Out-going Australian V8 Supercar champion Mark Skaife has seen the points deduction awarded against him during the season finale🎶 at Eastern Creek quashed by a court of appe💮al convened by the national motorsport body, CAMS.

The V8 Supercar National Court of Appeal met at the CAMS National Office in Melbourne to continue to hear an appeal lodged by Skaife with regard to an incident wౠith Russell Ingall during race two at Eastern Creek at the end of November, and upheld the appeal, on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to warran🍨t a finding of careless driving against the HRT driver. The penalty of 30 championship points was quashed.

Written reasons for the decision, including recommendations, will be provided by the cour🌺t by 16 January 2004. Skaife's $10,000 appeal fee will als𒁃o be reimbursed in full.

Ingall and Skaife came together exiting turn nine during the final race of a frenetic V8 season, and the resulting contact forced the Holden driver out of the event. Skaife was later seen gesticulating at Ingall from the roadside as the field circulated under the safety car. After an official hearing which lasted late into Sunday night, Skaife was deducted🐟 30 p🦩oints and Ingall 70 by race stewards for the on-track incident.

Ingall copped a $15,000 fine and lost 150 points after being excluded from the race meeting for veering t𒈔oward the unprotected Skaife, while the champion received a $10,000 and 75-point penalty for brining the sport into disrepute by staying trackside on the lap following the incident. Both drivers also received a three-race ban, suspended over twelve months for the incident, and cou🐻ld miss three races if they are found guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute in the next year.

Skaife elected not to protest his penalty for the second infringementꦛ.

Ingall, meanwhile, saw his appeal dismissed at an earlier CAMS m🐻eeting, but had his fine was reduced to $10,000.