GROVE AND WALKINSHAW JOIN SUPERCARS BOARD

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By Dan McCarthy

Date posted: March 5, 2022

The 2022 Supercars Championship board members have been officially confirmed this afternoon at Sydney Motorsport Park including two Supercars team owners.

The board members announced were Chairman Barclay Nettlefold, Stephen Macaw, John McMellan, former team owner Barry Rogers, and five-time champion Mark Skaife.

The five men met on Wednesday to discuss several matter but also to decide who would be the new ‘board observers.’

It was decided that a team Walkinshaw Andretti United team owner Ryan Walkinshaw and Grove racing owner Stephen Grove would be the board observers.

Supercars Chairman Barclay Nettlefold was pleased to announce the new board observers, and is confident that they will bring something to the role.

“We are delighted to confirm Ryan Walkinshaw and Stephen Grove as the Team representatives on the new Supercars board for 2022,” Nettlefold said.

“Together, Ryan and Stephen bring a fresh set of eyes and an extensive knowledge of what it takes for Teams to compete in the Repco Supercars Championship.

“They will play a critical role in helping the board to determine what teams may require from Supercars as we move forward.

“I would like to congratulate Ryan and Stephen and look forward to working with both in the future.”

Grove is incredibly privileged to be asked to join the board.

“I’m incredibly proud to be joining the Supercars Board and making a contribution to our great sport,” he said. “This is an exciting new chapter for Supercars.”

Walkinshaw agreed expressing his excitement at seeing what the new owners will do with the Supercars Championship.

“It’s a great honour to be selected as one of the Observers for the Supercars Board for 2022. I look forward to being a conduit between the board and the teams throughout the year.

“We are entering into a really exciting chapter of our sport, with new owners and a new generation of car on the way, so there is some fantastic momentum and excitement around the category, which I’m sure will only increase.

“I have always adopted a fans first mentality in how we run our team, a direction I will definitely help champion with the board going forward.”

For more of the latest motorsport news pick up the current issue of Auto Action.

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