For an exclusive interview in V8X Supercar Magazine #82, Chaz Mostert and Scott McLaughlin grabbed a coffee and discussed their meteoric rise from childhood friends to V8 Supercars race winners.

Mostert and McLaughlin were rookie race winners last season and are now factory-backed race winners in 2014, confirming their status as the future stars of V8 Supercars and likely rivals in years to come.

The youngsters discuss the past, present and future in an extensive interview for V8X Supercar Magazine #82 (August-September) edition, on sale now in stores, in the V8X app available in the App Store and Google Play, in the Magshop and Magzter app stores and online at DigitalEdition.V8XMagazine.com.au

"Me and Scotty are going to have our up and downs over the years, it's just natural racing," Mostert tells V8X Supercar Magazine.

"You make mistakes here and there, you come together. On different days we will have awesome battles and hopefully the V8 Supercar community loves it."

McLaughlin adds: "At the end of the day whether its Chaz or anyone else I just want to go out and beat everyone else. I have got a rivalry with Chaz but I have a rivalry with everyone else too, so you have just got to focus on what you have to do and whatever happens, happens really."

Mostert and McLaughlin both pinpoint the 2012 Dunlop Series championship as the key to their development, doing battle with fellow youngsters Scott Pye and Nick Percat in an intense season.

McLaughlin explains: "I think that year really shaped both our careers in regard to being consistent, making the most of what we have got, whether we are having good day or a bad day.

"We are lucky that we have good equipment (in V8 Supercars). It could have gone either way for me with Volvo this year, it could have been absolutely disastrous or awesome as it has been.

"I have just been lucky to be able to show my stuff rather than struggle developing the car. If Chaz was winning this year and I was down the back I would have been pretty gutted, because you know you can fight with the dude and everyone else up the front."

Mostert adds that he and McLaughlin, in their second seasons, "are probably only 25 per cent of the 100 per cent of what it takes to get the car around fast".

Read the full interview in V8X Supercar Magazine #82. CLICK HERE for more on what's inside of #82.

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