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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDick Johnson Racing’s Brodie Kostecki. Image: Richard Gresham<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDick Johnson Racing’s Brodie Kostecki. Image: Richard Gresham<\/p>\n
The Dick Johnson Racing driver was outspoken on the subject across the weekend, which included a tense on-air confrontation with Mark Larkham on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
A shocking race for DJR on Sunday \u2013 in which Kostecki\u2019s car was hampered by electrical issues and an accident \u2013 has not stopped the driver continuing his offence via the Lucky Dogs podcast.<\/p>\n
Kostecki expressed frustration over Supercars TV\u2019s handling of the situation, which centred around a report from Supercars that showed the Ford engine to be at a disadvantage at altitude.<\/p>\n
The eight-page document detailed the results of dyno testing undertaken by the category in the lead-up to the event and included proposed changes to the Ford to close the gap to the GM.<\/p>\n
However, the air restrictor change was effectively blocked by GM<\/a>, as all teams had to sign it off under the terms of the Teams Racing Charter, while DJR declined a potential cam timing shift.<\/p>\n Kostecki hit out on the subject in Friday\u2019s post-qualifying press conference, which was followed by TV segments with Mark Skaife and Larkham on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n Kostecki, Larkham in tense Bathurst 1000 parity exchange<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Skaife pointed to the closeness of the qualifying results<\/a>, while Larkham presented data to Kostecki showing his Mustang was faster than Broc Feeney\u2019s Camaro in the speed traps.<\/a><\/p>\n The focus on the track performance rather than the barometric pressure testing report incensed Kostecki.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t our team that found out there was a difference, it was someone within Supercars,\u201d Kostecki said on Lucky Dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYet the way it was portrayed on TV from Skaife, Larko and a few others, no one seemed to want to acknowledge this report existed, which is pretty funny, and it got sent out to other teams.<\/p>\n \u201cTreating your fans like they\u2019re idiots doesn\u2019t really go down too well.\u201d<\/p>\n Kostecki was initially the lone voice speaking out as Ford elected not to make any public statements and DJR waited until Saturday evening.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, I was pretty vocal about it and when I was on the drivers\u2019 parade, there were so many different reactions,\u201d Kostecki continued.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were cheers, I got mooned, I got called a f***ing wanker. But I didn\u2019t mind. At least people were passionate. It caused such a big shitstorm but so much passion came out.\u201d<\/p>\n That \u201cshitstorm\u201d included DJR on Saturday protesting Supercars itself<\/a>, claiming the category was breaching its own technical parity rules by not allowing the change.<\/p>\n