![]() It wasn’t the worst thing, obviously there would be nicer ways to come to those realisations and have those learnings. “It has definitely improved who I am and my outlook on stuff. Although it was a pretty average situation, it did have its positives and there are definitely things that I can take away from that. I didn’t bother going on any (social media) or looking at any of that stuff, which is good, to be honest,’ Goddard said. “I went MIA for a couple of months for sure. Goddard, who previously raced for Matt Stone Racing in 2020-21, said he was forced to tune out from the online noise after Bathurst, but felt he made the most of an “average situation”. “I definitely learned some lessons and I definitely feel like a stronger person, and hopefully that shows in my racing and how I go about it.” “I have got a good group of people behind me and around me so on that side it was good. “But I feel like I have come out stronger from it all and know the people that do have my back and the people who are the ones that are going to be there when it does go wrong. “It was very rough, (it was) definitely not an enjoyable period of my life,” Goddard said of the Bathurst fallout. Zane Goddard will team up with Craig Lowndes for this year’s Supercars endurance races. Goddard earned the wrath of some sections of the paddock, but defending Supercars champion – and now T8 teammate – Shane van Gisbergen said earlier this month the young Queenslander had been “unfairly smashed” over the incident.Īs he prepares to kickstart a three-event wildcard campaign in a Triple Eight Camaro at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway, Goddard said the Bathurst episode had made him stronger and determined to prove he still belonged in Supercars. The 23-year-old speared off the track at the bottom of the Chase and collected Andre Heimgartner’s co-driver Dale Wood and Matt Campbell (David Reynolds) when he rejoined the field and later apologised for the shunt, for which he copped a $10,000 fine (half-suspended) by the race stewards for an unsafe re-join. Goddard, who had been co-driving for Tickford Racing’s James Courtney, came under heavy fire after wiping out three cars from the race at Mount Panorama last October. Zane Goddard feels he has emerged as a “stronger person” after dealing with the fallout from the multi-car smash he sparked at the Bathurst 1000 last year as he attempts to reignite his Supercars career in a Triple Eight wildcard, starting at Darwin Triple Crown this weekend.Ĭonfident he still belongs on the Supercars grid as a full-time driver, Goddard revealed he had to go “MIA” from social media for a couple of months after the 2022 Bathurst race to keep away from the barrage he received for his part in the early-race carnage. “They’ve only been doing it for a short time so for them, this is a new car, they learn it quickly.” BATHURST VILLAIN BACK FROM SUPERCARS HELL “And I think for a lot of the younger ones, that’s their ace in the hole is that they have not been doing the same thing, year in, year out with the same cars. “It was good for Brodie and Will, they have only had a very short time in Supercars and because we changed (to Gen3), there is really not a lot of muscle memory that has to change,” Klimenko said. Klimenko believed Kostecki and Brown’s relatively short time racing in Supercars had been their trump card for the start of the Gen3 era. I remember saying that to both of them and they have definitely put their big boy pants on this year.”īrodie Kostecki and Will Brown in Hobart. At the end of last year I said ‘OK, nappies off, big boy pants on’. “They know that we took a big chance and they know that they are now paying that chance back. to put our faith in the two young ones paid off in the end. And the same thing when Brodie came along, it was a case of ‘Really, you want to go to two rookies? You know that means two or three years of sitting at the back of the grid or mid-pack if we are lucky’. “But then Barry talked me out of it, which I thank him very much (for). “When we signed Will … I had wanted to take on someone who was seasoned and it was literally for the points to get back up the garage ladder,” Klimenko said. Klimenko revealed she had originally wanted to sign a “seasoned” driver before the team settled on the young pair, but thanked team principal Barry Ryan for talking “me out of it”. Kostecki and Brown are both in their third full-time season with Erebus after making their main game debuts in 2021. Having confirmed their status as rising stars of the sport, Klimenko said Kostecki and Brown had repaid the team’s faith in heavily investing in a pair of rookie drivers. “I think the boys are ready, I think they are ready to take it the whole way.”
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