By Matthew Agius

Newly crowned V8 Supercar champion, Garth Tander, is tipped to step into a Holden Racing Team Commodore in 2008 - leaving behind the Toll HSV Dealer Team that assisted him to his first title, and clinched its second Teams' ch🅘ampionship in as many years.

Tander is expected to switch to the HRT in a move designed to ta🌠ke Holden's flagship operation to the top of Australia's premier touring car competition.

Whilst the 2007 Drivers' champion has denied the move, speculation is rife that he will replace Todd Kelly at 'Team Red' next year - ironically replacing the man who won the final round of the championship this year,ඣ and in doing so prevented Tander's main series rival from claiming the title.

Whilst all driver and team changes are strictly unofficial at this stage, thereꦿ are several moves that are considered certain.

These include Russell Ingall moving back to Holden to replace Owen Kelly at Team Sirromet🍃 Wines, dri﷽ving a Supercheap Auto sponsored VE Commodore.

Brad Jones Racing will also defect from Ford to H🐽olden, after being barred from announcing the move at🅰 Bathurst earlier this year.

Current driver, Andrew Jones, is likely to be joined by former teamma🧸te, Cameron McConville, at the Albury squad.

McConville's 2007 teammate, Paul♊ Dumbrell, has been linked to taking Russell Ingall's vacated seat at Stone Brothers Racing, although he has also been touteꦑd as a potential replacement for Tander at the Toll HSV Dealer Team.

If Dumbrell does not take the SBR drive, Todd Kelly has been mentioned as a potential, although unlikely replacement, with the team's former driver, David Besnard, a more 🌳likely⛄ candidate.

In actual fact, Kelly has been strongly linked to taking the lead driver role at Jack Daniel's Racing, gi🍰ving the Perkins Engineering squad, much needed experience.

Marcus Marshall is expected to replace Alan Gurr at Britek Motorsport, in the team's second car, whilst Fabian Coulthard appears set to replace the retiring John Bowe at Glenfor🌼ds Racing.

Despite all of the rumoured driver switches, many hing💎e on Tander moving to the Holden Racing Team.

Should he do so, then the V8 Supercar circus will brace it🅷self for one of the busiest sea﷽sons of driver changes in recent years.

The 2008 season starts in late February and several team a🌳nnouncements are e❀xpected before the New Year.