Van Gisbergen won in his NASCAR Cup Series debut at the 2023 Grant Park 220 in Chicago. He became the first driver to win in their NASCAR Cup Series debut since Indy car driver Johnny Rutherford in 1963. He is also the first New Zealander to win a race in the Cup Series. Van Gisbergen is the winningest non-American driver in the NASCAR Cup Series and the winningest rookie in a single-season.
He is known for his time racing in the Supercars Championship, last driving the No. 97 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 car for Triple Eight Race Engineering. With 80 wins and 46 pole positions, van Gisbergen is fourth on the all-time wins list in the Supercars Championship. He has won the Bathurst 1000 three times, in 2020, 2022, and 2023.
Van Gisbergen also races in GT Racing. He won the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour alongside Alvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb in the McLaren 650S GT3. He also won the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and finished third overall in the 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
After competing in Motocross, Quarter Midgets, and karts from 1998 to 2004, van Gisbergen placed third in the 2004/2005 New Zealand Formula First Championship. He won the 2005/06 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. In 2014, van Gisbergen co-drove to the BNT NZ Supertourers Hankook Super Series championship with primary driver Simon Evans.
Driving for Team Kiwi Racing, Van Gisbergen became the 200th driver to start a race in a V8 Supercar at the Jim Beam 400 at Oran Park Raceway in 2007. He joined Stone Brothers Racing in 2008 and continued with the team until 2012. In 2013, he moved to Tekno Autosports, finishing runner-up in the championship in 2014.
In 2016, Van Gisbergen moved to Triple Eight Race Engineering alongside Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. He won his first race for the team at the Tasmania SuperSprint in 2016. Alexandre Prémat joined Van Gisbergen as co-driver in the Enduro Cup, and the pair won the 2016 Enduro Cup. Van Gisbergen went on to win eight races that season and won the championship.
In 2022, Van Gisbergen won the Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander in what was the final race for Holden. He won his third Bathurst 1000 with Richie Stanaway a year later, driving for Triple Eight Race Engineering.
In 2023, Van Gisbergen made his NASCAR Cup Series debut driving the No. 91 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing at the inaugural event at the Chicago Street Course. He won the race, becoming the seventh driver and the first driver in the modern era of NASCAR to win in his Cup Series debut. He also became the first New Zealander to win in the Cup Series.
On 14 September 2023, Trackhouse announced that Van Gisbergen would drive part-time in all three of NASCAR's national series in 2024. In 2024, Kaulig Racing announced that Van Gisbergen would compete full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 97 car. He scored his first two Xfinity Series wins on back-to-back weeks at Portland and Sonoma. He took his third victory of the season on his return to Chicago.
On 24 August 2024, it was announced that Van Gisbergen would drive full-time in the Cup Series for Trackhouse Racing, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet in 2025. He scored a win and a playoff spot at Mexico City, winning by sixteen seconds. Three weeks later, he won again at Chicago, becoming the winningest non-American driver in the Cup Series. His third win of the season tied Van Gisbergen with Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson for most wins in a rookie season in the Cup Series. He earned his fourth win by winning at Watkins Glen, making him the winningest-rookie Cup Series driver in a single-season.
In 2025, Van Gisbergen married Jessica Dane, current program manager at Corvette Racing. She and her father Roland Dane were co-owners at Triple Eight Race Engineering.
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