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...
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If people are going to watch oval racing, they're going to watch NASCAR,
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Nine-tenths of the crowd that turns out Sunday wouldn't go to a regular road race.
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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.
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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.
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The important thing is that she be a professional driver and, in her case, she'll be a very professional lady driver.
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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.
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It wouldn't surprise me if that happens in 2007 but we've got a contract with Montreal for 2006,
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I couldn't agree more. We have to take the time to get it right.
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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.
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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.
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One promise I had to make to Katherine was that I did not drape her over a car.
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There is no letter of intent, and absolutely, completely no deal. We met in Paris at the Race of Champions and on a couple of occasions since, socially. Certainly I expect there will be more meetings in the future. I quite enjoy (George's) company.
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We've had fruitful discussions. We all agree it would be better to have a united series. We are both trying to find the right solution.
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Tony and I have made a lot of progress in getting to know each other and understanding each other's viewpoints. We're trying to build bridges for the future.