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The 'only downside' to Tander's SVG partnership
One day after his
shock exit from Garry Rogers Motorsport was announced, Tander was
named as van Gisbergen's co-driver in a multi-year deal on Thursday morning.
While it was an abrupt end to Tander's full-time Supercars career, which began in 1998, he now completes Triple Eight's all-star PIRTEK Enduro Cup squad.
The three-time Bathurst winner joins van Gisbergen, chasing his first Great Race victory, while stablemates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes have 11 between them including a 2006-08 hat-trick together.
Tander and van Gisbergen were team-mates – but not partners in the same car – in a handful of Australian GT events in 2014/15 with Tony Quinn's outfit.
Having relished fighting van Gisbergen on-track in Supercars for the last decade, Tander admits he'll miss that when they join forces.