He's the only man preventing Ford pair Scott McLaughlin and Fabian Coulthard turning this year's Supercars championship into a two-horse race and Shane Van Gisbergen is eager to close the gap this weekend at Winton.
The Red Bull Holden Racing Team driver heads into the Winton SuperSprint meeting third on the championship standings, 322 points behind McLaughlin and 142 points off Fabian Coulthard in an all-New Zealand top three.
While his DJR Team Penske rivals each claimed a race win at Perth earlier this month, Van Gisbergen was happy to come back from Western Australia with a fourth and a third.