I love that Kyle seems like he just enjoyed the show of a fellow professional racer shwoing people how it's done. I am a big SVG fan but as some of the other guys said he is only a rookie to that class, not racing in general. He wasn't making them look bad in my opinion, just showing them where they could go in terms of those cars performance on a street circuit.

@@x3rx3s01 Fair call. The kiwis are good at a lot of stuff. The rivalry is there but when I am not supporting the aussies I am a kiwi fan.

@@x3rx3s01 To a point, certainly, and in many spheres, such as music even. In F1 the Bruce McLaren name is still very prominent however Aussie Jack Brabham beat him to the punch by being the first constructor / driver to win an F! Championship. Chicagoians also witnessed the Aussies defeat NZers in the flying an spectacular Sail GP events.

Well said Jeremy.

@@x3rx3s01yep they all come to OZ to better themselves 😅

He has a feel on the brakes that NASCAR drivers don't really have a chance to develop.

As a Ford fan, SVG is a nightmare for me when I watch V8 supercars 🥴🥴

And did it without the typical obligatory bump and run of NASCAR’s drivers. Bravo to SVG

Love to see him full time in cup, per his request. He had a massive advantage coming into this race. You won't see him do this again in a cup car, unless it's a street circuit no other cup guy has experience in though.

@@miguelbarrero5572could at least like a real car lol must be embarrassing being a ford fan since they cant seem to win anything

Refreshing indeed, especially compared to the reaction to Jeffrey Herlings doing a similar thing and winning in US motorcross as an outsider.

So cool you are positive about an outsider claiming this unique win. He’s a charger and from day one of his supercar season he stood out for all the best reasons. SVG also likes to REALLY celebrate a victory. Have a look for his last Bathurst win and the national live interview he nearly just made the morning after…😂🤣😂🤣

Anyone of the top 10 Australian v8 supercar drivers would have won that race.They are better drivers than the nascar drivers by a country mile…Ask Darrell Waltrip..

It's horses for courses though isn't it. Shane's been there and done that on the street tracks he is the best v8 driver in Australia. I think the top ten guys in Aus could have done that is stretch .Cam Waters and Chaz Moztert could have done it if they stayed clean. It was a great result though it's funny though it's like everyone is waiting for the blow up but everyone is going how good is this guy . I loved it when Eckstrom drove that v8 into the top ten at Bathurst after Priex binned it . And it's a similar reaction wow how good is this guy, barely driven the car and he is fast

@@davidjohnston7512 and any nascar driver would destroy him on an oval. ofc a driver from a road course series does better at a roadcourse, they have good skillsets

@@etherealaim no one really know that though. Scott has done an amazing job in indycar and i am pretty sure hes won on an oval.

Don't forget NZ Rally and GT cars in Europe

Oh... And Sprintcars too

Is it true he also drive Formula Ford? If so, he can drive open wheel too, that is insane.

@@ethanweeter2732 all of the above is true, in his post race interview he said "1 more year in aus, and then i can come full time" but I am unsure if he will pursue nascar or IndyCar

@@seekhearts he's not a fan of the Gen3 cars. I'd bet he gets offered plenty of drives and you know the money will massive

I mean it is embarrassing that a bunch of seasoned nascar drivers got schooled by someone who jumped in a cup car for the very first time with no experience. A very bad look 🤣

@@jaredchampagne2752 None of them had driven the track and few had ever driven a street circuit. No doubt Shane will have his challenges at the ovals.

@@jaredchampagne2752 Not really. SVG has more experience racing on this type of track and surface conditions than the rest of them.

@@jaredchampagne2752 It's only embarrassing to people who have unbearably big egos.

@@bucky13 Its that the truth here aye. 100% haha. No idea..

I was just thinking the same thing 😂

Not this season. But in the past few, absolutely.

When he's punting them off the track? Yeah ok then 🙄😂

​@squalidseal6126 yeah, bottling qualifying for 100k sprints tends to do that.

