The Tasmanian Government has denied that it was withdrawing it's support for a V8 Supercar event at Symmons Plains.
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings accused VESA officials of "sabre rattling" over the future of the race.
V8 Supercars Australia claimed that the State Government had scrapped its three-year deal to run the event and with no commitment beyond this year, the event from November 11-13 would be the last.
Premier Gidding's however has denied that any final decision had been made and that the State was keen to see the event continue.
"We know it is a very popular sport for many Tasmanians, but we have to go through a negotiation process and that is what is happening right now," she told the Hobart Mercury .
"I think it might be a bit of sabre rattling by the V8s because we are still in discussions with them around a negotiation.
The Tasmanian Minister for Tourism Scott Bacon also denies the event has been officially scrapped.
"The suggestion that we have abandoned our commitment to events in 2012 and 2013 is incorrect," he said.
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An engine drama in race one has cost Leanne Tander her chance at the 2008 Australian Drivers Championship for the CAMS Gold Star despite winning the weekend's F3 feature race at Tasmania's Symmons Plains. With Tander out of the first race the title went to English driver James Winslow.
Winslow wrapped up the title by winning race one on the final lap after a rain shower made the 2.4km Symmons Plains circuit slippery and cost race leader Stuart Kostera the win.
“It is just unbelievable. After the year I have had I don’t know quite what to feel. It hasn’t sunk in yet,” he said.
“I knew that Leanne was out of the race but I was so determined to win the championship in race one I pressed on as hard as I could. That’s why I challenged Kostera when he passed me because I wanted to win to make sure of it.”
Winslow has battled for funding all year and at the earlier Phillip Island round had told In Pit Lane that he might not even make it to Tasmania.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
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