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An otherwise dominant Will Davison survived a late safety car to claim victory in the opening Supercars race at Pukekohe Park.

It's been a long road for the Melbourne native but, after two lengthy battles, he's finally got a full-time drive to look forward to On the face of it, picking an 18-year-old rookie to replace arguably the greatest Supercars driver of all time is a risky move. His decision to leave Brad Jones Racing was the biggest shock of the Australian Supercars silly season so far.

Will Davison has denied Andre Heimgartner a first Supercars win on home soil, winning Saturday's race at Pukekohe Park.

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Fourth went to Chaz Mostert (#25 Mobil 1 Optus ZB Commodore) and fifth to championship leader Shane van Gisbergen, who nabbed the fastest lap bonus points right ...

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Cam Waters pipped Will Davison to lead an all-Mustang front row in qualifying for the opening Supercars race at Pukekohe Park.

It's been a long road for the Melbourne native but, after two lengthy battles, he's finally got a full-time drive to look forward to On the face of it, picking an 18-year-old rookie to replace arguably the greatest Supercars driver of all time is a risky move. His decision to leave Brad Jones Racing was the biggest shock of the Australian Supercars silly season so far.

Scott McLaughlin has teased he will make an appearance at a Supercars round this year. The three-time Supercars champion posted a photo of a Supercars Media ...

This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. End of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Beginning of dialog window. The Repco Bathurst 1000 is the next stop on the calendar on October 6-9.

McLaughlin has quickly adjusted from touring car racing to single seaters. In his debut IndyCar season he scored a second place finish in only his third race in ...

It's been a long road for the Melbourne native but, after two lengthy battles, he's finally got a full-time drive to look forward to On the face of it, picking an 18-year-old rookie to replace arguably the greatest Supercars driver of all time is a risky move. His decision to leave Brad Jones Racing was the biggest shock of the Australian Supercars silly season so far.

Scott McLaughlin has teased an appearance with Supercars Media at a Repco Supercars Championship event this year. The IndyCar Series driver, who recently ...

SUPERCARS champion Scott McLaughlin will return to the paddock for the first time since switching to IndyCar. McLaughlin hinted at the development this ...

— Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin93)— Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin93) McLaughlin hinted at the development this afternoon, posting a photo of a 2022 Supercars access-all-areas pass under the Supercars Media banner. SUPERCARS champion Scott McLaughlin will return to the paddock for the first time since switching to IndyCar.

Cam Waters pipped Will Davison to lead an all-Mustang front row in qualifying for the opening Supercars race at Pukekohe Park.

It's been a long road for the Melbourne native but, after two lengthy battles, he's finally got a full-time drive to look forward to On the face of it, picking an 18-year-old rookie to replace arguably the greatest Supercars driver of all time is a risky move. His decision to leave Brad Jones Racing was the biggest shock of the Australian Supercars silly season so far.

Dario Franchitti is widely regarded as one of IndyCar's best with an illustrious career that saw him claim four IndyCar crowns, three Indianapolis 500 titles, ...

He lies 41 points in arrears of series leader and teammate Will Power. He reached that confidence level pretty quickly." Perhaps the only surprise was his ability on ovals, a discipline he'd never experienced. I think he probably had more confidence in doing something with a roof over his head. Continues September 11-12 with the finale in Monterey. "When I look really at the way in which he's approached the ovals, I guess that controlled aggression that you have to have for the ovals, you combine that with inexperience, I think some of that showed at Indy the past couple years.

McLaughlin has quickly adjusted from touring car racing to single seaters. In his debut IndyCar season he scored a second place finish in only his third race in ...

It's been a long road for the Melbourne native but, after two lengthy battles, he's finally got a full-time drive to look forward to On the face of it, picking an 18-year-old rookie to replace arguably the greatest Supercars driver of all time is a risky move. His decision to leave Brad Jones Racing was the biggest shock of the Australian Supercars silly season so far.

Will Davison has denied Andre Heimgartner a first Supercars win on home soil, winning Saturday's race at Pukekohe Park.

watching Murph get all his trophies," the delighted Aucklander said. The car was great ... Van Gisbergen qualified just seventh and raced sixth for most of the race, staying out in an attempt to overcut the field. "Once I got the restart underway I was quite relieved. Heimgartner's second-place finish makes him just the fifth Kiwi to take a podium at Pukekohe Park, after Shane van Gisbergen, Fabian Coulthard, Scott McLaughlin and his hero, Greg Murphy. Davison leapt off the line to lead the 41-lap race, showing superb control and using his Mustang's speed to take his third win of the year.