He DIDNT MAKE ANY1 LOOK BAD...MOST NASCAR DRIVERS 1ST EVER STREET COARSE!!!! 😂 DIFFERENT RACING ALL TOGETHER...LETS SEE SVG AT WATKINS GLEN OR ATLANTA LMAO!!!! #DI9

I would loooove to see NASCAR try a race down under again on a street or road course. Bathurst would be incredible to get some NASCAR drivers to transplant themselves in to for their race as svg did for Chicago

I thought the same thing, the respect from the other drivers was great, I'm sure they would all be across V8 supercars as well.

Awe they'd have a blast 😁

As a Australian we now recognise him as a proud Australian

@@pineapplesideways3820He’s a kiwi

That wouldn’t happen lol a nascar driver on a street circuit in aus would get lapped by everyone! They aren’t circuit specialists

@@Thebigmarn270some of them are

​@@Thebigmarn270I think A.J. Allmendinger would do well.

​@@Thebigmarn270Chase Elliot, Larson, Christopher Bell, Reddick to name a few all raced Shane very hard and at times even pulled away from him and led the race. If nascar does some more Street Circuits the expeirence gap would close. Nascar guys would do quite well. Considering your best driver had to drive his heart out to beat ours

@@Thebigmarn270y’all’s best driver had to drive hard to win and didn’t dominate the whole race or anything. NASCAR has very good drivers and every other specialist from other series has struggled. SVG is just one of the best drivers in the world. Nascar drivers looked just like the aus drivers do against SVG.

Maybe even bring their cars to Bathurst

Even just to come over and train with the Aussies. Imagine a V* serries race in Chicago and a Nascar race in Australia? How good would that be?

A few years back, wasn't there a NASCAR or Indycar driver running as a guest?

Yep agreed!

@@mickboyce386 You've only had an Aussie win 4 times in the last 10 series. Train with the Kiwis more like it.

and thats what you'd see him do every race. watching his race craft is just brilliant

Now that I think about it- I was also standing up.

Still Say ,the 90's were Best decade for Nascar ! Had Me on my feet Many times !

Same. I was on my feet.

he bumped Elliott before he passed him.

I feel like I'm losing my mind here. I watched the race expecting it to be top level racing but I swear it was only about 40 laps under green flag, the rest was guys chucking it into the barriers, cautions and ad breaks.

As an American race fan and sometime competitor, I remember a couple of Kiwi boys that obliterated the competition in the CanAm series. Remembering Bruce Mclaren and Denny Hulme.

@@rickklein7792 Denny was a great favourite here in Australia. He sadly passed away after suffering a heart attack in the 1992 Bathurst race. Won 1967 FI Championship driving for Jack Brabham. Much respected man.

@@flamingfrancis I started following the CanAm series in 1967. My first race at Road America. Had the pleasure of meeting the "Bear" (as US media called him) in 1969 while helping a McLaren mechanic bleed the brakes on the M8B he was to drive. Great career with McLaren. CanAm, Indy, F1.

Shane is well known for his car control and can handle difficult conditions (wet and mixed cinditions).

@@simonkevnorris Absolutely. But so is Jensen Button. He was a master of mixed conditions... But in a much lighter, stickier Formula 1 car. SVG just put on a school. You have you think he was just riding around most of the race, staying out of trouble until the end. It seemed easy for him you just pull away when he needed it.

Australian Supercars series fans know this as classic Shane Van Gisbergen. .

@@petermiddo i do have to agree it was the Classic SVG

@@m73m95 yea he was preserving the car for sure

@@x3rx3s01 I think the term is still a rookie when it's your first race in any new motor sport. Regardless of being paid to be there...

🇳🇿 🇦🇺 Shane is a driving legend. Watch out world 👍

Quite exciting.

he is a master a true champion

He's out of contract at the end of this year. There is an option with his current supercars team for 2024 but I think he'll end up in nascar full time next year. Noone here has the money to compete with what he'll be offered after today's performance.

I still hurt a bit that Haley missed out on a playoff spot, but that's more a stink against the playoffs rather than SVG. He put up an awesome drive, and as someone that wasn't a fan of the Chicago Street race idea, he definitely put on a good show and better racing than I'd expected from this race. Good for him, hopefully we see more of SVG in NASCAR!

