{"id":91436,"date":"2025-10-21T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/91436\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:50:09","slug":"supercars-news-chaz-mostert-responds-to-triple-eight-third-car-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/91436\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Chaz Mostert responds to Triple Eight third car link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Supercars-Perth-536.jpg\" alt=\"Chaz Mostert responds to Triple Eight link\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChaz Mostert. Image: InSyde Media.<\/p>\n<p>Speedcafe revealed at the Bathurst 1000 that Triple Eight is set to expand to three cars next year, running the SCT Motorsport entry as a customer.<\/p>\n<p>That triggered wild speculation as to the identity of the driver, with two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Mostert among those connected to it.<\/p>\n<p>Mostert is believed to have a year to go on his current contract with Walkinshaw Andretti United, which will switch from Ford to Toyota next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got really nothing to comment on other than I\u2019m pretty happy at the moment,\u201d Mostert told Speedcafe when asked of the SCT link.<\/p>\n<p>The rumour was so prevalent at Bathurst that Mark Winterbottom even flagged it in front of his former teammate at the post-Top 10 Shootout press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d heard it before then over the weekend, but I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s a lot of rumours,\u201d Mostert added. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty interesting but every silly season is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked to clarify if he\u2019s definitely driving for WAU in 2026, Mostert said: \u201cYes. I\u2019m moving forward with Walkinshaws next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While SCT is understood to have already sorted a driver for its Triple Eight run Mustang, there\u2019s ongoing uncertainty over who has the seat.<\/p>\n<p>The most strongly connected to it is 22-year-old Jackson Walls, who currently competes for Triple Eight in Super2.<\/p>\n<p>Mostert meanwhile endured a disappointing early exit from the Bathurst 1000 with engine failure aboard his WAU Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old then headed to the United States to join Kenny Habul and Will Power in the Indianapolis 8 Hour aboard a Mercedes-AMG.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2025-chaz-mostert-indianapolis-8-hour-results-kenny-habul-will-power-reaction-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018A demon\u2019: Habul hails Mostert\u2019s Merc-beating speed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mostert arrived back in Australia on Tuesday morning in time for a Supercars media event featuring all 10 Finals Series contenders ahead of this weekend\u2019s Gold Coast 500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel pretty good,\u201d said the Gold Coast-based driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI landed back this morning at 5am so I\u2019ve got a couple of days to get back into the time zone, but the last couple of nights I\u2019ve tried to half change myself back anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt probably helped that we had racing from 12:30 until 8:30 and finished up on a Saturday, otherwise it would have been really, really tight to get back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCredit to Walkinshaw Andretti United for letting me go do it. They know I like to go dabble in those things and keep myself thinking about how to go faster in a race car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes you have to go do something different to find that and I think it\u2019s really helped me coming into this race week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mostert enters the weekend sixth in the standings, 118 points behind leader Broc Feeney following the Finals Series reset and application of bonuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chaz Mostert. Image: InSyde Media. 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