2006 Endurance Race Controversy
During the endurance races of the 2006 season, the HSV Dealer Team and the Holden Racing Team engaged in a driver swap where Tander would race for HRT with Mark Skaife, and HRT driver Todd Kelly would pair with younger brother Rick. The teams were enabled to do so by a loop hole in the rules where the drivers could end contracts with their current teams and move into the other team temporarily. The driver swap angered many fans of opposing teams (especially Ford teams) due to Tander and Skaife being seen as a dream team. The swap was initiated in hopes of helping both Garth and Rick's championship (who were 1/2 before the endurance races). Despite fantastic speed shown by Tander and Skaife, it was tactic that backfired due to mechanical failures in the #2 Commodore of HRT in both rounds leading to Tander's championship aspirations being destroyed and the team instead focused on Kelly.
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