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Penalty can't stop Kiwi Heimgartner claiming maiden win Newshub 8/05/2021 © Photo - Getty; Video - Sky Sport Kiwi Andre Heimgartner Kiwi Andre Heimgartner has claimed his first career Supercars victory to dominate race nine of the series at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia.  Heimgartner claimed a second career pole on Saturday afternoon before dominating the race to claim his first-ever victory in his 161st appearance.  The Kiwi didn't make it easy for himself, as he was served with a post-race time penalty for a pit lane infringement but it wasn't enough to stop him from cl...

Kiwi completes Supercars dream at The Bend AAP 8/05/2021 Ed Jackson © PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO New Zealander Andre Heimgartner has enjoyed his maiden Supercars victory at Tailem Bend. New Zealand's Andre Heimgartner has claimed his first Supercars win, less than three years after he was contemplating starting life as a finance broker. The Kelly Grove Racing driver was days away from quitting racing in 2018 when he was handed a career lifeline to replace Todd Kelly at the-then Nissan Motorsport team. On Saturday that faith was repaid when Heimgartner won the 24-lap race at S...

Ed Jackson21:34, May 08 2021 Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images Andre Heimgartner drove the NED Racing Ford Mustang to victory in the 2021 Supercars Championship round at The Bend Motorsport Park on Saturday. New Zealander Andre Heimgartner has ended Ford's 223-day wait for a Supercars win, claiming the first victory of his career at The Bend Motorsport Park on Saturday. The Kelly Grove Racing driver, who earlier in the day claimed just the second pole position of his career, overcame a slow start to hold off the pack on a wet day at Tailem Bend to win the 24-lap race. His first victory comes in He...

Chaz Mostert takes first victory with WAU, breaks Triple Eight monopoly of wins 1 day ago Chaz Mostert has finally broken through for his first win with Walkinshaw Andretti United after failing to record a victory throughout 2020, finally converting for the first time in the 2021 Supercars season. Having started second on the grid next to former Tickford Racing team-mate Cam Waters, Mostert quickly took the lead and never looked back, securing the first win for the squad since Scott Pye won at the Australian Grand Prix support race back in 2018. The win also breaks a streak of Triple Eight vi...

Jamie Whincup keeps up Triple Eight dominance, ends SVG streak with Race 7 win 1 day ago Jamie Whincup has taken his first win of 2021 and 123rd in total with a strong display in the first of two Supercars Championship races today at Symmons Plains, ending the winning streak of Triple Eight team-mate Shane Van Gisbergen in the process. Coming in to the race qualifying second on the grid, Whincup was able to harass pole-sitter Cam Waters throughout the race, getting a leg up on the Tickford Racing driver late in the 44 lap outing to take the race lead. Leading home a one-two finish for Triple ...