By Matthew Agius

Newly crowned V8 Supercar champion, Gar🎀th 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' c🐬hampionship in as many years.

Tander is expected to switch to the HRT in a move designed 🌟to take Holden's flagship operation to the top of A🔯ustralia'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, and in doing so prevented Tander's main series rival from claiming the title.

Whilst all driver and team chܫanges are strictly꧂ unofficial at this stage, there are several moves that are considered certain.

These include Russell Ingall moving back to Holden to replace Owen Kell🎃y at Team Sirromet Wines, driving a Supercheap Auto sponsored VE Commodore.

Brad Jones♛ Racing will also defect from Ford to Holden, after being barred from anꦬnouncing the move at Bathurst earlier this year.

Current dr🍸iver, Andrew Jones, is likely to be joined by former teammate, Cameron McCon🍷ville, 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 touted as a pꦉotential replacement for Tander at the Tol💎l HSV Dealer Team.

If Dumbrell does ꦯnot 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, giving the Perkins Engineering squad, much needed experience.

Maౠrcus 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 Glenfords Raci☂ng.

Despite all of the rumoured driver switches, many 🀅hinge on Tander moving to the Holden Racing Team.

Should he do so, then the V8 Supercar circus will brace itself for one of the busiest s💟easons of driver changes in recent years.

Th♑e 2008 season starts in late February and several team announcementsဣ are expected before the New Year.