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Originally Posted by promax

SuperTourers set to go after bumpy ride to start line

By Shaun Summerfield

The first round of the V8 SuperTourers gets away this weekend at Hamilton’s Hampton Downs circuit.

There were fears from drivers that the brakes would be put on the race before it even started due legal action against the directors of the new series.

They were at full pace in practice for their inaugural race weekend, but off the circuit bosses of the new series face a bumpy ride.

After Veega, the holding company of the rival New Zealand V8 Championship, launched High Court proceedings against their former directors who started the rival series.

Chairman Ian Tulloch says the directors at that time, who were given the responsibility to develop the car of the future for NZV8s, “have taken that information and left and formed a new company SuperTourers”.

Veega says that the former directors, including Mark Petch, breached responsibilities in the way they dealt with confidential designs and development work, including using shareholders funds.

Veega want the former directors to pay for actions which they say damaged the NZV8s and they are looking for a share of the SuperTourer profits.

“We need to make the former directors accountable for their actions and what they've done to the sport,” says Mr Tulloch.

The action does not affect the series, which is a relief to the drivers.

In the meantime a new NZV8 bearing a striking resemblance to the SuperTourer has been developed, but so far neither series is talking about any sort of reunion.

me thinks Shaun needs to open both eyes

Why change the habit of a lifetime?