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FORD QUITS CHAMP CAR.(Competition)
Ford, affiliated with Champ Car for decades, is severing ties with the open-wheel series.
The official announcement from Steve Johnson, Champ Car president, sounded benign. "Today's decision was made from a business standpoint on both sides and in no way should tarnish the long legacy of success that the Ford Motor Company has established in Champ Car competition.''
But on the Ford side, the parting seems slightly more contentious. "I'm really upset with those guys,'' said Dan Davis, director of Ford Racing Technology. "We're out because Champ Car pushed us off the island.''
How so? "They killed the Hot Lap program,'' Davis said of the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, FORD QUITS CHAMP CAR.(Competition)