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I think it's awesome that an F1 car constructor will be taking on the regular F1 teams in Europe on their home turf. I see it kind of as USF1 being the under dog, but I am really rooting for USF1. NASCAR isn't my cup of tea (except the last 20 laps) and IRL is straight up weak to watch. Even before the whole "FIA says new entrants must use a  Cosworth engine" fiasco, USF1 were already in talks with Cosworth to supply engines due to Cosworth's satellite offices here in the USA (Torrance, Indy, Charlotte) and being owned by Americans (Kevin Kalkhoeven and Gerald Forsythe).

USF1 has taken over the old Joe Gibb's Racing NASCAR building in North Carolina and is the process of setting up the building. That's crazy that your neighbors are all building roundy round cars and your team is building world class F1 cars. I thought roundy round cars were all built in barns. Or that's what I thought after watching Days of Thunder.

Peter Windsor of the USF1 team says, ""This team is about helping young Americans (drivers) as much as it is about anything else. But it is tempting when you see all this money dangled in front of you to take it and decide the first year we'll run two guys who aren't Americans...We need to make the effort to get Americans in our car. That was always our goal and it still our goal."

So all of you young drivers who know you're fast:  why not send an inquiry in to USF1? I'm talking to those of you who KNOW, and not those who THINK they're fast.

Read more about this story at Sports Illustrated

Comments

M-P
# M-P
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:11 PM
How about those that would love a job with USF1. I grew up an hour away, went to college 2.5 hrs away, and would give anything to move back. I really need an "in" that I currently don't have.
Todd03412
# Todd03412
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:32 PM
Thats pretty exciting!!!!! I cant wait for next season to start!
Joe Gibbs building is right down the street from our Corp. Headquarters.......I cant wait till the next quarter meetings so I can stop in there at lunchtime!!!

How many people on forums that attend track days are going to apply for that job!?!?!?!?!?! HAHAHA
Eric Hsu
# Eric Hsu
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:55 PM
M-P: you might as well send a resume. All they can do is ignore it at worst.

Todd: Yeah I don't think many people from the 'tuning' world will be applying for that job. But the readership of this blog goes far beyond the scope of the tuner world.
Josh@RE-Tuning.net
# Josh@RE-Tuning.net
Monday, August 31, 2009 2:22 PM
We dont have enough actual DRIVERS and the ones that ARE drivers are doing Formula Mazda, Formula Atlantic, and Rolex cup stuff... Tuners seem to STILL be mostly out of touch with F1, ALMS, and the LeMans Series all together...id give up my shop to work for USF1 in a heart beat.
Josh@RE-Tuning.net
# Josh@RE-Tuning.net
Monday, August 31, 2009 2:30 PM
We dont have enough actual DRIVERS and the ones that ARE drivers are doing Formula Mazda, Formula Atlantic, and Rolex cup stuff... Tuners seem to STILL be mostly out of touch with F1, ALMS, and the LeMans Series all together...id give up my shop to work for USF1 in a heart beat.

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