Shane van Gisbergen is a proven winner in the rain – but he wanted no bar of the downpour that turned Sydney Olympic Park into an ice-skating rink.

The Kiwi was declared winner of the season’s final V8 Supercars race, which had to be abandoned after a storm rolled in and flooded parts of the street circuit late on Sunday.

Wind and lightning didn’t help the situation either, even with the safety car guiding the field for a few laps and then back to pitlane with 29 laps remaining.

“It was dicey just trying to keep up with the safety car – it was terrible,” said van Gisbergen.

The Holden driver was handed the lead just moments before the safety car came out after Garth Tander ran off.

Van Gisbergen has made no secret of his hate for wet weather racing, despite having won multiple times on slippery tracks.

The reason why?

“I grew up in New Zealand,” he laughed.

“I had some races in Formula Ford that were like today, especially down on the South Island.

“I don’t like racing in the wet, but I understand how to do it and do it well and make the car work.”

It couldn’t have worked out better for the 25-year-old, with the win securing him second in the 2014 driver’s championship behind runaway leader Jamie Whincup.

It’s a career-best result for van Gisbergen, who was racing Tekno Autosport’s sole entry.

He entered the season’s final round fourth overall, behind Ford’s Mark Winterbottom and veteran Craig Lowndes.

Winterbottom finished third, with Lowndes fourth, after disappointing runs in all three races.

“I just did what I could and they kept making mistakes and finishing down the field,” van Gisbergen said.

“It’s pretty awesome to move up to second, everyone in the team was stoked

“I’m pretty excited for next year.”