In the inner circles of the pit area this departure has been known for a while now. It's no secret that some teams are not pleased with USAC. Unfortunately, a BIG player in USAC is puling out all together and that alone has to tell everyone something isn't right. USAC is losing one of its major teams and quit possibly one of it's most recognizable drivers. I'm not going to speculate why it happened, but it does not make USAC look very good right now. Just Saying. I hope someone downtown is paying attention, but I doubt it..