Supercars veteran Courtney bent on Bathurst success

James Courtney says managing mistakes and keeping a clear head is key in the Bathurst 1000. Video by AAP.

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00:00Four times I've been on the podium, I've been close enough to see everyone else enjoying the win but

00:04haven't managed to do it myself. So for me throughout my career, I can't believe it's 19

00:09times I'm going to be there this year, so you'd think I'd have one win out of 19 goes.

00:14Couldn't think of a better way to do it this year than with a mate in the car with Jack. So it's

00:18like Richie touched on, it's a crazy event. There's always something that's going to go

00:22wrong throughout the day and it's just managing that mistake or that drama in the pit stop and

00:28trying to overcome it and keeping a clear head and making good decisions from there on. So it's

00:33a place that many years you've seen guys like Glenn Seaton, heroes of our sport that never

00:38managed to win, were quite close and brings grown men to tears. So hopefully we're having tears of

00:44joy at the end of it, but yeah it's definitely a race that I have to win before the end of the

00:50career.