SBR FG03 V8 Supercar - Shane Van Gisbergen

We are incredibly proud to offer for sale the very first of Shane van Gisbergen’s race-winning Supercars - and uniquely, his only race-winning Ford. A Supercar of true historic significance, Ford Falcon FG SBR FG03 was built by Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) in 2009 and raced in the V8 Supercars Championship by van Gisbergen from 2009 to 2012.

In that time, ‘SVG’ drove SBR FG03 to two V8 Supercars Championship race wins - a famous, breakthrough home win at Hamilton in 2011 and a charging drive from 12th to first at Darwin’s Hidden Valley in the same season.

SVG also took victory in this car at the non-championship Australian Grand Prix support event in 2012, while he and endurance co-driver Luke Youlden secured pole position for that year’s Sandown 500 by each winning a pair of sprint races that determined the grid for the 500km classic.

Also, van Gisbergen very nearly became a race winner in this car sooner - SBR FG03 is the chassis he drove in a memorable race on the streets of Surfers Paradise in 2010, where the New Zealander threw a spirited challenge for victory to future team-mate, Jamie Whincup, with the pair rubbing wheels and panels on the final lap.

This car is one of only eight chassis which van Gisbergen drove to his combined 80 career Supercars Championship race wins, and both the only Ford and SBR car among his winning Supercars.

Debuted at the inaugural Townsville 400 in 2009, SBR FG03 is a pivotal car from the formative years of van Gisbergen’s career. It is the car he raced most for SBR, the compatriot team which identified a teenaged Kiwi as a future star and provided him with his first Supercars test at 17 and first full season drive in ‘the main game’ at 18.

While the car represents the early years of van Gisbergen’s Supercars story, it marked the end of an era for the Stone Brothers - Ross and Jim, the architects of one of the iconic, championship-winning teams (2003, ’04, ’05) during a golden era of the sport.

It is one of three Ford Falcons which SBR ran in its last race at Sydney Olympic Park in 2012 - the final event of V8 Supercars’ Project Blueprint era - before the team became Erebus Motorsport and ran Mercedes-AMG E63s under Erebus’ ownership in 2013.

Recently restored with much of its SBR originality preserved, SBR FG03 is today presented in the SP Tools livery it ran at the Hamilton Street Circuit in 2011, when van Gisbergen held off Lee Holdsworth to achieve his maiden race win in style - on home soil, and in front of a rapturous Kiwi crowd.

The restoration has been completed by current owner Terry Wyhoon - SBR FG03’s only custodian since van Gisbergen drove its final Championship race at Sydney Olympic Park in 2012, where the car was wheeled straight into the transporter of Wyhoon’s Image Racing team ahead of its next racing life in the Dunlop Series (Super2).

It retains its SBR parts including engine, as well as untouched, period SBR sponsor decals inside the car’s cabin.

Vehicle Details:

• 2009 Ford Falcon FG
• Chassis: SBR-19-FG3-09
• Logbook number: 20090345
• Vehicle ID: 34304
• Safety Cage Structure: 61-00407

Technical Specification:

• Engine: 5.0L fuel injected V8 (built by SBR)
• Power: 635hp limited to a maximum 7,500rpm
• Transmission: 6-speed sequential Holinger gearbox
• Differential: 9-inch
• Clutch: triple plate carbon 7 3⁄4 inch
• Brakes: Alcon 6 piston (F) and 4 piston (R) ventilated discs
• Front Suspension: double wishbone with coilover adjustable damper
• Rear Suspension: Four-link with watts link, coilover adjustable dampers
• Fuel Capacity: 110L tank

Notable Results & Achievements:

• Winner, Race 6 – 2011 V8 Supercars Championship (Hamilton, NZ)
• Winner, Race 13 – 2011 V8 Supercars Championship (Darwin)
• Fourth in final standings, 2011 V8 Supercars Championship
• Winner, Sunday race (Race 4 of 4) - 2012 V8 Supercars Challenge (Albert Park)
• Pole Position, 2012 Sandown 500
• Endurance co-drivers were Alex Davison (2009), John McIntyre (2010-11) and Youlden (2012)
• International Gold Coast 600 co-drivers were 5x Le Mans 24 Hour winner Emanuele Pirro (2011) and Jeroen Bleekemolen (2012)

SBR FG03 appeals to a wide range of prospective purchasers as an inspired investment opportunity for the discerning collector, an excellent and track-ready V8 Supercar for an exhilarating driving experience, or both. Additionally, with Shane van Gisbergen now a multiple NASCAR Cup Series race winner and recognised name in world motorsport, a notable V8 Supercar from his career will also be valuable among enthusiasts and collectors beyond Australia and New Zealand.

Enthusiasts wishing to utilise SBR FG03 for regular track running can be assured of the car’s meticulous level of maintenance, restoration and preparation by Image Racing, a winning team in the Dunlop Super2 Series with experience of preparing this very car for over a decade in Super2 and Super3 competition.

SBR FG03 is eligible to run in historic, Supersprint-based events such as the Phillip Island Classic, Adelaide Motorsport Festival and Challenge Bathurst, offering bucket list opportunities to experience this purebred, race-winning V8 Supercar at speed - on the very racetracks driven on by van Gisbergen and the Supercars stars.