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Team Vodafone set for Holden switch
Dominant Ford runner, Team Vodafone, looks set to be running Holdens next year… But HRT will remain the factory team
Speculation is rife Holden is set to reveal that top V8 Supercar outfit Triple Eight Race Engineering/Team Vodafone will field Commodores in the country's premier racing series from next year. An announcement is thought to be imminent -- perhaps as early as tomorrow (Wednesday).
Team Vodafone has been the dominant force in V8 racing this year Down Under. Though the team campaigns Falcons it does not receive funding from Ford. Cash support from the Blue Oval was withdrawn in a sponsorship purge last year.
Although the key players are remaining tight-lipped about the defection, the dogs are barking loudly in the motorsport press. Auto Action magazine will lead with the story in its edition 1351 on sale tomorrow.
It is believed that the (Tom) Walkinshaw Performance-run Holden Racing Team will remain the General's factory flagbearer, but that Roland Dane's Team Vodafone may be the only other team with financial support from Holden.
If indeed Dane is switching from running Fords to Holdens, it almost certainly means that Toyota -- the most logical, yet always unlikely, potential third entrant in the sport -- won't be going V8 Supercar racing for at least the next three years, if ever.
Dominant Ford runner, Team Vodafone, looks set to be running Holdens next year… But HRT will remain the factory team
Speculation is rife Holden is set to reveal that top V8 Supercar outfit Triple Eight Race Engineering/Team Vodafone will field Commodores in the country's premier racing series from next year. An announcement is thought to be imminent -- perhaps as early as tomorrow (Wednesday).
Team Vodafone has been the dominant force in V8 racing this year Down Under. Though the team campaigns Falcons it does not receive funding from Ford. Cash support from the Blue Oval was withdrawn in a sponsorship purge last year.
Although the key players are remaining tight-lipped about the defection, the dogs are barking loudly in the motorsport press. Auto Action magazine will lead with the story in its edition 1351 on sale tomorrow.
It is believed that the (Tom) Walkinshaw Performance-run Holden Racing Team will remain the General's factory flagbearer, but that Roland Dane's Team Vodafone may be the only other team with financial support from Holden.
If indeed Dane is switching from running Fords to Holdens, it almost certainly means that Toyota -- the most logical, yet always unlikely, potential third entrant in the sport -- won't be going V8 Supercar racing for at least the next three years, if ever.
