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Supercars: the new owners
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...e8136c66503869
Braking News can reveal that no job at Supercars will be safe when the RACE group officially takes ownership of the sport this week. 'Set to take over from Archer Capital’s Peter Wiggs as Supercars chairman after spearheading the $100-million buyout, RACE powerbroker Barclay Nettleford will not be handing out guarantees to Seamer or any Supercars employee after his group obtained full control of the sport. Sean Seamer could be on the chopping block. It is understood that Seamer and his key staff will be asked to audition for their jobs and will be required to present a business plan to the RACE group, which was formed when Nettleford’s TGI Sport formed a partnership with the Australian Racing Group (ARG) to buy the sport. Despite a push from the ARG side of the ownership group to have ARG CEO Matt Baird installed as CEO, RACE’s decision will be guided by the review and Seamer is not a dead man walking as some have suggested We have been told the new owners will return to the glitz and glamour that has been lacking since Tony Cochrane’s departure.' Good luck Mr Nettlefold. |
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No jobs for the "boys".... great move and the best way to get the right person for the right job!
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How about the girls? There are/were a bunch of credible female management talent inside AVESCO and co across the years... is all forgiven & they can return to the top of the tree?
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Are we going to be introduced to the new owners at Bathurst ?
If so, who is going to be rolled out ? Mark Skaife or Craig Kelly Picture: AN1images.com Yes, thats tongue in cheek, but... Last edited by cavvy; 1 Dec 2021 at 04:23. Reason: photo from 2004 |
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New CEO announced today - starts in role on February 1st.
There'll be plenty on his plate to deal with, some big decisions to be taken (by the Board one assumes) that he'll need to sort out the mechanics and deliver. |
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Members of new Supercars Board revealed too. The Supercars Commission now includes a representative from every team - quite a different approach, might be quite long-winded meetings!
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Is there any other sport that has its head honchos also doing the commentary? While some media types like Eddie McGuire in the AFL and Phil Gould in the NRL, appear to have the ear of people of those at the top, those sports don't have Gillion McLachlan or Peter V'landys in the commentary box.
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Appointing someone who’s been there for twenty years is hardly instituting some fresh blood or a fresh approach from the new owners.
Just looks like more of the same from a person who has been a ‘yes’ man for two decades. Yet again we have a CEO telling us ad naseum how great these “Gen3” prototypes are, aren’t the fans being loud enough in their approval? |
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The greatest cricket commentator of all time Richie Benaud also had no hesitation in criticising players or administrators.I have probably heard more genuine criticism of aspects of the sport of cricket in the last 6 weeks on Fox then I heard in the last 15 years I watched Supercars on tv (I gave up watching Supercars on tv about 6 years ago largely because the commentary was so cliched and vanilla). It seems that people like Supercars are convinced if you just feed the audience promotional gibberish disguised as commentary people will believe every word and that’s all they want to hear.Maybe those people are all that’s left watching. |
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Press reports (Speedcafe) of Barry Rogers wearing his ARG hat, questioning the requirement to run Super2 to get a Superlicence.
Is this an issue for MotorSport Australia? Rogers is pushing for s5000 as an alternative pathway. “Really, the people that control our licencing in the country should be looking at an S5000 and realising, ‘hey they are the fastest and most demanding cars that we race in this country and if you can master one of those, you should have every right to be able to get a co-driver role in a Supercar’,” Rogers continued. “You still need a team to pick you up, it doesn’t mean you’re a walk-up start, but really I think the licencing part of it is certainly something that is holding S5000 back and to be honest with you, if it’s not sorted out, we will probably send the cars offshore.' Well said Baz. |
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But there seem to be significant stability issues that have been there from the start, the current field is too small and crash happy. People dreaming of F5000 or even FHolden are sadly disappointed. Parking it with no audience for his own financial gain, then trying to point the bone at the Superlicence is misdirection. People should want to race S5000, not end up racing it because they want to go to Supercars. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk |
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I credit the new ownership for allowing Shane Van Gisbergen taking a drive in Trans Am.
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