1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: Sunday on the Mountain. The New Zealand sports story of 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: the year so far. Matt Payne wins bathursty started eighteenth 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: and yet another lesson that one hundred and sixty one 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: laps is a long way and when the rain arrives, 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: it's all on. He joins the greats Murphy, Van Gisbergen 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: and McLaughlin. He's still only twenty three and Matt Payne 7 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: is with us. Matt, good morning, Good morning Mike. 8 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 2: How are you very well? 9 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: Indeed you're back home. 10 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 2: I am back home. I just we drove back from 11 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 2: Bathurst back to Melbourne yesterday. 12 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: Fantastic. What was Sunday night? 13 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 2: Like? It was cool? It was really awesome too. Yeah, 14 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 2: celebrate what was an amazing day with all the team 15 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 2: and all the guys and girls. They really enjoyed it. Yeah, 16 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 2: we had a good celebration in Bathists. Some of them, Yeah, 17 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: went a little bit harder than myself, but I think 18 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 2: they deserved it. 19 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: There are so many parts of it that I can relive. 20 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: I mean, did it feel at the time, in any way, 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: shape or form enjoyable? This was something profoundly brilliant that 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: was unfolding. 23 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: That's a good question. There was a lot of moments 24 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 2: during that last phase where I was in the car 25 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 2: and it was really wet where it was. It was 26 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 2: actually really sketchy in those conditions, Like there was a 27 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 2: couple of times where all I was thinking was just 28 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 2: actually trying to just stay on the road there was 29 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 2: that much water down. But there were parts, you know, 30 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 2: obviously before I got it and watching the battles that 31 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: the race was already having when it just started to rain, 32 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 2: and I think, you know, thinking about it from a 33 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 2: punter's point of view, I think it would have been 34 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: pretty enjoyable to watch, but being in the cockit was, yeah, 35 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: pretty hard work. 36 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: At the end of it. When the cloud came over 37 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: the top of the mountain as well as the rain, 38 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: was that unnerving. 39 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: No, I don't think so, Like we've done so many 40 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 2: laps you know at that point, so we were I 41 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 2: think everyone everyone just was built in on muscle memory 42 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 2: and just driving around. But yeah, every lap I was 43 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 2: going over it was getting slightly worse. So I think 44 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 2: if we were out there for maybe another ten minutes, 45 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 2: it could have got quite quite sketchy and quite dangerous. 46 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: What did you make And a couple of laps to go. 47 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: Golding and Murray are in front of you and you're 48 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: going up the hill and they take each well, they 49 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: sort of take each other out tap you get your 50 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: big break. Did you think something like that could happen? 51 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: Did you have a plan at that point? 52 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, I initially tried to have a guy at Cooper, 53 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 2: and I kind of knew that I was I needed 54 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: to do it quite cleanly because I've sort of raced 55 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: Cooper for a while, and you know, obviously with that 56 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: amount of pressure on and the wind right there for him, 57 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 2: I knew he was going to race really hard. So 58 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 2: I kind of knew that Golding was going to I 59 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: knew he was going to have a crack, and he 60 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: was really fast, so I had a feeling something was 61 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: going to happen. But when I saw him get a 62 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: really good run out of turn one, and I knew 63 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: he's probably going to have a go here, and I 64 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: knew it was it was going to be dicey trying 65 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: to pass and to turn two, and yeah, as soon 66 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 2: as as soon as he turned and I just thought, shit, 67 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to do a Bradbury. 68 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: Once you hit the lead, do you become nervous? Or 69 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: does your mindset ads in any way, shape or form 70 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: or not. 71 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: Oh, it definitely adjusted a bit. I knew that. I 72 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 2: knew that I really still had to keep pushing, you know, 73 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: And and it's really hard when you're out in front 74 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 2: because you don't have any reference from the car in 75 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: front of you, So it's really hard to pick where 76 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: you're going to break how much grip do you thinks 77 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: at the corner, especially because it actually was drying up 78 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: a little bit and that made it quite hard to 79 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: find a little bit extra speed. And James behind me 80 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: was was obviously he was really fast and he was 81 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 2: able to sort of break off me and catch up 82 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: to me as well as Dave as well. So yeah, 83 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: there certainly was a mindset shift, but especially you know 84 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 2: the last lap, you know was I don't think I 85 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 2: was thinking about anything. I was trying to survive. 