A MEANER MOSTERT

WHAT does a supercar driver do when he coughs up victory in two consecutive races? Chaz Mostert says he kicks his own butt.

That’s what the 25-year-old Queenslander found himself doing at Symmons Plains last year when he led both races deep into the contest and spun off the track both times.

He hasn’t forgotten and aims to do better when the supercars hit Tasmania for Round 3 of the championship at Symmons Plains this weekend.

Heavy rain at Round 2 in Melbourne brought back memories of the deluge at Symmons last year.

“The weather was pretty wet and track was slippery in Tassie and I made a couple of errors,” Mostert said.

“It’s pretty easy to do when you’re the first car on the scene.

“I was pushing pretty hard. I was excited to be leading a couple of races but made a couple of errors.

“Of course, you go back to the trailer and kick yourself, no doubt. You’re pushing it and on the edge so it’s easy to make mistakes.

“You try to learn from those mistakes but if you get caught napping you get passed.”

Mostert, of Tickford Racing, heads into this season after a career-best finish of fifth in the championship last season.

The jury is out on his No.55 Ford Falcon FG X.

“We’ve still got a bit of work to do,” he said. “I’m glad we’ve taken a new progression to go down for us in car 55, and at the moment we are not seeing the rewards of that. We are working hard.

“Adelaide was a good start and Melbourne allowed us to nut it out a bit more. I’m just out there to get some race wins and see where we end up in the championship.”

Round 3 at Symmons Plains will be another step in Chaz’s title chase.

“It’s always great to go to Tassie,” he said. “Symmons is a great track, it produces great racing with the hairpin and strategy comes into it a lot too.

“I’m looking forward to getting back there.”