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Tradition is honored: J.C. is back
Sports Car racing has always been the preferred pursuit of a menagerie of miscreants, so it was no surprise it took J.C. France, cocaine-using (possessing, anyway) son of NASCAR vice chairman Jim France just a half season to get back to competing in Grand Am. Though the Daytona Beach News-Journal wrote he would not, a Bear source said he was indeed at VIR on the weekend. (more…)
Infineon and other places and races
There’s a rumor out there that the ALMS is “close” to an agreement to return to Infineon Raceway (Sears Point for you purists and old folks) in 2011.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City’s council has authorized “negotiations” to obtain a 2011 ALMS street race – following in the tradition, Murphy supposes, of Miami, Trois Rivieres, Houston, Detroit, and St. Pete. More about such things from the Bear’s friends here at The Last Turn Clubhouse. (more…)
Incompetence: Anderson out the back door as USF1 closes the front.
USF1 closed the doors without paying its employees at noon today. Ken Anderson slunk out the back door without a word to those headed for North Carolina’s unemployment office…but that could be problematical. (more…)
Company associated with Corsa Motorsports files Chapter 7
Rampante Motorsports, LLC (Sandy, UT) filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy on January 29 in US Bankruptcy Court in the District of Utah. Chapter 7 governs the process of liquidation under the bankruptcy laws. Rampante and Corsa Motorsports share an address at 3963 East Alpine Valley Circle, Sandy, Utah. The copyright for Corsa Motorsports’ website is held by Rampante Motorsports, LLC. (more…)
The Bear has given US F1 “a little room.” After he broke the Mullens story at the very moment the emissary was sitting in a chair at Dallara, Murphy figured letting it all cure a bit would be good all around. Unfortunately, the racing rags – again seemingly hostage to their precious race passes – take whatever they’re fed hook, line, and sinker (it’s too bad they aren’t reeled in and roasted, but, well, that’s the order of things, isn’t it). Anyway, Peter Windsor seems to be their ‘target of opportunity.’ That’s reason enough to look elsewhere, in the Bear’s humble opinion. (more…)