Sad to see this happen,,,, but,,
Just another example of an entity here in the states relying on 'someone else' to supply the REAL money for them to operate. Sounds like the deal with the wannabee driver did not produce enough money for the admins/finance people of USF1 to keep the doors open to get to the first race track.
Maybe if they could have rustled up a wannabee driver from Duhbai,the team would be headed to the track as scheduled.
I was told when I was a little rat by mama:" You have champagne taste on a beer budget".
Possibly what happened here?

Take Care,
BC