A Phoenix, Rising from the Ashes?

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Seattle WA, July 15. 2010 - The recent return of SDL driver, Cordell "C" Cahill, seems to have breathed new life into the languishing team. While Mr. Loyer still appears to be a mostly absentee owner - he only made one race so far this season, Cordell seems to have taken on a more prominent role within the team than he has in the past. With his recent reappearance, along with two, rather large, associates by his side, activity within the SDL compound has increased considerably. While the activity level is certainly not up to the level seen during their 08C championship season, the lights are staying on in the vehicle design offices late into the night. Could this mean another run at the championship? We sent field reporter, Johnny Johnson, to ask Mr. Cahill's new associates for more information. Sadly Mr. Johnson has since disappeared, but his recording equipment was recently found, and while the majority of his interview has been lost, we did manage to recover a small portion. We've included a transcript of the recovered conversation between Mr. Johnson and two individuals, identified as Jamie, "The Wishbone", Calzatori, and his brother "Big Mike" Calzatori, below:

J. Johnson: "First of all, could you introduce yourselves to our readers and tell us how you came to be a part of Scuderia DeLoyer.

J. Calzatori: "Yeah, my name's Jamie Calzatori, and my partner here is my little brother, Mike Calzatori. They call him "Big Mike", but on account of the fact that he don't say too much, I'll do all the talkin'. We met the boss in the federal pen...err at the spa, yeah, at the spa. He said he was lookin' for some muscle to help out wit' dis here racin' team, and we jumped aboard. Right Mike?"

M. Calzatori: "Yep."

["Big Mike" is only 5'7" or so, but appears to be about 300lbs of pure muscle - Ed]

J. Johnson: "And what are your roles here at SDL? Are you engineers helping design a winning car for next season?"

J. Calzatori: "Heh, that's funny! Isn't that funny Mike?

M. Calzatori: "Yep."

J. Calzatori: "You're a real funny reporter Mister. But no, we aint no egg-head engineer types. We're take more of a...hands on approach to our job. I'm in charge of public relations. Making sure you reporters tell the story like it is...know what I mean? And Mike here, well, he's in charge of recruitin' new personnel. New drivers and engineers and the like, as well our protection rack...err...drummin' up new sponsorship and such. He's really good at that. I hear tell this team has had problems with a Russian mob...or a mob of Russians? Or somethin' like that. So Mike here will be recruitin' personnel to help specifically in that area as well. We know some guys that will be getting outa da joint...err...coming home from the spa pretty soon, and they're gonna be lookin' for a job. This here might be a good fit for dem guys. Right Mike?

M. Calzatori: "Yep."

J. Johnson: "So you're courting new sponsorship? Can you give us a hint on who's logos we might be seeing next season?"

J. Calzatori: "Well, you'd have to ask my brother that, but like I said, he don't say much, so it's probably best you not waist your time. I can tell you the Don...err...Mr. Loyer aint gonna have no sponsorship on his car. Never does if he can help it. He had to this season, just to pay the bills, but with Me and Mike here, payin' the bills aint a problem no more, right Mike?"

M. Calzatori: "Yep."

J. Johnson: "What can you tell us about next season's car?"

J. Calzatori: "Not a hell of a lot. Like I said, I aint no egg-head engineer, but I can tell you that once the boss showed up again, them braniacs got to work right quick! He only had to whack...err..fire one of the old engineers before the others got the message, know what I mean? Anyways we gots ta go now. We got a sit-down with a couple of folks here soon. We're tryin' to recruit some more drivers. Right Mike?

M. Calzatori: "Yep."

J. Johnson: "Do you have anything to add to that Mike?"

M. Calzatori: "Yeah...that's a nice microphone youz got there...be a shame if somethin' were ta happen to it...."

- Transcription end -

FSN is offering a reward for information pertaining to the disappearance of it's reporter, Johnny Johnson. Last seen near the Scuderia DeLoyer team headquarters. Anyone with information is asked to call (800) 555-2121.

Susan Sweets - Foxy Sports News