86 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: So is your engineer in your ear a lot at 87 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: that point or no? 88 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, he actually did a really good job. You know, 89 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: Like if if you were to listen back to the 90 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 2: radio comms, you know, just of our last twenty laps, 91 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: it probably wouldn't sound like we were, you know, trying 92 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 2: to win the bet. This one's hour. Isn't it sounds 93 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 2: like he was we were just out of practice day 94 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 2: and he was we were just doing the race run 95 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: or something like that. He was awesome at staying calm, 96 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: and that makes a big difference when you're so in 97 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 2: the heat of the moment and you're just trying to 98 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: make all the right decisions. And that certainly is definitely 99 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 2: a good thing to have. 100 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: The fascinating thing for I mean, I suppose all of 101 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: us that is the shootout what you'll want to be 102 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: part of and all that sort of stuff. And you've 103 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: had last time you're on this program, we talked about 104 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: you quality speed, which is great, and it wasn't that 105 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: great that day. But I mean, the shootout is sort 106 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: of a separate event, isn't it, Because it doesn't matter 107 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: where you start at literally anything can happen. 108 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly, I definitely still knew that, you know, even 109 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 2: starting from eighteenth that we were always you know, within 110 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 2: a shot, and everyone knew the weather was going to 111 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: be up and down that day, so it was it 112 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 2: was always a bit of an unknown, you know, heading 113 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: into the race, and as soon as it started raining, 114 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 2: that's when everything sort of turned up a notch. But yeah, unfortunately, 115 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: unfortunately this year, we we just didn't have We didn't 116 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 2: have a great Friday. Our car speed just wasn't very good. 117 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: It was. Yeah, it's quite difficult to drive at points, 118 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 2: so it made it hard to try and get everything 119 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 2: out of it over one lap, and especially when you 120 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 2: have so many sets of ties thrown at you, and 121 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 2: and with the margins things so close, you can't afford 122 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 2: to be slightly behind April. So yeah, unfortunately we just 123 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: got caught out, which was a bit of a bumber. 124 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 2: I always liked being in the top ten there. 125 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, but it worked out well in the n 126 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: your car at the end, Matt, in what state was it? 127 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: I mean I looked at Brown, for example, driving his 128 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: car back with his bonnet missing, and I watched Feenie 129 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: in the fence and a saw CASTICKI in about a 130 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: million pieces? What shape was your current by the end? 131 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 2: It was? It was actually all right. We did We 132 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 2: did hit a lot of other cars. Guards had a 133 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: lot of cars as well, but it was actually not 134 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,799 Speaker 2: too bad. You know, a bit of front and rear damage. 135 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 2: He did run over a damper that came out of 136 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 2: the Yeah, the DJ car out of the car out 137 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 2: of the elbow, which, yeah, it wasn't great. I think 138 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: it did a bit of damage to the underfloor, but 139 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 2: relatively unscathed. Unlike my teammates kar Kai. He was he 140 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 2: was a bit of a punching bag for a lot 141 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 2: of guys out there, I think, so his was looking 142 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 2: pretty Second. 143 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: You've mentioned Garth Tander his value and his role in 144 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: your success over the weekend. 145 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: Oh, it was. It was incredible. You know, he's he's 146 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 2: such an iconic character of the sport. You know, he's 147 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: got a he's got a pretty funny personality. But I 148 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 2: think he's he was really good. You know, obviously doing 149 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 2: it second time round with him was was pretty cool. 150 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 2: So there was there was no change from last year, 151 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: and and I really did want to, you know, improve 152 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: on last year. It was a bit of a shock 153 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 2: off for us, and I sort of wanted to redeem 154 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 2: myself a little bit. But you know, in the in 155 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 2: the heat of the moment and in the weekend, you know, 156 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: you don't really think about that. But yeah, he's really good. 157 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 2: You know, he's got so much knowledge and experience around 158 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 2: that place. And we actually didn't really end up giving 159 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: him too many laps in practice because we were trying 160 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: to make our race card better, but he was still 161 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 2: he was still good in the race. 162 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: So, yeah, did your success this season, and we've talked 163 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: about the side of it before, did your success this 164 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: season lead you mentally arriving at Bethhurst with a belief 165 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: that you can be a winner? Does that bit help? 166 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: Oh? You know, we've had some really good speed this year, 167 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 2: some really cool wins. But but also I think our 168 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 2: consistency over the years has been really strong, you know, 169 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: and I sort of we sort of go to each 170 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: track now knowing that you know, we're going to be 171 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 2: okay when we roll out of the truck. It's just 172 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 2: about it's just about making it great. But unfortunately we 173 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 2: we just didn't quite get on to it early enough. 