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Roland Dane To Exit VASC Board
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A shame to have Mr Dane leave the board.. running some of the winningest cars in thecseries history, bringing in mega multinational brands, and running the works Holden squad (which will be even more important when 888 supplies engines & chassis parts to the whole Holden field) is not easily replaced. |
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Happy David Thexton Day, 21st March 2003 “I am not uncertain” - Dollar Bill Stern, Billions “Fear stimulates my imagination” - Don Draper, Mad Men “Everybody Lies” - Dr Gregory House |
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Three of the most successful teams in V8s,
DJRTP - http://prntscr.com/gkksj9 Triple 8 - http://prntscr.com/gkks5j HRT - http://prntscr.com/gkklwe |
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Well that's what I'm wondering.
There isn't an immediate replacement that fits all those criteria Especially having someone there that owns their team, and can say yes/no without a board of directors meeting back at home base |
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As you state, someone who owns their team, but I would have said Edwards, Johnson, Penske or Cindric would have been a fair replacement, the two Australians have been in the sport forever and Penske and Cindric seem to have the brains
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Roger Penske
Penske has the brains eh, pardon my mirth
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Nothing against Roland but I think that it's good that he's standing down - fresh eyes on the board is no bad thing and he's had a long innings. Hope they find the right person to replace Roland on the board and help take the business and the sport forward. |
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His racing activities include Ilmor engineering, Supercars, NASCAR, Indycar, going back into sports cars, there was champ car and of course his own F1 team not to mention designing and building his own cars in the CART days and doing plenty of winning there too. Roger is a colossal figure in the world racing industry and for that matter the automotive industry. So, yeah, I think he'd "have the brains" as you put it but I also think he wouldn't have the time to do the role. |
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Final Lap at Mosport a few weeks ago.
Being a long time fan of NASCAR I am aware of the bump and run, but Austin's last lap move in the recent Truck Series race was disgraceful. He made no attempt to pass and simply punted Kaz Grala out of the way. And showed very little remorse in victory lane. Not sporting and not expected from someone that grew up around Team Penske. And don't ever let him near a DJR Team Penske Car. Apologies for the off topic rant. |
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Supercar drivers have done similar in the past, and still have a gig.
Hardly detrimental to his career, considering its stockcar racing. |
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Roland Dane was quoted about himself not seeing Super 5000 as something that Supercars should be involving itself in... could this have had anything to do with him stepping away?
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Besides walking away from the series, as a stakeholder in the catagory, he can't totally distance himself from it.
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No doubt he has made a strong contribution to what can be a thankless job, and if anybody is anomaly hunting you could find "reasons" anytime. |
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