before winning Sonoma and Chicago, repeating the street circuit victory last year, before further successes at COTA and Sonoma this year.<\/p>\n

He has raced in a total of 110 NASCAR races since first heading Stateside.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s 13 NASCAR wins, meanwhile, have been claimed by Ross Earl in Cup (1974 at Martinsville), Ron Fellows (four in O\u2019Reilly and two in Trucks), Larry Pollard (O\u2019Reilly in 1987 at Langley), plus Stewart Friesen (four times in Trucks), and Rapha\u00ebl Lessard in 2020 in the Truck Series at Talladega.<\/p>\n

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Mexico rates third with Daniel Su\u00e1rez\u2019s eight wins (three Cup, four O\u2019Reilly and one in Trucks), with Australia fourth via Marcos Ambrose\u2019s seven successes.<\/p>\n

He won twice in the Cup Series at Watkins Glen, four times there in the O\u2019Reilly Series, and once at Montreal in 2011.<\/p>\n

The remaining international NASCAR winners have featured F1 alumni, namely Juan Pablo Montoya from Colombia (two Cup, one O\u2019Reilly), Nelson Piquet Jr from Brazil (one O\u2019Reilly, two Trucks) and Mario Andretti, who won the 1967 Daytona 500 for Italy.<\/p>\n

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Van Gisbergen\u2019s eight Cup wins are tied for 71st all-time with Hendrick Motorsports\u2019 Alex Bowman and Kyle Petty, the son of the legendary Richard Petty.<\/p>\n

His 14 wins across all series match the tally of his Trackhouse Racing stablemate Ross Chastain.<\/p>\n

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