Motorsport News Issue 135 - 11-24 September 1998

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Issue 135

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NEWS

11-24 September 1998

Control tyre is go, but HRT legal threat HOLDEN Racing team chief John Crennan may be preparing to stop the introduction of control

tyres to V8 Supercar rac ing next season by legally challenging the validity of the Touring Car Entrants' Group, TEGA. Some

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rival

teams

have

accused the Holden factory team boss of refusing to accept the will of the vast majority and

By PHIL BRANAGAN

hers, Crennan has suggested that there are "glaring and appalling oversights and a lack

Board meeting held in Sydney on September 1 be postponed for 30 days to enable "necessary

the way in which it is proposed to implement a control tyre is ill

believe he will back down on his

of attention to basic issues in

remedial work (to) be undertak

tainly be rendered invalid and

threat. On

relation to the administration of

en to correct the structural defi ciencies of TEGA" and "discus

unenforceable".

Tuesday TEGA announced that it would imple

the company".

ment a control tyre for the category, but last Friday Crennan attended a TEGA board meeting and presented a legal query

regarding the document that several V8 Supercar competitors contacted Motorsport News and offered copies to us.

over the validity of the organi

Crennan proposed in the let

sation.

In a letter to all TEGA mem-

Such is the level of concern

ter headed "TEGA and CON-

TROL TYRE" that the TEGA

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POWERING AHEAD: Holden Racing Team is determined to keep the advantage it has enjoyed in recent season with its Bridgestone tyres, despite the decision to go with a Control tyre next year. (Photo by Graeme Neander - Coventry Studios)

sions with a view to resolving the legal issues in relation to the introduction of a control

tyre". It goes on: "MHRT is absolutely convinced that the

legal advice obtained by the TEGA Board is wrong and that

conceived and will almost cer

When his proposed motion was not accepted by TEGA Chairman Garry Craft, Crennan's legal adviser sug gested that Craft's action consti tuted bias and he (Craft) should

immediately stand down from Continued Page 3


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