The rollout for the new American F1 team in ’85 found its Lola TLH-1 chassis powered by a stand-in turbo four from Brian Hart while the team waited for its bespoke Ford Cosworth V6 to be finished.
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“It was the best of times…it was the worst of times.” – Charles Dickens
PROLOGUE
I’ve forgotten more about my life in motorsports than most people have experienced. That said, recently my declining memory was stimulated big time by a news story focusing on NASCAR team owner Gene Haas’ plans to launch a Formula One team in 2016. Simple math brought me to a not- previously contemplated fact that 30 years ago (1985) another Haas—Carl (no relation)—was in the process of putting together the largest, most talked about and best financed American Formula One effort ever. Oh, how the memories—both good and bad—came flooding back…a virtual cornucopia of the best and worst motorsports insider experiences.
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