JAMES Moffat is channelling his inner Garry Rogers when it comes to a controversial Trans Am clash with Todd Hazelwood last weekend that saw him belatedly stripped of victory.
The duo’s battle for victory on the Saturday at The Bend boiled over on the last lap; contact led to Hazelwood off the road, while Moffat was stung with a penalty that would see Nathan Herne inherit the race win.
Hazelwood was openly critical of Moffat after the fact, though the latter’s Garry Rogers Motorsport crew felt strongly they had a case to make.
Anyhow, Moffat is not dwelling on the matter as he now looks ahead to a Repco Bathurst 1000 wildcard start alongside Herne for GRM.
“It was disappointing how it all unfolded and the end outcome, but it is what it is and you have just got to move on,” he said via The Undercut.
“That’s what Garry would say to me if he was still around, so that’s how I’m approaching it.”
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Barry Rogers lauded the hard racers that both Moffat and Herne are.
“Back in Garry’s day, that’s how he was. He was a hustler. He raced hard, and Herney and Moff are the same,” Rogers told V8 Sleuth.
“We all know Bathurst can bite you fairly hard – certainly Moff is experienced and it’s been such a long way for Nathan to get there that he doesn’t want to throw it away. When the time is right, they will be racing hard there.”
GRM’s Great Race preparations will ramp up with a two-day test at Winton this coming week, September 22-23.
“That will be exciting to finally hit the track in the car and get all the crew up there and get them accustomed to the Gen3 car,” said Moffat.
“Because let’s not forget it has been six years since GRM have been in Supercars competition… so it will just be nice to blow the cobwebs off and get stuck into it.”
GRM’s last Supercars start came in the 2020 Bathurst 1000, with Tyler Everingham and Jayden Ojeda sharing a Holden ZB Commodore. The team will run that exact car in an Adelaide Super2 outing later this year for Lachlan Evennett.