Despite climbing from fourth to second in the championship after two wins at Tasmania, Will Brown is not thinking about the bigger picture.
Although most of the championship talk has centered around Brown’s Erebus Motorsport teammate Brodie Kostecki, car #9 has surged into contention.
Three wins across the last two rounds at Perth and Symmons Plains has put the smiling boy from Toowoomba in the thick of the fight.
Now both Coke Camaros sit at the top of the standings with Kostecki leading Brown by 87 points.
The next best is Chaz Mostert, a further 79 points adrift ahead of both Triple Eight cars.
With one third of the championship already accounted for, Erebus is in a strong position, but Brown is not getting ahead of himself despite being the man in form.
Instead he knows the importance of maximising every session given the competitive nature of the series.
“It has been fantastic to have been so fast and race for wins from the Grand Prix,” Brown said.
“Yesterday (Saturday) I got the win and you would think I would be super excited, but all I thought about was ‘I hope I don’t stuff it up tomorrow’!
“It is such tight lap times around here so you could easily make a mistake and be 10th because everyone is so competitive. Each day you have to be so on it.
“I would not call it pressure, but each round you want to do the best job you can, but I would not say I am thinking about the championship at all.”
Will Brown shares the spoils of victory with his Erebus team. Image: mark Horsburgh
The 2023 season has been one of new highs for Brown, who had only got to as high as seventh in the championship across his first two seasons in the sport.
But after some bad luck and a driving error proved costly at the Australian Grand Prix, Brown has bounced back brilliantly as Erebus continues its rise.
Having collected four podiums from his first 63 races, the #9 driver has collected five from his last five starts.
Brown said even the little things have made a massive difference at Erebus, but he is aware the hard work cannot stop now.
“I think we have just lifted our game this year,” he said.
“We have lifted a few sections. From presence with Coca-Cola on board and how tidy the garage is to just the small stuff in the pit stops.
“Myself and Brodie have been working very hard. Obviously we have raced a lot of different stuff, so adapting to Gen3 was not too bad, but the team has done a fantastic job.
“With these Gen3 cars we have been able to roll that success on each weekend and hopefully we can do that each time.
“But heading to each round you need to keep your eyes open and work hard because you do not know what you are going to get.”
Brown hopes to extend his golden streak at the Darwin Triple Crown on June 16-18.
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