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7th March 2011, 16:42 #11
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http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2265
Triple Eight will be using Vectras with NGTC Engines this year. It'll be interesting to see how they stack up against Pirtek Racing who already have a year of experience under their belts and two Vectra Chassis that have been tuned for the turbo engine compared with 888's knowledge of the Vectra but not the engine...
Also, reading their track history makes you realise just what an impressive record they have in the BTCC. BRING BACK VXRACING!!!Please ignore ALL of the above....
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7th March 2011, 18:12 #12
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10th March 2011, 10:53 #13
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Who took over running the BTCC side of the operation once Roland Dane moved to Australia to set up the V8 Supercar team?
Not sure if its relevant to your research or not, but before Triple 8 entered V8 Supercars by buying out Briggs Motorsport, they had an aborted attempted to enter the series a year earlier when they bidded to buy the Holden Racing Team after the TWR collapse.
Holden where keen to sell the team to Triple 8, but HSV who originally set up the Holden Racing Team, and was protected from the TWR collapse by a forward thinking Holden who demanded independance from TWR for HSV, stepped in and argued the team should be owned by a new company, Holden Motorsport, a wholy owned subsidury of Holden, with the racing license sold to a proxy (Mark Skaife). Basically it was a clever way for Holden to own their own team without contradicting the rule that a manufacturer can't own a V8 Supercar team.
This all pissed Roland Dane off so when he did enter V8's by buying Briggs Motorsport, he refused to change it to a Holden team despite Triple 8's GM links (via Vauxhall) untill many years later when Ford pulled their funding for the team and Roland had a sudden change of heart that he actually loved Holden all along.....
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10th March 2011, 13:46 #14
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[quote="RJL25"]
Holden where keen to sell the team to Triple 8, but HSV who originally set up the Holden Racing Team, and was protected from the TWR collapse by a forward thinking Holden who demanded independance from TWR for HSV, stepped in and argued the team should be owned by a new company, Holden Motorsport, a wholy owned subsidury of Holden, with the racing license sold to a proxy (Mark Skaife). Basically it was a clever way for Holden to own their own team without contradicting the rule that a manufacturer can't own a V8 Supercar team.
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This could explain Why Roland Dane wants to beat HRT so bad now his team is also holden.Also looking at the record the above happened maybe they should have sold to triple8.
Since 2003
Drivers Championships HRT - 0 888 - 2 plus runner up 4times(06 craig lowndes was robbed lol)
Bathurst HRT - 2 888 - 4
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10th March 2011, 21:11 #15
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Originally Posted by RJL25You lot still here?!
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10th March 2011, 21:53 #16
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That would be awesome Iain
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12th March 2011, 10:51 #17
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Originally Posted by Triple8fan
Drivers Championships kelly racing 2
Bathurst - 2VERSTAPPEN: ‘If I’d let Sainz past, dad would’ve kicked me in the nuts!’
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12th March 2011, 12:58 #18
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Originally Posted by thunderbolt
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
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12th March 2011, 22:47 #19
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Originally Posted by Triple8fanHSV Dealer Team was one of the premier motorsport teams contesting the V8 Supercar Championship Series. The team ceased operations at the end of 2008. Walkinshaw Racing and Kelly Racing were created by owners and staff of the former team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSV_Dealer_Team
The team as it is known today came about from a collaboration between K-mart and Holden before the 2001 season, resulting in the two-car K-mart Racing Team. This was as the result of a TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) initiative to run two level one teams from one facility with much help of Greg Murphy and Jeff Grech. Under K-Mart sponsorship the team won the 2003 and 2004 Bathurst 1000 races with Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly at the wheel.
K-mart sponsorship ended at the conclusion of the 2004 season, resulting in the team becoming known as the HSV Dealer Team in 2005. The Toll Holdings Group became the title sponsor of the team for the 2006 season alongside with HSV.
The 2006 season was the most successful in the team's history at the time, with Rick Kelly winning the drivers championship, and the team winning the team championship, courtesy of a strong combined points haul from Rick Kelly and Garth Tander. Prior to this, the team had taken two wins at the Bathurst 1000, courtesy of Rick Kelly and Greg Murphy.
The 2007 season was another successful year with Garth Tander winning the championship in a thrilling final round, the team winning the Teams Championship, and Holden winning the Constructors Championship.
2008 saw Toll shift some of their sponsorship emphasis from HSVDT to the Holden Racing Team, continuing their relationship with the departing Garth Tander. This left a seat at the team which was later filled by Paul Dumbrell in the Autobarn car.[1]
Franchise owner John Kelly announced late in 2008 that he would be taking his franchises away from an association with Walkinshaw Performance and be establishing a new team, forming a technical partnership with Perkins Motorsport to establish Kelly Racing for which his sons Todd and Rick would drive for.VERSTAPPEN: ‘If I’d let Sainz past, dad would’ve kicked me in the nuts!’
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28th March 2011, 19:23 #20
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