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Why McLaughlin has turned his back on Bathurst - CtrlF.XYZ

Why McLaughlin has turned his back on Bathurst

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Scott McLaughlin hopes helium tin contention the Bathurst 1000 successful the aboriginal but concedes helium cannot spend to portion competing successful the IndyCar Series.

The Kiwi made a sanction for himself successful Supercars, winning the rubric 3 times arsenic good arsenic the famed 161-lap endurance contention successful 2019.

After Team Penske parted institution with Dick Johnson Racing astatine the extremity of 2020, the American outfit took McLaughlin with them to person him contention successful IndyCar.

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Since then, the 29-year-old has doubly been successful the framework to vie successful the Great Race.

However, successful the archetypal instance, helium was precluded by COVID-19 restrictions and successful the 2nd helium opted not to vie citing wintertime testing.

Speaking connected Stan Sport's Pit Lane podcast, McLaughlin said helium has nary contiguous plans to contention Down Under for fearfulness of compromising his IndyCar programme and relearning aged ways.

"Ultimately, the determination I made to not contention Bathurst was conscionable the atrocious habits I person to get escaped of, coming from a Supercar to an Indy car," said McLaughlin.

"I benignant of don't privation to physique them backmost up again. I've truly got to absorption if I privation to execute what I privation to execute present successful IndyCar.

"Not to accidental that I won't ever travel backmost and contention the race, it's conscionable this adjacent small spot successful my vocation I conscionable privation to absorption connected what I'm doing.

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"Hopefully, 1 day, for sure, we'll travel backmost determination and person a race, due to the fact that it is my favourite way successful the world."

McLaughlin has enjoyed a steep upwards trajectory successful his 2 years of IndyCar competition.

His archetypal play saw him decorativeness connected the podium connected his competitory oval debut astatine Texas.

After finishing twelvemonth 1 successful 14th overall, the 29-year-old came retired swinging astatine the commencement of twelvemonth 2 with rod presumption and the triumph connected the streets of St Petersburg.

All told, helium coiled up with 3 wins and 4 much podium finishes to extremity the play successful 4th overall.

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While rubric aspirations are high, winning the Indianapolis 500 is besides connected his docket for 2023 to spell with his Bathurst 1000 win.

Speaking from his location successful North Carolina, McLaughlin has a representation of Mount Panorama and Indianapolis Motor Speedway hanging connected his wall.

"I've got that 1 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway adjacent to it which you can't benignant of see, it's implicit there," helium said, pointing.

"I guess, I've succeeded astatine 1 track, that's my adjacent extremity – is Indy. They're some adjacent to each different connected the wall."

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