The irony is perfect source: champweb.net How long ago was it that the future of Champ Car was in doubt? How long ago was it that Toyota wanted to use Champ Car as their revenue source to provide engines to the IRL? How long ago was it that Tony George said that he is going to put the final nail in Champ Car's coffin? Cosworth announced, today, the sale of the renown engine manufacturer to Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe. This sale has so many angles and options, I don't even think they have had the time to look at them all. Let's just ponder up a few possibilities. It's obvious that Kevin Kalkhoven wants to use Cosworth to help Ford emerge as a leader within the tuner market. In doing this, Cosworth has already started to build tuner kits to prep up Ford Focus' to nearly 200hp...quite a feat. What if Kalkhoven and Co. helps Cosworth enter into the consumer market with a production based sports car at a relatively cheap price. Ford would essentially own the car as part of its premier auto group. Kalkhoven and Co. would then be able to both market that car at Champ Car events and use the revenue generated from the sale of that vehicle and put back into the series like manufacturers did in years past. This would give Champ Car an easily identifiable product that could be tuned and changed to various Champ Car liveries and other marketing ventures.
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