V8 Supercar Championship Series
Van Gisbergen became the 200th driver to start a race in a V8 Supercar at the Jim Beam 400 at Oran Park Raceway in Round 8 of 2007. Van Gisbergen finished the first race in 20th position before improving to 13th for race 2 but then dropped down to 23rd in race 3.
Van Gisbergen was in the lead in the 2009 Bathurst 1000 until pitting on lap 108 when his car would not start, resulting in a 1:14 pit stop and losing him a number of positions in the race.
Van Gisbergen took out his first V8 Supercar race win in race 2 of the ITM 400 at Hamilton in his home country of New Zealand on Sunday 17 April 2011.
Van Gisbergen took out his second V8 Supercar race win on Sunday 19 June 2011 at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Australia. Van Gisbergen and Mark Winterbottom were the only Ford drivers to win in 2011. Van Gisbergen finished in fourth place in the championship.
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