Squabbling aside, I knew about this 'change of the guard' just after the Puke event, but had no hard facts to back it up, so I stayed slightly quiet (and by that I mean I posted something on the 19/4/13, post # 18 on this thread).
Anyway, I think for some competitors who are not happy with Mr Petch this may be a positive thing. I know from talking to most, if not all of the teams at some point this year, that some like the man, others don't (including one of the biggest, if not biggest team - which is odd)
But anyway, I wish Mark all the best with his retirement, and thank him for having the balls to go out there and try something different. Whether you agreed with his mode of operation or not is irrelevant. The man certainly shook up the V8 racing sector in NZ, so he gets full congrats from me
I hope the health scare is just that, a scare, and not something more serious.
That aside, it will now be very interesting to see how it all pans out for the ST camp with its new structure.