CHAZ Mostert might have an ulterior motive for hoping to see his former teammate David Reynolds stay on the full-time Supercars grid for many years to come.
A sweeping changing of the guard will make for the youngest field in championship history next season.
Reynolds will be the elder statesman at age 40, with Mostert remarkably next at 33 (he turns 34 in April).
The 2025 champion admits that is a somewhat scary prospect.
“It’s crazy to think I’m going to be the second-oldest on the grid,” Mostert told V8 Sleuth last month.
“I’m just really hoping Reynolds keeps going for quite a few more years so I don’t have to be considered the oldest – or someone makes a crazy comeback!
“That would be really good.”
Reynolds’ future is uncertain beyond 2026, having survived pressure to get a one-year extension at Team 18. Nevertheless it is known that General Motors is hunting a marquee name to place alongside Anton De Pasquale, having most recently circled Matt Payne.
Mostert meanwhile will carry the #1 on his Walkinshaw TWG Racing Supra next season.