Kevin Kalkhoven
Kevin Kalkhoven
Kevin Oscar Newton Kalkhoven, former CEO of JDS Uniphase, is an Australian venture capitalist and auto racing magnate based in Menlo Park, California. He is a partner in the Kalkhoven, Pettit, Levin and Johnson Venture capital firmbased in Menlo Park...
ahead blow car career champ easy hype matters
Champ Car is very tough, and the only thing that matters is winning. It's very easy to let the hype get ahead of the fact, and I don't want her career to blow up.
oval people watch
If people are going to watch oval racing, they're going to watch NASCAR,
agreement good issue year
The issue is, everyone would agree, that it's a very, very good thing to do. It's not about getting an agreement to merge. It's about what we will have in year one, year two and year three.
beach car chance comebacks drive finale fire jimmy maybe road san sure third
I'm not so sure Long Beach will be his finale at all. I think there's every chance he could drive a third car at some more rounds, such as maybe San Jose and Road America. He's still got the fire burning; Jimmy could end up making more comebacks than Cher.
And they won't be making one just for one year.
great ruin
It was a great race, but they've managed to ruin it.
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It was a simple decision, really. The circuit was just too tight and we're improving it to maintain Long Beach's status as the premier street race in America. It will not only make for better racing this year, but will provide much more excitement when standing starts are adopted for the Champ Car World Series in the future.
contract happens montreal surprise
It wouldn't surprise me if that happens in 2007 but we've got a contract with Montreal for 2006,
good partners repair since spirit teams
It's been 10 years since the split, and you're not going to repair that overnight. But we've got good teams and good partners and the spirit of willingness and cooperation, which is great.
agree time
I couldn't agree more. We have to take the time to get it right.
based car champ close loss maybe mean resulting series states teams united wants
The loss of the Champ Car series would mean the teams - all based in the United States - would close down, resulting in the loss of hundreds, maybe thousands, of American jobs, ... As we've said before, the IRL wants to bury, OWRS wants to build. That's the difference.
driver lady
The important thing is that she be a professional driver and, in her case, she'll be a very professional lady driver.
atlantic debut element key moving quite sure teams thrilled
A key element for us is the Atlantic Series. I'm thrilled with the way it's developing. In '07, when we debut the new car, I'm quite sure we'll have some Atlantic teams moving up.