Fairytale race win ends 30-month hell for Dick Johnson and his iconic V8 Supercars team Dick Johnson and Chaz Mostert celebrate a landmark win in Dick Johnson Racing's history. DICK Johnson cried tears of joy Sunday night after a 21-year-old V8 rookie ended a 30-month hell for Dick Johnson Racing with a fairytale race win. Just seven days after Johnson publicly revealed he was broke after losing $9.1 million, the Australian motorsport icon was finally given reason to smile with V8 unknown Chaz Mostert breaking through for DJR's first win since 2010. In incredible scenes at Queensland Raceway, Johnson was swamped by his team as Mostert roared across the line to secure the historic win with the hugs and handshakes reducing the V8 legend to tears. Johnson has been locked in a desperate fight to save his team for nine years with dodgy deals and bad business decisions leaving his famous outfit on life support. Johnson was forced to sell his prized cars in 2008 to raise money to save his team before sacking his son at the start of this season to bring in a driver who could help pay the bills. The team was only a race-by-race proposition until last month when Johnson stitched up a last minute deal to ensure the survival of DJR until the end of the year. The doom and gloom was blown away yesterday by a rookie driver who got a surprise start in the series in round four with Mostert blowing away Mark Winterbottom and Will Davison to announce himself as a future star. Johnson is hoping the win will help end his pain. "The wonderful thing about life is that it can go from the worst to the best in an instant," Johnson said. I have had the lowest of the lowest and the highest of the highs. I feel pretty high right now. Mostert provided the fairytale with the driver on loan from Ford Performance Racing (FPR) roaring off the line before holding off Davison and Winterbottom to snare an emotion-charged victory. Johnson praised the emerging star following the giant-slaying win. "He just did a wonderful job," Johnson said. He was incredible and this weekend things just started to work for us. To be quite honest I knew we would win again but I didn't know when that would be. We have had our battles but I really think Chaz is going to be a great driver and I think so much of the guy. I just love working with him because he is so easy going and plenty talented. Mostert struggled for words as he came to terms with the first V8 Supercar win of his career. "DJR has had a couple of bad years so to get a win for these guys is just so special," Mostert said. For me I really don't know what I am feeling. I am just hoping I don't wake up in the morning and find out it was just a really good dream. I don't want this feeling to go away because I am so happy. This is what you strive towards as a young kid and you think about trying to get to the big league. We have some of the best drivers in the world here and to be racing against them is just a dream. To win against some of the best drivers in the world just makes me ecstatic. I really need to thank my parents for helping me get here because it has been a hard and emotional roller-coaster to get to this point. Johnson is hoping the victory will help put his team back on the map and help ensure its survival. He is also hopeful of signing Mostert beyond this year. "I think this shows that we still have what it takes," Johnson said. Internally this does a huge amount for everyone in the team. This is also for all the fans out there that have supported us through all the bad times. This is for them. Hopefully this helps us secure our future but I still have to secure Chaz.