NASCAR team owner Gene Haas is out to prove that an American-based team can succeed in the Formula One racing series. 'I think we can beat the Europeans at their own game,' Haas said Monday at a news conference. Haas said he plans to field a team ‘Haas Formula’ either in 2015 or 2016, depending on how long it takes to find an engine supplier and get things up and running. Haas Formula would become the first American-based Formula One team since Parnelli Jones Racing in 1974-76, which employed Mario Andretti as its driver. The FIA granted entry to the American-based USF1 team in 2009 but it was a major failure and never hit the grid in part of because of a lack of financial...
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