Triple Eight's perfect 10: Race 29 takeaways
20 Nov 2021
The Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight got off to a thrilling start, with Shane van Gisbergen winning his 14th race of 2021.
Van Gisbergen led home Jamie Whincup in the 250km race, helping Red Bull Ampol Racing to teams' championship glory.
It marks the 10th teams' title for Triple Eight Race Engineering, and its first since 2018.
Click here for Race 29 results
Van Gisbergen steals Sydney strategy thriller at the death
The Holden squad won its first teams' championship in 2008, and reeled off seven in a row between 2010 and 2016.
Van Gisbergen won his 14th race from 29 starts, and now has one hand on the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship title.
Only Scott McLaughlin (18 in 2019), Craig Lowndes (16 in 1996), Mark Skaife (15 in 2002), Garth Tander (15 in 2007) and Whincup (15 in 2008) won more races in a season.
Van Gisbergen will carry an extended 349-point lead into Sunday, and has nine-and-a-half fingers on a second drivers' title.
His Race 29 win ensured van Gisbergen is unbeaten in 250km races in 2021; he swept the Repco Mt Panorama 500 and NTI Townsville 500 events.
Van Gisbergen also leads the Beaurepaires Sydney Cup standings by 73 points over Whincup and Anton De Pasquale.
Cameron Waters scored his first Sydney Motorsport Park podium in his 21st start at the venue.
The Tickford Racing driver had finished no better than sixth in his 20 previous SMSP starts.
Will Brown made the most ground in the race, with the Erebus Motorsport driver vaulting from 16th to seventh.
Bryce Fullwood lost the most positions, dropping from 14th to 23rd.
Cars will return to the track for ARMOR ALL Qualifying on Sunday at 10:50am AEST. Click here to view the race schedule.
Every session of the event will be broadcast live on Foxtel (Fox Sports 506) and streamed on Kayo.
The Seven Network will provide live free to air coverage of the event. Tickets for the event are on sale now.
