[Wayne Maybury]

In all fairness to American drivers, very little emphasis is placed on open wheel race cars in the US. Most skilled drivers end up in stock cars trying to make it to NASCAR. In addition, those who do race open wheel cars spend much of their time on oval speedways. Learning to race open wheel cars on road circuits just isn't part of the average young American race driver's agenda.

While jumping from F1 to NASCAR is difficult, going the other way is just about impossible. If USF1 wants to have American drivers, they are going to have to make a long term investment and commitment to the driver development process.

Wayne