Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Ken Anderson talks. Will people listen?

March 4, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

Ken Anderson broke his long silence today, speaking to Autosport about — well, what do you think?
Top line items: Chad Hurley and Peter Windsor are still a part of the team; it has offered up a “substantial” bond to hold its 2011 grid spot and wants to “regroup” and be ready for next season; the [...]

USF1 internal dissension continues: McGough blasts Anderson

March 3, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under People & Events

As predicted, after the demise of the USF1 team’s hopes and dreams for 2010, the nitpicking and internal fights have begun playing out in the international arena that is Formula1.  Felipe McGough, manager of former team driver Jose Maria Lopez, is secondhand quoted in an Autosport article (the original Argentinian article has proved nearly impossible [...]

[update] USF1 employees laid off, Anderson says work stopped until FIA decides on defered entry

March 2, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

So, it ends for USF1.  In an article just published, Autosport said, “shortly before lunchtime, production manager Dave Skog informed those staff who had remained at the team during its recent troubles that they were being laid off.”  Apparently, those employees “are no longer required as the operation was not continuing.”  The publication also noted [...]

Passe leaves USF1 because of “challenged” integrity

March 2, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

In continued drama for USF1, Dan Passe, a public relations representative for the team, has left the team’s employ, complete with a parting-shot post on his consulting company’s blog entitled “Integrity is not everything, it’s the only thing.”  The former Penske Racing Director, Marketing and Communications, and longstanding racing PR man with a law degree, [...]

USF1 asks to defer 2010 entry to 2011

March 1, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story

USF1 has, apparently, asked the FIA to defer its 2010 entry in the Formula1 championship to 2011, going so far as to “post a ’substantial, seven-figure’ surety bond as proof of their intentions to race next year,” according to an article posted on the website of American racing television network SPEEDtv, whose headquarters are nearly [...]

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