Some people say I was crazy to say that nascar manipulates races to steal the headlines, and your comment just made my comment come full circle.

@@RollerCoasterLineProductions NAH HE DIDN'T DRIVE HIS ASS OFF AT ALL THO RIGHT EVERYONE JUST LET HIM ON BY SO THE OUTCOME CAN BE MANIPULATED FOR VEIWS !

I think Ruapuna is still held by Scott Dixon in an open Wheeler

@@henzmatto4982 yeah your right, just checked it, unoffical it goes to liam lawson in a rodin race car, but scott holds it offically

@@henzmatto4982 probably because Shanes to tall to get into an open wheeler

How many Tracks are there in NZ The North Track and The South Track.hahaha.

​​@@darrylmackie91847 road tracks alot of dirt ovals and some of the best rally ready gravel roads on the world haha

With Shane's drift and sprint car experience I'm looking forward to seeing him on the oval tracks . He's be awesome here in Australia so I'm happy for him to venture forward.

Kiwi

@@mikemoloney7196 I’m the Aussie…

He has won in a Sprintcar. He will be decent eventually on ovals

I wish so too! I’ve been really interested in the Supercars series and love watching the highlights but it’s tough to watch a full race

Me too... I hate having to rely on race highlights to see what happened.

Supercars used to have decent coverage in the states but no more. Its a shame since the racing and variety of tracks are great.

I have a subscription to their KZfaq membership and they stream everything

@shmeeve good to know, I'm going to have to look into it. As much as I enjoy watching races that occur in the US, I also enjoy watching some of the race series overseas. I'm grateful for the fact that GT World streams on KZfaq for free. But I'm seriously gonna have to look into streaming for Supercar.

Yeah, this is what he does.. 👍lets see him at a track like Daytona etc.

@@chrisbennett9153

@@chrisbennett9153 He'd be bored after 5 laps

it is his game with a different car than he is used to really

His game but your toys. Brand new car to drive cant be underestimated.

Big win for Supercar US fans have now heard of it

Soon as knew he was racing already knew he was gonna win ! Have been watching V8 Supercars since it was first shown when we had Speedvision in Canada My 1at kart number was 888 !!

Its a street race, relax. NASCAR isnt a street series.

@@AsylumSaint so they are a one trick pony over there?

​​@@JohnnytempistNascar isn't a one trick pony. Nascar cup series is mainly an oval racing series, and they only do 6-7 road/street courses. The rest is various (even dirt) oval racing which the series focuses on. Shane is also a 3x World Champ in similar equipment who benefitted from having much fresher tires when they decided to cut the race short by 25 laps. This is also only the second year for this Nascar car package that is so similar to the Supercars. Before, the tires were much bigger and the suspension was a lot different. The Nascar drivers have nothing to be embarrassed about at all. They were beaten by an EXTREMELY talented driver with more experience and a tire advantage. Btw, Nascar owns IMSA.

@@Johnnytempist We have seen this same song and dance before. Ask Marcus Ambrose and Juan Pablo Montoya if there is a difference. Its just the way things are. NASCAR is an oval series. Its not rocket science.

I think we have shown that drivers from down under are far better road racers and even dirt racers too.

Oval is way different, stands no chance. Learning the aero alone takes a long time.

Headlined even here in SE Asia... Not SVGs biggest fan, but he did impress and actually looked very relaxed and comfortable with the press for a change.

@@YuriGoofov I didn`t think he was a chance for this race...I guess time will tell. If Dixon and McLaughlin can do it in Indycar then SVG is capable of giving it a crack in NASCAR. Just saying ☺

Kiwis have rich history look at McLaren, McLachlan, Ambrose the list goes on

@@andymills2985 Ambrose is Australian?

Bahaha so true

💯stubbornly trying to maintain 100km/ph cruise control down the backroads, while going around a 60km corner, avoiding the potholes, and eating a steak and cheese pie from the servo.