A sell-out crowd at Pukekohe Park Raceway witnessed Will Davison put paid to any chance a Kiwi would stand on top of the podium in the first race of the ...

Qualifying for race one of the weekend had a twist as the session was declared wet due to a few drops of rain sprinkling the track. Van Gisbergen was the only front runner to run long. However, everyone elected to go out for the final session on slick tyres and it was Waters who reigned supreme from Davison. There are two sprint races tomorrow and van Gisbergen's championship points lead has been cut to 493. "Racing here is always pretty special and you know it's a big event especially for the New Zealand drivers and congratulations to Andre. The crowd has been fantastic and so many of them are here.

Shane van Gisbergen and Will Davison have split the pole positions for the final two Supercars races at Pukekohe Park Raceway.

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Shane van Gisbergen and Will Davison scored a pole position each for the final ever Supercars races a Pukekohe Park.

It's been a long road for the Melbourne native but, after two lengthy battles, he's finally got a full-time drive to look forward to On the face of it, picking an 18-year-old rookie to replace arguably the greatest Supercars driver of all time is a risky move. His decision to leave Brad Jones Racing was the biggest shock of the Australian Supercars silly season so far.

Shane van Gisbergen has played his way into Jason Richards Memorial Trophy contention with Race 28 victory. Van Gisbergen's 17th win from 28 starts was also ...

This is a modal window. Mostert was 2.3s behind, with Waters 4.4s from the winner. Van Gisbergen kept the margin at 1.3s, with Waters unable to make a dent on Mostert. Van Gisbergen emerged ahead of Mostert following his lap 18 stop, with the margin 0.5s. Mostert led Davison in on the following lap, with Waters splitting them on re-entry. The points leader crossed the line ahead of Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters, with Will Davison fourth.

Shane van Gisbergen has won Race 28 of the Repco Supercars Championship at Pukekohe after a clever manoeuvre to nullify the threat of Will Davison.

After a delay of about 20 minutes, the race restarted on Lap 6, with Mostert in third having nabbed the place from Feeney just before the Safety Car was called, while Waters sat fifth, from Scott Pye (#20 Nulon ZB Commodore) and Reynolds. Mostert and Davison were both into the lane for the same on Lap 17, with van Gisbergen stopping a lap later for working side rubber, perhaps in response to Nick Percat (#2 Mobil 1 NTI ZB Commodore) going off and hitting the barriers at Turn 3/Turn 4. He was in the wall and out of the race when he tangled with Brodie Kostecki (#99 Boost Mobile ZB Commodore) exiting the Turn 6 left-hander, resulting in race-ending damage to the #11 Shell V-Power Mustang. After a Safety Car was called, red flags were unfurled because Kostecki’s Erebus Motorsport team-mate Brown (#9 Boost Mobile ZB Commodore) had ended up in the wall next to pit entry in a heavy, side-on hit. [an early red flag to fix the wall at pit entry after Mark Winterbottom put Will Brown off the road on a chaotic first lap](https://www.speedcafe.com/2022/09/11/supercars-race-28-red-flagged-after-multiple-lap-1-incidents/). From there, the top four effectively remained the same in the second race of the ITM Auckland SuperSprint, with van Gisbergen heading home Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert (#25 Mobil 1 Optus ZB Commodore), Tickford Racing’s Cameron Waters (#50 Monster Energy Mustang), and Davison.

McLaughlin last featured in Supercars at the 2020 Bathurst 1000. The IndyCar driver, who recently re-signed with Team Penske, will make the trip to Australia.

Supercars will be on track on all four days of the Adelaide event. December's VALO Adelaide 500 will be the final event where Holdens and Fords will share a Supercars grid. This is a modal window. On Adelaide, McLaughlin added: "I was as excited as anyone to see the event back on the Supercars calendar. McLaughlin will join the Supercars broadcast team for the VALO Adelaide 500. Scott McLaughlin will make a long-awaited return to the Supercars paddock in Adelaide.

Shane van Gisbergen has won Supercars race 28 from pole position as Will Brown and Mark Winterbottom fought on and off the track at Pukekohe Park.

Putting on a show for all the fans here," Mostert said. Will Davison - Ford - 1:01.9211 A really interesting race. I hope he comes down and says something." "Some of them you're not too bothered about but that was a pretty big hit. Hopefully get a chance tonight."