Big Blow for Red Bull as 3-Time Champion Plans to Leave the $18.5 Billion Giant to Enter NASCAR Full-Time; Fans Are Thrilled

Trackhouse Racing?s Project 91 has been ruling the hearts of the NASCAR community after Shane Van Gisbergen had a marvelous win at Chicago. Having earlier fielded the 2007 F1 world champion, Kimi Raikkonen for two races, Trackhouse Racing chose van Gisbergen to drive their #91 part-time machine at the Chicago Street Course. Stepping foot into the NASCAR world for the first time, the Kiwi dominated NASCAR veteran right from the practice laps, ultimately driving down the Victory Lane of NASCAR?s inaugural street circuit.?

With Shane van Gisbergen returning to the Land Down Under to rejoin his Supercars Championship endeavors, a piece of surprising news from Red Bull?s stable has fans enthralled.

What news did Red Bull put out??

Competing in the Australian Supercars Championship series, Shane van Gisbergen has had a successful career. Driving the #97 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 car for Triple Eight Race Engineering (branded as Red Bull Ampol Racing), van Gisbergen won the Supercars series championship thrice in 2016, 2021, and 2022.

With Trackhouse Racing?s #91 Chevy bearing resemblance to his Supercars series machine, the Kiwi?s NASCAR transition was flawless, allowing him to secure the win in his debut run. Committed to the Supercars series till the 2024 season, van Gisbergen expressed his desire to hitch a full-time NASCAR ride someday. But it looks like the Kiwi?s wishes may be fulfilled much earlier than expected.

SBJ?s Adam Stern in a recent tweet shared an article from V8 Sleuth, which speculates Shane van Gisbergen may end his Supercar series run post the conclusion of the 2023 season, joining NASCAR full-time in 2024. The caption on Adam Stern?s tweet read, ?Speculation has been rife that [Shane van Gisbergen] may depart at season’s end to pursue a full-time NASCAR career. By Sunday night in Townsville, many in the Supercars paddock were tipping this to be SVG’s final Supercars season. – @V8Sleuth?

Speaking to V8 Sleuth, Triple Eight Race Engineering team principal, Jamie Whincup said, ?We haven’t spoken if Shane wants to change the plan. For us, nothing has changed, we’ve got a solid plan in place for 2024 but he may communicate that he wants to change the plan and we’ll run through the process on what that could look like. I’m all ears but it’s not a simple thing at the same time so there’s probably a bit to go through. We’ll probably try to have a discussion sooner rather than later, for sure.”

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As Adam Stern shared the news on Twitter, fans couldn?t contain their excitement.

Fans react to the enthralling news about Shane Van Gisbergen

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No one could have expected that Shane van Gisbergen would be making the switch so soon. Enthralled by the news that poured out from Red Bull?s stable, fans filled up the comments section on Adam Stern?s post.?

One fan wrote, ?LET’S GO SVG!? while another commented, ?I can see him going full-time with Trackhouse in 2024?. Here are some more comments from the fans.

?Bring red bull with him , nascar needs that sweet caffeine drug money?

?C’mon over, brother. And bring that Red Bull sponsorship with you!?

?Wow that would be awesome if he could help bring Red Bull back to nascar?

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Are you excited to see the Kiwis’ take on NASCAR veterans full-time in 2024? Let us know in the comments.