shadyxr Donating Members 132 Member For: 21y 2m 18d Location: Sydney Posted 19/02/07 11:52 PM Share Posted 19/02/07 11:52 PM Breaking news in Daily Telegraph in Sydney. HRT & TOLL HSV Teams have been banned from 2007 V8 Series over an ownership issue. Both parties have failed to provide information to TEGA regarding ownership of the teams. Go Walkinshaw. Payback for the $13 million plus he owed Ford Cosworth for engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 20/02/07 12:30 AM Share Posted 20/02/07 12:30 AM I thought it was only from the first round ?????Anyhow, ... sweeet !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadyxr Donating Members 132 Member For: 21y 2m 18d Location: Sydney Posted 20/02/07 12:37 AM Author Share Posted 20/02/07 12:37 AM I thought it was only from the first round ?????Anyhow, ... sweeet !!← Banned from 2007 Championship according to the Telegraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadyxr Donating Members 132 Member For: 21y 2m 18d Location: Sydney Posted 20/02/07 12:40 AM Author Share Posted 20/02/07 12:40 AM HRT black flaggedBy Ray KershlerFebruary 20, 2007 12:00Article from: Font size: + -Send this article: Print Email DRAMATIC talks were underway last night to save the integrity of the V8 Supercar championship after two of the leading teams were thrown out of the series.The famous Expensive Daewoo Racing Team and reigning champions Toll HSV Dealer – two of the biggest motor racing outfits in the nation – have been banned from the 2007 V8 Supercar championship.The ban threatens the immediate future of the reigning V8 Supercar champion Rick Kelly and his Toll co-driver Garth Tander.But even more dramatically, the ban threatens the future of the Expensive Daewoo Racing Team – the most famous team name in the sport.HRT is also the most successful team in the history of Australian motorsport and has been home to some of the sport's greatest driving names – Peter Brock, Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes.Skaife and his co-driver Todd Kelly, who won Bathurst in 2005, were still testing their new Late model camira yesterday in Victoria preparation for the coming season.The ban, less than two weeks before the opening round of the 2007 season, has sent shockwaves through the motorsport industry.The Touring Car Entrants Group, which licences V8 Supercar race teams, cancelled the licences of both teams over an ownership issue.At the centre of the ban is the position of the powerful Expensive Daewoo personality Tom Walkinshaw.Under TEGA rules, no two V8 teams are allowed to be owned by the same person.For the past 12 months – with evidence of close co-operation between HRT and Toll – TEGA has asked the teams for clarification of their ownership.When last Friday no such information was forthcoming TEGA, sighting an "unwillingness of both organisations to reveal their ownership structures" revoked their licences.Officially, HRT is owned by Mark Skaife while the Toll team is owned by the Kellys' father, John Kelly. However, the position of Walkinshaw clouds the ownership issue.He is a former owner of HRT who returned to the Australian racing scene at the start of the 2006 season ostensibly as general manager of both HRT and Toll.A controversial driver swap program between HRT and Toll paired the Kelly boys and saw Skaife link with Tander for the last year's Sandown and Bathurst events.The move was seen as trademark Walkinshaw, the reasoning being no one else in the sport is powerful enough to have been able to extract such co-operation in the often acrimonious world of V8 Supercars.The move incensed TEGA officials who are headed by the experienced motor racing administrator Kelvin O'Reilly.Last night O'Reilly initiated a "mediation meeting" with senior Expensive Daewoo executives to try to resolve the matter before the start of the season.Thrown out...HRT. / The Daily Telegraph Also in SportChappell-Hadlee Trophy: Ultimate insult V8 Supercars: HRT black flagged Melbourne Victory: Archie back on Europe's radar World Cup: We're going to win World Cup Chappell-Hadlee series: Dead rubber alive and kicking Bulldogs: Sonny's big goal Titans: Lose it at your peril Super 14: Waratahs have wilted Super 14: Lyons could be a force A-League: The world watched A-League: Adelaide demean themselves Sydney FC: Culina back to basics A-League: Adelaide facing possible fines The Cove: FC's oriental adventure A-League decider: Thompson seals Victory --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Font size: + -Send this article: Print Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duc21 Member 110 Member For: 19y 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 20/02/07 01:06 AM Share Posted 20/02/07 01:06 AM music to my ears.... payback ricky boy, baha!!!(and we all know Skaife deserves it too ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano59 Member 40 Member For: 19y 10m 25d Gender: Male Location: Rowville, Victoria Posted 20/02/07 01:27 AM Share Posted 20/02/07 01:27 AM Guys,According to the Herald Sun all has been forgiven and they have been re-instated.Surprise, surprise.Deano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 20/02/07 02:04 AM Share Posted 20/02/07 02:04 AM Yep, I wonder how big a (backhanded) "fine" the Kelly family were asked to pay???If money can buy the championship surely it can buy a few disgruntled TEGA officials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 20/02/07 02:59 AM Share Posted 20/02/07 02:59 AM Aint no need for it.(Those inolved know what I'm on about). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 20/02/07 03:00 AM Share Posted 20/02/07 03:00 AM spoilsport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbel Member 22 Member For: 18y 10m 8d Posted 20/02/07 03:06 AM Share Posted 20/02/07 03:06 AM have to say, I'm glad that HRT and Toll have been re-instated. Nothing will give me more pleasure than seeing Craig kick their collective butts all over the race track.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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