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Vodafone Holdens???????
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TeamVodafone moves to Holden
Wednesday 29/07/2009 11:30
Author: Briar Gunther | Source: BigPond Sport - copyright
Holden has re-affirmed its commitment to Australian motorsport with the news that it has taken on TeamVodafone into its V8 Supercar stable.
TeamVodafone Principle, Roland Dane, and driver Jamie Whincup, the reigning V8 Supercar champ, attended the announcement at Fishermen's Bend in Melbourne today.
Whincup drove an SS Commodore plastered with Vodafone stickers into the showroom as part of the announcement but teammate Craig Lowndes, who is contracted with Ford until the end of the year, did not attend.
More to follow.
Bloody disgrace the whole deal, the fact that it was allowed to get this far, the fact VESA allowed it (double the ratio of Holden to Fords) the fact that Roland Dane is too pig headed and outspoken and has burned his bridges with Ford. The fact that Ford selected two foreign teams for factory backing over the most successful and the most iconic.
Lowndes has made a comment, "I have unfinished business with Holden, it is great to get the chance to go back and build on the results I achieved with them earlier in my career. F#@K Off then and shut the door on your way out.
Bigcol... you need a bigger boat, next year I may arrange a meet and greet for a fishing trip.
Lowndes has made a comment, "I have unfinished business with Holden, it is great to get the chance to go back and build on the results I achieved with them earlier in my career. F#@K Off then and shut the door on your way out.
Bigcol... you need a bigger boat, next year I may arrange a meet and greet for a fishing trip.
Dane is nothing but a bitter pommy prick, should fit in well with all the other Red wankers.
Kinda hard to figure out after all the Splittergate stuff this year, how all the Holdens did what they did at the Island in 06 and Mr money bags saying he wouldnt go back there no wonder he always smiles fleeced millions from Ford now back where he can get more cash.
Kinda hard to figure out after all the Splittergate stuff this year, how all the Holdens did what they did at the Island in 06 and Mr money bags saying he wouldnt go back there no wonder he always smiles fleeced millions from Ford now back where he can get more cash.
So will Whingecup.
Still nothing on the team website, but it's on the V8 Supercars website now. This, for some reason, does not shock me. Lowndes didn't attend because of his commitment to Ford, until the end of the year.
Lowndes back to the darkside...what a shame, and Roland Dane appears to have an enlarged self-importance gland anyway.
Lowndes will 100% stay with the team. I am sure Jamie, Craig and Vodafone new this when they resigned a few days ago. That may explain the blurring of the ford badge on the youtube video...
This will have huge ramifications for DJR, but I am sure they will of learned a lot this year and will be able to build a solid car (stuff buying them from 888 now!).
and, maybe ford will pull their finger out and sponsor DJR now...?
This will have huge ramifications for DJR, but I am sure they will of learned a lot this year and will be able to build a solid car (stuff buying them from 888 now!).
and, maybe ford will pull their finger out and sponsor DJR now...?
Statement from Lowndes -
"Today Triple Eight announced that it has formed a new partnership with Holden, to race Commodores from the beginning of the 2010 season.
?This news comes after the recent confirmation that Vodafone, Jamie [Whincup] and I have all re-signed with Triple Eight until at least the end of 2012.
?Remaining with Triple Eight was always my key career priority for 2010 and beyond. They?re the best team in the business and there?s no-one else I?d rather be racing for.
?But it is a team decision to change brands and means that this will be the final year of my relationship with Ford, which dates back to 2001.
?I?ve thoroughly enjoyed my time as a Ford driver and ambassador.
"On the track, we?ve achieved a lot of success together, with three-straight Bathurst wins and countless race and round victories. A championship has eluded us thus far, but we?ve been right in the thick of it in recent years and there is still a lot of racing to go in 2009.
?Away from the track, I?ve met and worked with a lot of great people from Ford and have been proud to represent the brand for nine years. I?ve also been fortunate enough to meet and receive fantastic support from many passionate Ford fans.
?Starting this weekend with the Norton 360 Challenge at Sandown, I?ll be looking to conclude the Ford chapter of my career on a strong note.
?We're chasing a fourth-consecutive Bathurst win and I plan to fight for the championship until the very end.?
