Supercars boss drops post-Bathurst bombshell

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Supercars brag Sean Seamer has announced his resignation arsenic main enforcement of the sport.

Seamer, who has been nether occurrence successful caller times implicit his handling of the caller procreation of cars, arsenic good arsenic a connection breakdown betwixt the governing assemblage and the teams, volition discontinue successful the mediate of 2022, having been successful complaint since precocious 2017.

"The past 2 years person been pugnacious for everyone, but with young kids, it's clip for america to beryllium person to family," helium said successful a statement.

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"It is for that crushed that I person decided to resign arsenic CEO of Supercars. I volition beryllium taking up a caller relation successful the US, details of which volition beryllium announced aboriginal successful the caller year."

The Gen3 cars were primitively expected to beryllium introduced successful 2021, a day that has present been revised 3 times, astir precocious to 2023.

Supercars brag Sean Seamer volition discontinue midway done 2022. (Getty)

Supercars held a situation gathering successful May with disgruntled squad owners implicit the implementation of caller cars.

In October Supercars was sold to a caller radical called Racing Australia Consolidated Enterprise (RACE), with backstage equity steadfast Archer Capital selling its bulk shareholding successful the sport.

"To navigate a pandemic and present 2 title seasons, motion a caller broadcast agreement, motion a caller naming rights partner, implicit the merchantability of the concern and motorboat the Gen3 Supercar is thing we should each beryllium arrogant of," Seamer said.

Sean Seamer's resignation comes conscionable days aft the Bathurst 1000. (Getty)

"The effect of this is simply a concern and athletics that it is precise overmuch connected track. Just past play astatine Bathurst we saw however beardown this athletics remains.

"The aboriginal remains bright."

Seamer said the athletics is good positioned to turn successful 2022 and beyond.

"The caller owners are the acceptable up to instrumentality this athletics to the adjacent level. I cognize galore of the radical progressive well, and number immoderate of them arsenic lifelong friends. I tin guarantee you they stock the aforesaid attraction and passionateness for Supercars arsenic each of us," helium said.

"I volition stay arsenic CEO until the mediate of adjacent twelvemonth and volition stay connected the committee for the duration of 2022 to guarantee a seamless modulation and ongoing continuity."

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