174 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 2: You know, on the on the Thursday practice we just 175 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 2: went that strong. But if I actually look back at 176 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 2: Sunday when it was dry, I think our race car 177 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: and the dry was still pretty quick as well. So 178 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: which was good news. 179 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: Do you like the win? 180 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 2: Yeah? I love it. I love it. I knew it 181 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 2: was going to be raining, and I knew I knew 182 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 2: it was going to be really tough. You know, that's 183 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 2: probably one of the toughest tracks to drive around in 184 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 2: the wet, especially when it was really wet, and those 185 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 2: conditions were pretty pretty hard. But yeah, I always love it. 186 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: We don't really get many opportunities over here to race 187 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 2: in the wet, let alone driving it, so it was 188 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 2: it was pretty. 189 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: Enjoyable because I think that's the thing. You can't have 190 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: it back. But I mean, the first sixty something laps 191 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: were they were fine, but it was just another dry 192 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: day race and not a lot was happening there. There 193 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: were no safety cars, and then the rain came and 194 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: it was all on. I mean, and that's what turned 195 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: that victory into something special, didn't it. I mean, that's 196 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: it had it all. 197 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, absolutely. The wet weather just creates another sort 198 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 2: of level playing field. I guess you could say, I 199 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: think there's still is always going to be your set 200 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: up is going to have a big factor, you know, 201 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 2: when especially we all pretty much had dry race setups 202 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 2: in the cars and then it starts raining, so it's 203 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 2: not going to handle the best. So you're trying to 204 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 2: do changes in the pet stop to make it a 205 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: little bit better, and so everyone was doing that. But 206 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: it's certainly made it more entertaining for the fans. I 207 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 2: think they think everyone enjoyed it, and everyone I've spoken 208 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 2: to has said it's been one of the greatest races 209 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 2: they've seen for a very long time. You know, probably 210 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 2: almost on par was Bathurst twenty fourteen, but that's pretty 211 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 2: hard to top. 212 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: Exactly. How do you do you think people see you 213 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: differently now within the paddic and outside the panic. 214 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 2: I don't think so. You know, it's obviously great to 215 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 2: get on the resume, and you know, to have had 216 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 2: that achievement so early on, you know, obviously really grateful 217 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 2: to you know, the race played out how it did 218 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 2: because I was thinking when I was in the car 219 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 2: it there's so so many decisions throughout those even the 220 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 2: last thirty laps, there's so many different phases of it 221 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 2: where it could have so easily gone and I could 222 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 2: have just been sitting here with a nine eighth rough 223 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 2: a fifth, you know, and nothing would have changed. But yeah, 224 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 2: I don't think anyone would have seen would see me 225 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 2: any different now. I'm still still just mad and the 226 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 2: paddock and I still feel like I'm a pretty friendly guy. 227 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: Good on you, mate, and so you've got Gold Coast 228 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: sand Down on Adelaide still to come and no matter 229 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: what really happens now that you I mean, this has 230 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: been the season of your life, hasn't it. 231 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely, you know, like to be able to win 232 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 2: the Jr Trophy first, you know, and now Bathhurst. It's 233 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 2: it's literally been a dream year for us as a team. 234 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 2: You know, there's a there's a few races there I 235 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 2: wanted to tick off on my list and luckily we 236 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 2: have done that basically already, you know, in our third year, 237 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 2: which is really cool. But like you said, there's there's 238 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 2: still three more rounds to go and the championship has 239 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 2: always been the goal. 240 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: Family super happy. 241 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was stoked. Yeah, I've had so many messages 242 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 2: from people in New Zealand and people I haven't heard 243 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 2: from for a long time. It's it's pretty cool to 244 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 2: hear all the support, and you don't you don't really 245 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 2: realize how many people watch Bathurst. It's it's an event 246 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 2: that I think captures a lot of a wider audience 247 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 2: than probably usual races, and it was just good that 248 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 2: it was obviously that entertaining and I think people really 249 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 2: enjoyed it. 250 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,439 Speaker 1: They did indeed, and we've enjoyed catching up with you mate. 251 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: Warmest congratulations again, go well for the rest of the season. 252 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: Perfect thanks Mike. 253 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: Good one your mate. Matt Payne out of Melbourne this 254 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: morning for us. For more from the mic Asking Breakfast 255 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,839 Speaker 1: listen live to news talks it'd be from six am weekdays, 256 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.