I'm looking forward to seeing how much grip we have on the drag strip as it should be much grippier than we normally experience on the race track.

What an up-and-down weekend we had in Tassie.

Anything that could go wrong did on the Saturday and then everything just seemed to run smoothly on the Sunday for my fifth win of the season.

We got caught out again with Tassie being under 10 degrees. It was freezing and because I was quickest in qualifying I had to wait until last for the top 10 shootout and by the time I got out there the tyres were stone cold.

Then we got caught with this new soft sprint tyre. The strategy is just a lottery and it just didn't go our way again.

We had predicted a safety car and it never happened which is very rare, particularly in Tassie where there is almost always a crash and they send out a safety car for anything.

All you can do is work on probability and what is most likely going to happen.

We pretty much regrouped on Saturday night and spent long hours in the garage working out what the strategy was for the next day and I did one of the best laps I've ever driven on Sunday morning to get pole.

Then it was just flat out right till the end through a lot of lapped traffic. There was a lot of carnage down at the hairpin most laps and it was all about who could survive the drive and run the fastest for the longest.

Meanwhile, Craig had problems in qualifying with his brakes. They put brand new brakes on because Tassie is very hard on them.

He wasn't completely happy with them so they got rid of them and put on another set for the race. Otherwise he was happy with the new FG. He went very quick all weekend, so it made a good debut.

Now we have a proven spare car ready and waiting, but hopefully we won't be using it.

Craig and I shape up again on Saturday at the Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway for three drag races in our full race-spec cars. And I can tell you it's not just a show; it will be a full-blown race. I'll be shattered if the old boy beats me.

I'm looking forward to seeing how much grip we have on the drag strip as it should be much grippier than we normally experience on the race track. We should be able to just drop the clutch and launch it. I'll then be hanging around at night to watch the action, especially the top-fuellers which are amazing.

Everyone thinks drag racers are just driving in a straight line but they are driving the whole way as their car is trying to spit them off. Speaking of night racing, there is talk around the pits that the V8s could do a night race. We did a twilight meeting at Eastern Creek a couple of years ago and it was a success.

The main purpose of night racing on an international scale is to get the TV coverage at the right time for the Americans or for when you are racing at places that are extremely hot. We don't really have a huge amount of need in Australia on those counts; not even at Hidden Valley in Darwin which is always packed. The fans just love spending a day at the races.

However, what would be fantastic would be a trial night race this year in Bahrain. I'm sure a lot more of a crowd would come out at night rather than the day, plus it's an awesome spectacle to watch cars racing at night.