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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoland Dane inside the PremiAir Racing garage at Sandown. Image: Kassandra Brumley<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoland Dane inside the PremiAir Racing garage at Sandown. Image: Kassandra Brumley<\/p>\n
After years of trying<\/a>, team owner Peter Xiberras was finally able to convince Dane to join the Gold Coast-based team.<\/a><\/p>\n At Triple Eight Race Engineering, Dane led the Banyo-based Supercars team to multiple drivers\u2019 and teams\u2019 championship wins before relinquishing the reins.<\/p>\n Although Dane has been present with PremiAir at events this year, he will not formally begin in his team principal position until 2026.<\/p>\n Ojeda and Fraser are conscious that success will not come overnight, but are excited about the high-profile addition of Dane.<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately, he\u2019s the benchmark when it comes to leading a team forward and creating an environment that races to win,\u201d Ojeda told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s awesome having him involved and his involvement increasing for next year and it\u2019s something we\u2019re really looking forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n Fraser will join the team full-time next year and has also embedded himself in the team early.<\/p>\n Like Dane, Fraser was at the latest Supercars round at Sandown getting familiar. That has extended to workshop visits too, where said the mood is high amid Dane\u2019s impending arrival.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been in the workshop. I was in there for basically a week straight. Obviously I\u2019m not driving at the end of the year, but just meeting all the guys and girls and just trying to be as involved in the team as possible,\u201d said Fraser.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot to learn as you go. From team to team, and I learnt that from going from Triple Eight to Tickford to BJR and obviously now PremiAir, everyone has their little things that they do differently.<\/p>\n \u201cSo for me it\u2019s just being acquainted with them, and so far I\u2019ve loved it.<\/p>\n \u201cEven Pete said the shift in the team, in terms of the personnel and everything in their morale, everything\u2019s boosted. It just gets me excited. I just want to go out and just race.\u201d<\/p>\n Declan Fraser won the 2022 Dunlop Super2 Series with Triple Eight.<\/p>\n For Fraser, it marks a reunion with Dane.<\/p>\n He won the 2022 Dunlop Super2 Series title with Triple Eight and was part of the team\u2019s Supercheap Auto-backed wildcard program alongside Craig Lowndes that year too.<\/p>\n Fraser recalled one of his first interactions with Dane in 2020, which began their working relationship.<\/p>\n \u201cI know Roland, the way that he operates, I know how he operates, and I know exactly what his expectations are,\u201d said Fraser.<\/p>\n \u201cI even think back to the very first time that Roland and I sort of interacted was in Super3 in the COVID year, and we were racing Aussie tin tops up in Townsville.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t pay for green tyres, and he came over and was like, \u2018Well, you\u2019re not going out there on old tyres, so he bought me a set of greens.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom there, the relationship\u2019s just grown. To have him now as my team principal, I guess you could say it\u2019s a pretty cool, full-circle moment for me.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Triple-Eight-supporting-Fraser-for-2023-Supercars-seat.jpg\")
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