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Supercars teams could be in exile for eight weeks after border dash – autosport.com
Melbourne-based Supercars teams and drivers are facing an indefinite stay outside their home state following yesterday’s dramatic border run
Melbourne-based Supercars teams and drivers are facing an indefinite stay outside their home state following yesterday’s dramatic border run.
As first reported by Autosport, five teams were forced into a frantic pack-and-run scenario yesterday by news that the New South Wales/Victoria border would be closed to those from Melbourne from midnight, due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Victorian capital.
Tickford Racing, Erebus Motorsport, Walkinshaw Andretti United, Team 18 and Kelly Racing now have drivers, crew and cars across the border.
The trek to Sydney Motorsport Park will continue today, where teams will bump into the circuit, set up temporary workshops in the garages, and make the hotel across the road their new home.
The one key exception is Kelly Racing, which will set up shop at the Kelly family farm in Mildura before moving to SMP next week.
How long the group will be in exile is, currently, unknown. It could be as long as eight weeks, with a return to Melbourne in early September after the SMP, Darwin and Townsville rounds.
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