Craig Lowndes
"Today Triple Eight announced that it has formed a new partnership with Holden, to race Commodores from the beginning of the 2010 season.
?This news comes after the recent confirmation that Vodafone, Jamie [Whincup] and I have all re-signed with Triple Eight until at least the end of 2012.
?Remaining with Triple Eight was always my key career priority for 2010 and beyond. They?re the best team in the business and there?s no-one else I?d rather be racing for.
?But it is a team decision to change brands and means that this will be the final year of my relationship with Ford, which dates back to 2001.
?I?ve thoroughly enjoyed my time as a Ford driver and ambassador.
"On the track, we?ve achieved a lot of success together, with three-straight Bathurst wins and countless race and round victories. A championship has eluded us thus far, but we?ve been right in the thick of it in recent years and there is still a lot of racing to go in 2009.
?Away from the track, I?ve met and worked with a lot of great people from Ford and have been proud to represent the brand for nine years. I?ve also been fortunate enough to meet and receive fantastic support from many passionate Ford fans.
?Starting this weekend with the Norton 360 Challenge at Sandown, I?ll be looking to conclude the Ford chapter of my career on a strong note.
?We're chasing a fourth-consecutive Bathurst win and I plan to fight for the championship until the very end.?
Craig Lowndes
Timmy
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The latest up on the V8SC website
TeamVodafone?s decision to run Holden Commodores next year will tip the balance of the V8 Supercar field to two thirds red versus one third blue.
While Holden fans are rejoicing at the thought of Craig Lowndes returning to the Holden fold, Ford fans are bracing for a Holden onslaught next year with the news that Lowndes and reigning champ Jamie Whincup will drive Commodores from 2010.
The news was made official at Holden?s premises at Fishermen?s Bend in Melbourne today (Wednesday).
With TeamVodafone Principle Roland Dane in the passenger seat, Whincup drove an SS Commodore featuring Vodafone stickers into the Holden showroom as part of the announcement.
Despite winning the driver and team championships along with a third straight Bathurst win, TeamVodafone lost its sponsorship from Ford at the end of last year.
This year the team has run FG Falcons, but with no Ford branding on them and the team officially recognises the #1 and #888 cars as ?Hogsters?.
Lowndes, who left the Holden stable to drive for Ford-backed 00 Motorsport in 2001 and still has a personal contract with Ford until the end of this year, did not attend today?s announcement.
Dane said that, like Lowndes and Whincup ? who last drove for Holden in 2005 ? it felt like he was returning home.
?There?s big connections for Triple Eight and General Motors that goes back to 1996 when along with Ian Harrison and Derek Warwick I did the deal with Vauxhall Motors, which is part of GM Europe, and that?s a relationship that?s worked well for many years and won lots of championships, so for me, this is also coming home,? he said.
TeamVodafone?s move will see 20 Holden Commodores line up against a paltry 10 Ford Falcons on the V8 Supercar grid.
Alan Batey, who takes up his position as Holden?s new Chairman and Managing Director on September 1, said while the global financial crises had impacted on Holden, the company was still fully committed to motorsport.
?We?ve had to take some tough decisions? however we will not, and I repeat, we will not turn our back on our heritage and all of the things that have made Holden great,? he said.
?Motorsport is and will always remain an important part of our DNA and our involvement goes back over 40 years.
?Today we are making the biggest and the clearest statement we can on how much we at Holden, everyone here, values winning and maximising the power of the Holden brand.?
The new partnership with Triple Eight and Holden could hold ominous news for Jim Beam Racing and Wilson Security Racing, which are not Ford-backed teams but run Triple Eight-built FGs.
?We already supply parts and components to every team in the Championship apart from two,? Dane countered.
?We supply HRT with parts now so that?s a part of our engineering business and that will continue to supply parts. Our development hours and efforts will be into Holden.?
Dane and his team look forward to the challenge of producing competitive Commodores straight away.
?For us part of the attraction of this deal is the challenge to show that hopefully we can produce a competitive package straight away next year,? Dane said.
?It?s another challenge and certainly from a technical point of view with the technical team I have got in Brisbane it was something they were very gung-ho about when I first brought it up with the lead guys there.?
But Holden Racing Team diehards should not get wound up at the thought of their team playing second fiddle to TeamVodafone.
