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Old 12 Jun 2009, 04:35 (Ref:2480707)   #1
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Mark Skaife has been elected as an independent director on the VESA board.

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Old 12 Jun 2009, 06:36 (Ref:2480728)   #2
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Mark Skaife has been elected as an independent director on the VESA board.

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i fail to see how he will be an independant director once he straps on the race suit come Phillip Island that is being alluded to with his deal with Ch7
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 06:38 (Ref:2480729)   #3
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 09:09 (Ref:2480799)   #4
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Here we go......may as well rename to VESAH (Vee Eight Supercars Australia for Holden).
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 09:59 (Ref:2480832)   #5
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Here we go......may as well rename to VESAH (Vee Eight Supercars Australia for Holden).
Great News, then we can finally drop that stupid project 'blue'print, and adopt the new project 'red'print.
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 10:09 (Ref:2480844)   #6
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 10:09 (Ref:2480846)   #7
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I fail to see why this is a surprise.

Unless I have missed something while reading between the lines, Mr Skaife shall have a prominent role in the development and execution of the VESA "Car of Tomorrow" strategy....

... which was something Mr Little, and those before him, were expected to deliver.

There is a huge difference between assuring technical compliance, and building for the future. Maybe VESA has finally realised this?
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 10:10 (Ref:2480850)   #8
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Here we go......may as well rename to VESAH (Vee Eight Supercars Australia for Holden).
Being like that since 1997 hasn't.
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 11:18 (Ref:2480909)   #9
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LOLWAT? I thought it was the holdens who had to change their suspension to suit fords?
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 11:23 (Ref:2480912)   #10
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LOLWAT? I thought it was the holdens who had to change their suspension to suit fords?
They didn't have to, they wanted to.
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 13:28 (Ref:2481018)   #11
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They didn't have to, they wanted to.
Thats a good one.

Just like skaifes retirement....he didn't have to, he wanted to.....ROFL
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 21:18 (Ref:2481267)   #12
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LOLWAT? I thought it was the holdens who had to change their suspension to suit fords?
Double wishbone front suspension is regarded superior to MacPherson strut.
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Old 12 Jun 2009, 22:31 (Ref:2481294)   #13
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Double wishbone front suspension is regarded superior to MacPherson strut.
The TWPG teams lobbied for it, Perkins was against it.

IIRC, it was supposed to be implemented as a package with the new GM engine. Once you used it, you couldn't go back. When Holden had difficulties with the new engine, VESA allowed Holden teams another 12 months to implement the new engine, which allowed the use of the new suspension with the old engine. Often refferred to as the 'hybrid' Commodore, which helped Murphy set that lap in at Bathurst.

Good luck to Skaife, but the accusations of Holden bias will come thick and fast now everytime a contenciuos issue lands in Holdens favour. Adding fuel to that fire is Perkins alledged role in the demise of Little, the ongoing splitter debacle led by a former team owner classed unfit to hold a licence who now owns a number.
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Old 13 Jun 2009, 03:06 (Ref:2481358)   #14
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I fail to see why this is a surprise.
Totally agree. I think it would have been a loss to the sport if MS had not been enlisted. I just hope that it does not interfere with his TV gig though, because he is completely at home in that gig as well.
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Old 13 Jun 2009, 13:38 (Ref:2481630)   #15
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Well, with all the claim of bias in here, how many teams dont have a TWPG tie that are Red? Kellys, Tasman and Morris.

If it's conceivable that he will have a bias, is it not conceivable he may also have a TWPG hate?

I think, despite the Billy Bagtime's of the world's opinion, that he is smarter than torisk his reputation and extra income to be bias.
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Old 20 Jun 2009, 14:45 (Ref:2486989)   #16
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It was my understanding that Skaife had his ties cut with Holden?

I think Skaife is probably a good person to have involved with the development of the future of the sport.
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Old 20 Jun 2009, 23:47 (Ref:2487215)   #17
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The say Skaife was "Elected". So where there any other candidates and if so who were they? Or was this just like an election the Politburo would hold in the old USSR
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Old 22 Jun 2009, 03:05 (Ref:2488006)   #18
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regardless of any history, who he has driven for, IF he drives a car at PI and Bathurst, this will go against the notion that he is independant, regardless of what team and/or manufacturer he was to suit up for...
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