Jason Bright has left Launceston's Symmons Plains Raceway with a further nine points to his name after a difficult weekend in the Falken Tasmania Challenge.
Bright, who won a race in the corresponding event last year and finished second overall, scored his points in the final race of the weekend where a clever strategy boosted him to ninth place.
It marked the first points finish for the Fujitsu Racing driver since Oran Park in August, and the first event since Eastern Creek where he completed all three sprint races.
“Ninth in one race might not sound like much, but we will take it,” said Bright.
“We've taken a lot of hits this year, but I truly believe that we have been better than our results have shown.
“Motor racing can be cruel at times and it can be very kind.
“Today I guess we were somewhere in between, but importantly on the positive side of things.
“We tried the long stint strategy in races #1 and #2, but it didn't bring the result we wanted – we knew it would give us a break some time this weekend and it really worked in that final race.
“I was running 10th and saw Tander have his steering troubles. The next thing I knew he was out of control and spearing back across the track.
“Importantly we missed him and at that moment I felt things were working in our favour.”
Bright's team mate Alan Gurr struggled in his debut race at Symmons Plains.
Finishing in twentieth position in the final race, Gurr heads to the final round of the championship in hope of producing a solid result.
“Twentieth looks OK in the results column,” he said.
“That last race was pretty crazy and with little more luck, a few extra spots could have been ours.
“We chose to stay out as long as possible with our pit stops. That worked in our favour in the last race coming out in 20th. Then on the re-start it got pretty hectic and I had contact at the front end.
“A couple of laps later it cut the tyre and sent me into the back of Bargwanna. I was hoping to make the most of other's misfortune, but not our own.
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