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 DRIVER BIO - SHANE VAN GISBERGEN Car Profile | Car Make/Model: | Ford Falcon FG |
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| Car number: | 9 |
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| Engineer: | Paul Forgie |
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| History: | New, debut Adelaide 2009 |
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Driver Profile | Date of birth: | 9 May 1989 |
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| Birthplace: | Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Lives: | Gold Coast, QLD |
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| Marital Status: | Single |
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| Height: | 186cm |
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| Weight: | 85kg |
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| Children: | N/A |
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| Nickname: | Cheese (JNR) |
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| Interests: | Mountain Biking, Hyper Simulator, Music, Other Motorsport Series |
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| Personal vehicle: | Ford Falcon XR6 |
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Driver Chat | First Job: | This one |
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| First Road Car: | 1989 White Toyota Starlet |
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| First race car: | Sabre Formula First (Formula Vee) |
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| Hero: | Greg Murphy |
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| Favourite circuit and why: | Bathurst, it's such a unique place and nothing else gets close to it. The chase is my favourite part |
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| Favourite Race and why: | Has to be Hamilton, NZ. Racing in front of a home crowd makes you dig in that little bit more. |
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| Most memorable racing moment: | Probably my first championship race in Formula Ford. It was wet (surprise) at Pukekohe and I spun out from Pole Position at turn one, went to the back of the pack and went on a massive charge back through the field which was completed with a last lap pass for the lead! |
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| Greatest personal influence: | The feeling of winning, there is nothing like it |
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| I prepare for a race by: | I like to take some time out and just listen to some music and just zone out for a while |
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| Best advice ever given: | You only get a sore neck looking back |
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| Best/Worst part of the job: | The best is probably that i'm getting to race against the best drivers in Australasia and i'm doing what i've always dreamed about doing. Worst part is probably the offseason! |
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| Significance of helmet design: | It has a lot of NZ in it! It has a New Zealand flag on both sides at the front, also has silver ferns that only show up in sunlight in the chrome. |
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| You'll never see me without: | Mobile Phone |
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| Favourite food: | Nacho's |
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| Favourite movie: | Hot Rod |
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| Music on my iPod: | King's of Leon, The Killers and Rise Against |
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| To exercise regime includes: | Lots of Cycling and light wieght training |
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| Person I'd most like to meet: | Perry McCarthy |
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Driver Stats | Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championship Series Debut: | 2007 Oran Park |
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| First Win: | - |
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| First Pole Position: | - |
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| First Podium Finish: | 3rd place Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi - Race 2 |
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| First season in a V8 Supercar: | 2007 |
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| First major crash: | Winton 2008 Practice |
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| First Bathurst: | 2007 |
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| Number of Bathurst starts: | 3 |
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| Superstitions: | - |
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Alex comes from a true motor racing family. His father Richard and late grandfather Lex Davison have seen much success in open wheel categories. Alex's motor racing career began when he served his driver apprenticeship racing karts where he won the 1995 Australian Karting Championship. 2010 is Alex's second year with Stone Brothers Racing and in the #4 IRWIN Racing Falcon.
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Shane spent his formative years racing ATVs on natural terrain motocross tracks and a Quarter Midget on speedway ovals before a brief but typically successful dalliance with karts. Since then he has been on a fast track to major Australasian success. In 2010, driving the SBR #9 SP Tools Racing Falcon, Shane has already shown signs that have marked him as a future star of V8 Supercars.
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