Scott McLaughlin in action over the weekend at Pukekohe Park Raceway. Photo / Matthew Hansen
Kiwi Scott McLaughlin is vowing to take it to rival Jamie Whincup to try and claim a maiden Supercars Championship on the streets of Newcastle.
Whincup will take a 30-point championship lead into the season finale and will be aiming to complete a record seventh title.
But McLaughlin knows he
is good on street circuits, the slate is wiped clean because no-one will have any prior data for the event's debut season and he has nothing to lose in the two-horse race.
"I don't think either party has got a significant advantage so that is making it even better for the final round," the Shell V-Power Ford driver said.
"It is hard to say if [the lack of prior knowledge about Newcastle] is a good thing for me or for whoever. I am excited about it - it brings back the old go-karting days where you didn't have any data and you just went out there and learned the track by yourself.
