whose victory at Taupo also included some heated moments.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWhen you watch a few cars that you pitted around end up seconds ahead you\u2019re always a little bit frustrated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think with our car we made a big step forward in that last race because that last stint was really, really fast.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of those days. You walk away from here a little bit empty handed, but still a lot of positives.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got to learn how to deal with those ups and downs and come through them a little bit better.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ryan Wood. Image: Richard Gresham<\/p>\n
The Sunday frustration came at the end of a relatively quiet weekend for Wood, who finished 14th and eighth in the Saturday races.<\/p>\n
Mostert started the weekend with a pole and a victory but poor qualifying performances left him fighting over the minors for the remainder of the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cStarting 18th was always going to be a hard task, but an 84-lap race, it was all on,\u201d Mostert said of the Sunday race.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe somehow made our way back up to ninth and got a good amount of points but really stewing that we wished we had a better starting position.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, really happy with the weekend, to get a first win for Toyota was really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mostert moved himself into 10th in the championship with his Tasmania results, while Wood holds down seventh.<\/p>\n
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