JAMES Moffat has not completely ruled out the possibility of a start in this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000.

Moffat, a veteran of 16 Great Race starts, which have netted three podium finishes in 2014, ’21 and ’22, was not retained by Tickford Racing after an eight-year stint with the squad, which included drives alongside Chaz Mostert, Jack Le Brocq, Cameron Waters and Thomas Randle.

Talking on the latest episode of The Undercut, the two-time Supercars race winner noted that he will most likely be watching from home on October 10; however, an option may still be in play.

“Probably watching the Great Race, which hurts me a little bit to say that I won’t be competing in it, but there are still a few things to unfold that might see a scenario… I’m not putting a line through it altogether, but it’s unlikely,” Moffat said.

“We’ll wait and see. A few things would need to seriously come together to see me on the grid, but that’s just how it is.”

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To date, Moffat has not dwelled on being the odd man out from the Supercars co-driver shuffle.

“I haven’t really thought too much about that, and I think that’s probably maybe because I’m fortunate enough outside of racing, I’m very busy and sort of go, go, go that I haven’t had time to sit down and really reflect on things,” he said.

“I’m sure that scenario would be a bit different for me come October 10 if I’m not there up at Bathurst, and I’m forced to turn on the television and watch instead of competing.

“Maybe there’ll be some different thoughts that go through my mind, but as I said, I haven’t completely put a line through it.

“So, a couple of little things that I’m doing in the background that might see a possibility, but apart from that, there’s not really too much to elaborate on.”

Would he be open to a drive if a last-minute seat became available?

“I think I would steer away from that just because I think it’s underrated, the commitment that is needed to be put in by a co-driver, especially because the level is so high,” Moffat said.

“That would probably do everybody an injustice if you just got thrown in without any laps.

“You don’t do the right thing by the team you might be driving for, and you don’t do the right thing by yourself.”