31 Facts About Chaz Mostert

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Chaz Mostert was born on 10 April 1992 and is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship.

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Chaz Mostert, who grew up in Browns Plains near Brisbane, commenced kart racing at age seven in Ipswich and the Gold Coast.

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Chaz Mostert finished 11th in the 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship, fourth in 2009 and then won the 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship with a record of the most race wins in a season.

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In 2010 Chaz Mostert got the chance to drive a Miles Racing Ford BF Falcon at Bathurst in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.

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Chaz Mostert finished 6th and 4th in the two races, leading to a deal with Miles Racing for the 2011 season.

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Chaz Mostert scored a pole position on debut for the team at Sandown and took three race podiums in the final two rounds.

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Chaz Mostert's performances earned him the Mike Kable Young Gun Award at the end of 2011.

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At the first round, the Adelaide 500, Chaz Mostert took pole and clean swept the weekend with two race wins, one of two round wins in the season.

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Chaz Mostert finished third in the championship in what was considered one of the strongest ever Development Series fields, with Scott McLaughlin, Scott Pye and Nick Percat rounding out the championship top four.

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On 1 December 2012 Chaz Mostert was awarded an Honorary commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy.

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Chaz Mostert was presented with his commission by the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Raymond Griggs.

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In 2013, Chaz Mostert again won the Adelaide 500 round of the Development Series, now driving for MW Motorsport.

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On 28 July 2013, at only his fifth championship event, Chaz Mostert won his first race at the Ipswich 360 at Queensland Raceway.

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Chaz Mostert took one further podium at Winton and finished 17th in the championship despite missing the opening rounds.

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Chaz Mostert commenced a love-hate relationship at the Bathurst 1000 by heavily crashing in Friday practice and requiring an overnight rebuild.

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One year after his debut, Chaz Mostert won his second championship race at Barbagallo, winning the round.

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In October 2014, Chaz Mostert won the 2014 Bathurst 1000 with co-driver Paul Morris, after overtaking the low-on-fuel Jamie Whincup on the final lap.

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Chaz Mostert won a race each at Winton, Hidden Valley and Queensland Raceway and two at Sydney Motorsport Park, and after a second-place finish at the Sandown 500 was 198 points behind Winterbottom heading into the Bathurst 1000.

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Chaz Mostert's wrecked car now resides at the National Motor Racing Museum near the circuit.

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In 2016 and 2017, Chaz Mostert drove under the Rod Nash Racing moniker, a satellite team of Prodrive Racing Australia, and now with the support of Supercheap Auto.

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In 2017 Chaz Mostert broke his victory drought with three wins.

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However, the team had a difficult season and Chaz Mostert only took one victory, another win at the Gold Coast 600.

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Chaz Mostert had a moderately successful year, with a single win at Albert Park and several podiums.

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Chaz Mostert was unable to race at the Gold Coast, after he wrote off his car during the Top 10 Shootout on Saturday.

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Chaz Mostert then went on to win the 2021 Darwin Triple Crown later that week.

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Chaz Mostert set a new Bathurst 1000 lap record of 2:03.3736 on the 4th of December 2021 during the Top 10 Shootout qualifier while driving a Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden ZB Commodore.

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In 2011, Chaz Mostert competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour in a HSV VXR Turbo, finishing third in class with Ashley Walsh and Gerard McLeod.

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In 2016 Chaz Mostert, driving with Nathan Morcom, won the inaugural Bathurst 6 Hour race for Group 3E Series Production Cars, driving a BMW 335i E92.

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Chaz Mostert's performance led to a call up to drive for the factory-supported Schnitzer Motorsport in 2018 and 2019.

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Chaz Mostert has been given opportunities in GT3 and LM GTE races overseas for BMW.

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In GTE, Chaz Mostert has entered the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing BMW M8 GTE at Petit Le Mans in 2018 and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019.