By Matthew Agius

Sydney will provide a home to a V8 Supercar team once again after it was confirmed that Wa💧lden Motorsport had taken a majority stake in the Romano Racing level two competition franchise today.

The deal was signed on Friday December 22 last year, and the team now awa🦩its a final tick of approval from the Touringcar Entrants Group (TEGA) to allow the team to compete in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Having competed in selected roundsꦍ during the 2004 V8 Supercar Series, Walden Motorsport will return to the series as a one-car operation and are expected to source a car from Paul Weel Racing, although an official announcement is exp🍎ected later this month.

"It's all pret😼ty exciting really," said team spokesman Brian Wald💫en.

"While in Brisbane yesterday we also organised a car from a strong team, and we'll be making 🌸an announcement🗹 in January on that, plus the make-up of the team, as well as our major naming rights sponsor.

"We'll continue to run the team out of our♍ own workshop in Sydney's west near Silverd🌳ale.

"We want the people of Sydney to get behind us next year, and call it their car, because we 🎐are very proud to live in the world's best city."

Since Tasman Motꦦorsport's departure from Sydney at the end of 2004, the largest city in Australia has been without a V8 Supercar team calling it 🌃home.

Walden Motorsport also become the second team to operate out of 🧸New South Wales with Brad Jones Racing's Team BOC squad working out of Albury.

Since the change to 'Blueprint' regulations, one-car teams have struggled to be competitive in t𒁏he premier class of the series.

The task ahead for Walden Motorsport is huge and the unforgi🧔ving, ultra-competitive brand of racing that has developed in the category is likely to give the team a baptism of fire come the Clipsal 500 Adelaide on the first weekend of March.