With the departure of the
V8 Supercar franchises, owned by John Kelly and Margaret Kelly and used to operate the team, to their own
new team in 2009, the HSV Dealer Team was effectively disbanded at the end of 2008, to be reformed in 2009 as
Walkinshaw Racing. Team principal
[Tom Walkinshaw sourced one franchise from the also disbanded
]Paul Weel Racing, and another inactive licence from V8 Supercars], commonly referred to as the "30th" or "Walden/Romano" licence
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NOT REALLY SAME TEAM