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TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT DENIES V8 SUPERCAR AXING
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.
Continue reading...AMBROSE QUITS JTG DAUGHERTY: NASCAR FUTURE UNCERTAIN
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The NASCAR future of Australian Marcos Ambrose is up in the air after the announcement that the Tasmanian will leave JTG Daugherty Racing at the end of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. “It has been a great five year journey for me and JTG Daugherty Racing,” Marcos Ambrose said. “I am proud of being their driver and of what we have been able to accomplish together. " Ambrose said that the decision to leave had been his as “After five years, I personally felt it was time for a change. Ambrose said that he had no firm plans for next year and has not ruled out a return to Australia and V8 Supercar competition. “I would like to continue in NASCAR and finish off what I started, but I have not discounted returning to Australia.
Continue reading...KELLY WINS A WET ONE BUT ALL IS SUNNY FOR JAMIE
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Falcon driver Jamie Whincup edged closer to his first Australian V8 Supercar championship despite finishing second to Holden's Todd Kelly at a wet and windy Symmonns Plains Raceway in Tasmania. Starting from the front row Whincup led early but was soon under pressure from main title rival Holden's Garth Tander as rain began to sweep the Northern Tasmanian track. Tander ran off the track in the tricky conditions and stalled leaving Kelly as Holden's main contender against the fast Fords of Whincup and Mark Winterbottom. Kelly drove brilliantly in the terrible conditions coming from way back in the pack to be challenging for the lead within a few laps. After changing to wets Kelly stormed through the field again to take the lead for good on lap 35. After the race an emotional Kelly, who leaves the Perkins team at the end of the year, described the race as one of his best ever.
Continue reading...WEBBER HOSPITALISED AFTER TASMANIAN BIKE CRASH
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Australian Formula One star Mark Webber has been rushed to a Tasmanian Hospital in a stable condition after being involved in an accident during his annual charity event. Webber was on the bike leg of the annual Mark Webber Challenge when he hit a car on Fortescue Bay Road on the Tasman Peninsula. The Tasmanian Ambulance Service initially said that Webber had multiple fractures of his arms and legs, but a more recent report says that the injuries are to one leg only. He was immediately airlifted to a hospital in the Tasmanian capital city of Hobart. Webber Challenge media manager Nancy Cook says Webber is disappointed his race has been ended by an accident. "Mark's been involved in a minor accident, he's fine," she said. "He's being treated, he's really disappointed that he's not going to be able to continue but he's well and being looked after." The incident could see Webber out of action for at least six weeks, not good considering the major changes to Formula One regulations in 2009.
Continue reading...WINSLOW WRAPS IT UP AS ENGINE SINKS TANDER
Sunday, September 21, 2008
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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