Holden team tip over!!! (Read 2,023 times)

[kiwiinoz]

Skaifes holden dreams are well and truley down the drain with it being reported that he is in financial ruin to the tune of 3 million or so.Even i must say as a FORD man its a tough break in a tough game

[mrmadtaylor]

Read more here
www.v8central.com/snitz3403/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26272

[Topcat]

Ford follower...but sad for Skaife - he has been a great ambassador for Holden

[Bulletfan]

yes ford man here as well ////yes very bad to here for him and the sport

[escort2]

also a ford fan and also feel sorry for the guy. good old walkinshaw. what a loser!

also od that not many holden fans seem to be saying much about this topic.


tom gave skaife the money to "buy half of hrt" and now wants it all back now that he is alegable to buy the entire team. why was tom kicked out of the series last time?

[mike88g]

More info here.

www.theage.com.au/news/sport/motorsport/skaifes-reported-ruin-rubbish-manager/2008/12/01/1227979909479.html

Gives another side!

[Stumo]

Perkins Enginaring is the new Walkinshaw Performance. Lets hope more Holden teams see the light and follow the Kellys!!!
Bring on 2009 and the Kelly Super Team ;D

[Maddog]

Will take the Debt Collector's heat off Team Kiwi for 5 mins then!

[escort2]

Monday, 1 December 2008
Tom Walkinshaw and Mark Skaife today reached agreement after several weeks of discussions on arrangements for Walkinshaw to assume full ownership and running of the Holden Racing Team.

The decision, which is subject to approval by V8 Supercars Australia, is effective immediately.

Walkinshaw has requested Skaife to remain as an ambassador for the Holden Racing Team, reflecting his achievements for the team and the sport.

In addition, Skaife will remain as a major ambassador for the Holden brand and its products.

While the details of the agreement will remain confidential, no debt or other outstanding financial commitments will remain in relation to Skaife’s team involvement.

It follows Skaife’s announcement on 29 October that he intended to retire at the end of the 2008 season to explore opportunities inside and outside of motor racing.

The decision will leave Skaife free to concentrate on his final round of full-time racing at Oran Park in Sydney this weekend after a 21-year driving career.

Walkinshaw today said that he welcomed the resolution and that he and Skaife looked forward to an exciting future for HRT.

Skaife said: “Tom and I have been working together on this for several weeks. It’s disappointing that our negotiations were inaccurately reported just as we were reaching agreement in the best interests of Holden Racing Team.”

Holden Chairman and Managing Director, Mark Reuss, said the outcome would help to keep HRT as a benchmark racing team while ensuring Skaife retained involvement with the brands he had represented for so long.http://www.holdenmotorsport.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=67081

[MadMarty13B]

The above says it all and as for the above posts they were all by Ford fans trying to cause trouble they are an unruly lot...unscrupelous,unrefined and uneducated.

[mike88g]

This boy's a Holden fan.... I just don't like one sided stories without the full truth.

[tank11]

Not that much of a holden fan Mike, you race a Honda....................

[escort2]

ok marty..

aparantly ford fans can't feel sorry for a driver that as much as we don't want to admit, is still a legend in the sport.


sorry but the second statement was a very rushed one because of all the bad publicity holden where getting from the leaked first story.

www.v8central.com

big discusion on this topic.

[brettp]

Hi teamsters. Just off the ONE news. Skafie to give up onwership of HRT to Tom Walkinshaw to clear his debt. Don't like the man myself but still, Tom is a pr...k for doing this as he is just trying to get HRT back after he sold it to Skafie a few years ago to stop from lossing HRT to the banks. Very Sad.

BP

[MadMarty13B]

(wanders of to dig up some dirt on the fords)

[rebel1]

Sounds like commonsense has prevailed between Walkinshaw and Skaife. Good stuff

[Topcat]

Marty - sounds like you are making light of Skaife's demise, I think that sucks, he's been a great driver and ambassador for V8 racing and I genuinely feel sorry for the guy, he's achieved lots and at the end of it he walks away with nothing....not fair by any means, Walkinshaw has a lot to answer for.

[MadMarty13B]

I said nothing about Skaife? and certainly not making any fun at all , The so called ford people brought all this up but only gave a one sided version.

[eddiek]

One thing that stunned me about that thread on V8 Kindergarten, was that when I looked last night, it went 10 pages without Trickyonne attacking everyone for supporting Skaife, a good story getting in the way of the truth, or Hati threatening to ban everyone for breathing... I quit that forum for a reason... ;D

Side issue...

I still can't help but think that - reliable reporting or not, that somehow Walkinshaw's pulled one over Skaife here, so cleverly in fact that even Skaife is somehow feeling honoured to have been duped by one of the best.

Mark Skaife - much like Peter Brock - will always be marketable property for Holden. He doesnt need Walkinshaw because of his own image.
Why the hell he doesn't climb out of the HRT bed and run out the door screaming bloody murder (as suggested, PMM would probably welcome him with open arms. Skaife and Ingall... what an interesting combination that would be) is beyond me.

[kiwiinoz]

marty marty marty and to think we actually felt sorry for skaife...feeling sorry for skaife retracted imediatly,HOLDEN LOSER go Wincup and FORD!!!!