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Skaife to oversee new Supercars Commission

Skaife to oversee new Supercars Commission

The five-time Supercars champion has been working closely with the Barclay Nettlefold-led RACE consortium since the bidding stage of the Supercars sale process.

Now the sale is complete, Skaife’s role in the new structure of Supercars is becoming clearer.

He will effectively be in a motorsport advisory role on the new-look Supercars Board, which will include overseeing the revamped Supercars Commission.

The Commission is responsible for debating sporting and technical matters and making recommendations to the Board.

Some elements of the former Commission will be retained, with Neil Crompton to continue as Chair, while newly-appointed Supercars CEO Shane Howard will also be involved.

However, as long expected, the old system of several elected team representatives will be ditched in favour of all teams having a seat at the Commission table.

The change comes as part of the move from the Racing Entitlements Contract system to the Teams Racing Charter system, which includes the teams…

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