Australian NASCAR ram at Mount Panorama

@robertryan7204 I was thinking of a NASCAR International race as they did years ago in Suzuka, Japan I think. During the off-season or just before the season. It would be great for the sport. Of even better have Nascar drivers come over and run the supercars. Sorta let the teams partner with the manufacturer teams for the manufacturers, teams and drivers.

@@mrj3217 Problem the NASCAR drivers would be too slow. Bathurst would freak them out

I’m terrified for them… haha

Not much class shown from him, my car this, his car that…. blah blah blah

He did have older tires than SVG, and you gotta give him credit. He started last after wrecking in practice, had 20 minutes of simulator practice and even helped wrap his car overnight prior to the race.

@@BlynkWRLD yeah, but excuse does not make it acceptable to bullshit us or himself. It probably was the tyres that allowed SVG to pull away like he was. Point is he was pulling away, not having 2nd place "hold his own".

@@BlynkWRLD maybe be should blame his teams strategy? Shane raced the same race and ended up right there with him on better tyres.

Penske could launch a 4th team, Trackhouse could go to 3 full-time.

888 won't even come close to the amount of money he'll have thrown at him from the US teams

Yeh i thought that to liked when Giz was doing the burnout down the front straight and Kyle Larson was giving him a big thumbs up as he went past.

As an Aussie sprint car fan I rate Larson as a freaky good driver, so him heaping praise on SVG is high flattery for Giz. A lot of people in Aus are going to have to bite their tongues now, after predicting all sorts of doom and gloom for SVG in his NASCAR race

@@timjohnun4297 we here in NZ were more optimistic...

Add sprint cars to that resume as well.

He has a reputation of driving anything

That would be an incredible watch

With the greatest respect to shane, Scotty Mac was better than him in supercars.

Hello, @@someoneunseen5168. I didn't say that SVG was the best. I merely suggested that the regular Nascar drivers take a look at Bathurst to see where he learned his trade With the greatest of respect to Scotty Mac, HE was NOT racing in Chicago. And I have sufficient conviction in my opinions to put my REAL name to my posts instead of hiding behind a pseudonym. Just my 0.02. You have a wonderful opinion delusion. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

Nascar is a speedway motorsport so no Nascar drivers is gonna compare with these guys on a roadcourse. If he joined Nascar next year full time speedways would definitely throw him a few wrenches though like it does everyone.

He has run plenty of street courses and probably around the world.

@@frenchonion4595Yes, but a guy with his talent would figure it out quick I think.

I was watching SVG’s onboard camera the whole race, and he was definitely getting the car to rotate more in the mid corner. There were several corners, lap after lap, where he was squaring up the exit, driving straighter off the corner instead of drifting all the way out to the outside wall. By getting the car more square, he could get on throttle earlier, and it helped him avoid some of the painted lines, which are a death trap on a wet street course. He was also gaining a lot of time in the downhill braking into T7, again by squaring up the exit of T6 and driving a straighter line down the left side of Balbo Ave.

Your lucky to see that cos he doesn’t allow a foot camera in his Supercar to hide his technique 😂

@tonystewart7287 he does not need to in my opinion, because I know I can't even move my feet and ankles like that if I tried. The heel-toe thing is very hard for me. I use the anti-stall clutch in iRacing and other sims. I can drive a stick and in a real car, it might be better at it. On the sim, it is just not Intuitive enough for me to sync up with and not me shifts.

@albinorhino6 exactly man that's what I am saying. I know using the brake and throttle can help you sorta get the car to turn if your doing it right. But that also slows your down and burns tires sliding. Using the clutch and different gears for engine braking helps naturally slow the car down and rotate with out just sliding the tires. It's so much more controlled rotation. He is a Championship driver who flew to Amerixa and schooled the NASCAR guys at home.

True, but NASCAR drivers have a ton of pride.

@@ethanweeter2732 I was really impressed by how complimentary the NASCAR drivers were. It can't have been nice to lose to the rookie. The Australian series seems like it has become a bit of a cesspool of political backbiting / mind games. I feel like the two series could learn a lot from each other - and would be keen to see more integration.