The 35-year-old spent most of the SuperSprint weekend in Launceston General Hospital after being caught up in the worst Supercars crash in recent memory, which left a $5 million damage bill and forced officials to call off the race.

But Davison, who took victory at the Symmons Plains event in 2009 and 2016, says Tasmania still holds a special place in his heart.

“I’ve only got good memories and feelings of Tassie,” Davison told The Examiner.

“That moment (the crash) I don’t even think of Tasmania, I just think of wet, horrible conditions and a bit of a freak incident, it was the conditions more than anything to do with Tasmania.

“I did my utmost to miss the cars and try and find a bit of a gap, unfortunately Rick Kelly ping-ponged from the outside wall to the inside and before I knew it I had a massive impact and was quite injured.

“I spent a couple of nights there in Launceston hospital with a lot of damage and that really set the tone for a difficult year – fortunately I was relatively unscathed besides a bit of concussion and a broken bone in my back.

“It was amazing with such a big impact that I didn’t have any more injuries, so it’s certainly not a very nice memory from last year in Tassie but it’s certainly an event I really love.

“I love the circuit and generally go very well there so I can’t wait to get back there and get racing.”

Davison joined his sixth team at the start of this year, moving from Tekno Autosports to become 23Red Racing’s first Supercars driver since it rebadged from Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.  

As well as extending Davison’s Supercars career, the move has allowed the 19-time race-winner a fresh shot at one of the few remaining targets on his bucket list – winning a title alongside older brother Alex.

The two brothers will join forces in the Enduro Cup and the junior of the pair is bullish about what could be achieved. 

“He’s one of the best co-drivers we could get, he’s very experienced and doing a lot of racing himself this year in other categories around the world.

“From a family point of view it’s obviously really special to be able to share with your brother and have another shot at winning the biggest races of the year, particularly Bathurst.

“We’ve got a really good car this year, we’ve got a great team and one of my last career goals is to make sure I stand on a podium with my brother and we’ve got another shot to do it this year.”

The Tasmania SuperSprint runs from April 6 to 8. 

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