Stefan GP to buy assets of US F-1

[Chad Stapleton]

[Lance Zabrowski]

One of the big problems was that the original monocoque buck had omitted some important details, like there was not enough room for the steering column. Ken Anderson was a major problem, mainly regarding design approval, which led to delays in construction, he had to approve everything, and wanted to only build his design. USF1 had at one point pursued buying the Panasonic/Toyota design, but Ken refused to budge unless they built his car. Many of the employees have not been paid at this point either. The gearbox from EMCO was also a problem, mainly with financing, since it was a transverse design, and the first F1 unit made by them, I believe money was a major factor. No tranny=no car to run. Lopez was a pay to play driver, and only delivered $880,000 of the original 2 million promise leading to major issue with payments, and his was supposed to pay 8 million, so you can see how things came to a dead stop when he got in a pissing match with Windsor and KA when the request to start the season and miss the first few races were a "no-go" with Lopez's managment team, which was sketchy at best. There is so much more to the story that will eventually come out, but it is a classic example of "If you want to make a small fortune in F1, start with a large one"

[Chad Stapleton]

A reliable source "swears" this was found in the trash outside USF1's office.


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