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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
%
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