I feel I have momentum behind me after fighting back in Tassie so I'm feeling really confident about the weekend.

What a cracker MotoGP race last Sunday night; one of the greatest motor races of all time.

It was an amazing battle between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo and so inspiring for me to watch an athlete like Valentino at the top of their game. And to grab a last corner victory like that is what every racer prays for. I was yelling at the TV screen and I'm still pumped up.

Ever since then I've been itching to get in the car at Darwin this weekend and turn around my hoodoo at that circuit. It's the one track I've had good speed at but never had a good result. I haven't even been on the podium. It's one of those remaining tracks I'm yet to conquer. It's my Everest and that gives me great motivation.

I like the circuit and we've been really fast in the past, but I just haven't had a clean run. We've struck some bad luck with an engine blow up and last year a bit of an incident with Garth Tander. However, I feel I have momentum behind me after fighting back in Tassie so I'm feeling really confident about the weekend.

The Darwin round is the Northern Territory's biggest event so we always get a good crowd up there. It's also going to be hot which will be a nice change to the recent cold weather. I love the heat being a Queenslander. And talk about heat and last-minute victories, we had a bit of both in our social indoor cricket team last week when we won the B grade grand final. That was also a cracker of a match.

We were one run down in the last over and we were bowling. A wicket is worth five runs in indoor cricket, so we got a couple in the last over and scored a narrow victory. The team's called the Tank Slappers and Steve Johnson's also on the team. We're just like thousands of other young people who like to pay some social sport during the week. I crave my Monday night cricket.

On a serious note, it looks like an almighty shake-up in the V8 Supercars administration with technical chief Campbell Little announcing he is resigning, then CEO Cameron Levich standing down and Mark Skaife joining the board.

It's all happening, but I don't think it's going to affect the racing which is a good thing.

Let's hope they can sort out the politics sooner rather than later and settle everything down.

At the moment, it's just a few speed humps, but if it goes on any longer, then we'll become more worried about what we're doing internally rather than moving our sport forward.

As for Skaifey, it's a bit of an unknown at this stage. It will take time for him to prove he is independent now that he is not associated with the team. But he is a very competent sportsman and has been around for a long time. Plus he's a racer _ he's one of us _ so he's great to have associated with our sport at an admin level.

One last thought: while I'll be busy on Saturday night, I'll be setting the recorder on SBS for The Squiz sports comedy quiz show. My teammate Craig (Lowndes) will be on.

Following on from the 60 Minutes segment on Marcos Ambrose last Sunday it's always good to see motorsport stars get some exposure on TV.