Shane van Gisbergen has won the opening race (Race 21) of the 2022 Repco Supercars Championship round at The Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem, South Australia. His victory in the OTR SuperSprint takes his tally to 12 wins this season. Second home was Will Davison followed by Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters with Zak Best in fifth.
“Our car was magic today, and I have to thank the team for their efforts,” commented van Gisbergen. “I’ve been struggling with my driving but the car’s been really good. I had a great battle with Cam (Waters) at the start of the race which was awesome, and Zak (Best) drove great as well.
“Those battles cost us a bit of time which meant we had to run a bit longer in the race to get clear air, but overall, we had a really awesome day and I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.”
While others took their pitstop for fuel and tyres earlier in the 24-lap race, race leader van Gisbergen stayed out the longest, waiting to pit on lap 20.
“After a long stint, the tyres were still fine, but Will (Davison) had past us with his strategy, so we had to make that time up somewhere to get back in front of him. I would have loved to battle him on the track, but our great strategy and pit stop meant we didn’t have to. I’m really stoked.”
Van Gisbergen now has extended his championship lead to 323-points lead over Anton De Pasquale. Cars and drivers will return to the track on Sunday for dual ARMOR ALL Qualifying sessions at 9:35am local time.
Race 21 Results
1/ Shane van Gisbergen
2/ Will Davison
3/ Chaz Mostert
4/ Cameron Waters
5/ Zak Best
6/ Brodie Kostecki
7/ Broc Feeney
8/ David Reynolds
9/ Anton De Pasquale
10/ Andre Heimgartner
11/ Thomas Randle
12/ Scott Pye
13/ Nick Percat
14/ James Courtney
15/ Lee Holdsworth
16/ Mark Winterbottom
17/ Bryce Fullwood
18/ Todd Hazelwood
19/ James Golding
20/ Will Brown
21/ Jack Le Brocq
22/ Macauley Jones
23/ Tim Slade
24/ Chris Pither
25/ Jordan Boys
26/ Jack Smith
27/ Jake Kostecki
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