In the past 18 months Gerald Forsythe and Kevin Kalkhoven have made a number of savvy investments source: champcarworldseries.com After partnering with Paul Gentilozzi in acquiring the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams, Messrs. Forsythe and Kalkhoven completely altered the balance of power in American open wheel racing by buying Cosworth Racing in mid-2004. The Cosworth acquisition not only assured their Champ Car World Series of a reliable supply of reliable engines, it firmly established Forsythe and Kalkhoven as players of considerable gravity on the international motorsports scene. Earlier this year Forsythe and Kalkhoven purchased the assets of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach. Again, the acquisition killed two birds with one stone. In addition to assuring the Champ Car World Series retained the "crown jewel" of its domestic schedule, Long Beach gave Forsythe and Kalkhoven a key bargaining chip in American racing's evolving political landscape: witness the addition of the Grand American Rolex Series as a support race for the '06 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. And, lest we forget, long before Kevin Kalkhoven had ever been near a Champ Car race, Gerald Forsythe invested heavily in the facilities at Monterrey's Fundidora Park and Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez that have afforded the Champ Car World Series such a strong position South of the Border. However, there is one investment made by Forsythe and Kalkhoven that has yet to offer much in the way of a return: Ryan Hunter-Reay.
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