By Matthew Agius
V8 Supercar and Holden Racing Team fans will need to continue waiting to see if the most popular team in the V8 Supercar Championship Series will be given the boot after the Touringcar Entrants Board of Australia (TEGA) ‘dissects’ paperwork submitted today.
Skaife Sports, the supposed owners of the Holden Racing Team, were given fourteen days to provide paperwork showing that lead driver Mark Skaife is in control of the Holden Racing Team, and not former owner, Tom Walkinshaw.
The Holden Racing Team has been embroiled in controversy since the weeks leading up to the season start at Clipsal 500 Adelaide last weekend. After failing to meet the initial deadline to submit paperwork, a deadline that was met by the sister Toll HSV Dealer Team, a fourteen day extension was granted.
That extension expired today.
The TEGA board met over the course of the weekend and on Monday afternoon to review Skaife’s submission. However the board’s chairman Kelvin O’Reilly left the meeting with bad news for Ford fans, and a lifeline for the HRT-loyal.
“For the benefit of all parties concerned and the Championship in general TEGA is attempting to have this matter determined as soon as possible,” said O’Reilly.
“As much as we would have hoped to have a decision today, the complexity of the issue remains such that it will take time to dissect the documents and determine whether they are in order or not.
“This is an extremely complex and delicate matter that TEGA needs to work through. Paperwork has been lodged but that doesn’t mean that it complies, that is for TEGA to ultimately decide.”
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