?HRT is our factory operation; we?re a supporter of TeamVodafone,? Holden Motorsport Manager, Simon McNamara, stressed.
?At the end of the day we want a Commodore to win races, but HRT is our factory operation.?
McNamara would not say whether Holden will now pare back its support of other teams like Kelly Racing and Supercheap Auto Racing.
?That is yet to be determined,? he said.
?We wanted to lock this away as early as we could and the rest of it goes down the path of further discussions.?
TeamVodafone?s decision to run Holden Commodores next year will tip the balance of the V8 Supercar field to two thirds red versus one third blue.
While Holden fans are rejoicing at the thought of Craig Lowndes returning to the Holden fold, Ford fans are bracing for a Holden onslaught next year with the news that Lowndes and reigning champ Jamie Whincup will drive Commodores from 2010.
The news was made official at Holden?s premises at Fishermen?s Bend in Melbourne today (Wednesday).
With TeamVodafone Principle Roland Dane in the passenger seat, Whincup drove an SS Commodore featuring Vodafone stickers into the Holden showroom as part of the announcement.
Despite winning the driver and team championships along with a third straight Bathurst win, TeamVodafone lost its sponsorship from Ford at the end of last year.
This year the team has run FG Falcons, but with no Ford branding on them and the team officially recognises the #1 and #888 cars as ?Hogsters?.
Lowndes, who left the Holden stable to drive for Ford-backed 00 Motorsport in 2001 and still has a personal contract with Ford until the end of this year, did not attend today?s announcement.
Dane said that, like Lowndes and Whincup ? who last drove for Holden in 2005 ? it felt like he was returning home.
?There?s big connections for Triple Eight and General Motors that goes back to 1996 when along with Ian Harrison and Derek Warwick I did the deal with Vauxhall Motors, which is part of GM Europe, and that?s a relationship that?s worked well for many years and won lots of championships, so for me, this is also coming home,? he said.
TeamVodafone?s move will see 20 Holden Commodores line up against a paltry 10 Ford Falcons on the V8 Supercar grid.
Alan Batey, who takes up his position as Holden?s new Chairman and Managing Director on September 1, said while the global financial crises had impacted on Holden, the company was still fully committed to motorsport.
?We?ve had to take some tough decisions? however we will not, and I repeat, we will not turn our back on our heritage and all of the things that have made Holden great,? he said.
?Motorsport is and will always remain an important part of our DNA and our involvement goes back over 40 years.
?Today we are making the biggest and the clearest statement we can on how much we at Holden, everyone here, values winning and maximising the power of the Holden brand.?
The new partnership with Triple Eight and Holden could hold ominous news for Jim Beam Racing and Wilson Security Racing, which are not Ford-backed teams but run Triple Eight-built FGs.
?We already supply parts and components to every team in the Championship apart from two,? Dane countered.
?We supply HRT with parts now so that?s a part of our engineering business and that will continue to supply parts. Our development hours and efforts will be into Holden.?
Dane and his team look forward to the challenge of producing competitive Commodores straight away.
?For us part of the attraction of this deal is the challenge to show that hopefully we can produce a competitive package straight away next year,? Dane said.
?It?s another challenge and certainly from a technical point of view with the technical team I have got in Brisbane it was something they were very gung-ho about when I first brought it up with the lead guys there.?
But Holden Racing Team diehards should not get wound up at the thought of their team playing second fiddle to TeamVodafone.
?HRT is our factory operation; we?re a supporter of TeamVodafone,? Holden Motorsport Manager, Simon McNamara, stressed.
?At the end of the day we want a Commodore to win races, but HRT is our factory operation.?
McNamara would not say whether Holden will now pare back its support of other teams like Kelly Racing and Supercheap Auto Racing.
?That is yet to be determined,? he said.
?We wanted to lock this away as early as we could and the rest of it goes down the path of further discussions.?
Doesnt sound good for DJR by that, cant beleive how fast they have flip flopped. Starting to sound more and more like a one make category. After all the hard work by the late great Howard Marsden and Geoff Polites to spread the ford money and get more teams running Falcons its all evaporated so fast. Its back to 93 - 94 when there were 4 Fords runnin round. See how the spin doctors at v8 supercars make this sound like a good thing for the category.