The latest exchange in the ongoing dispute between the Circuit of the Americas and Kevin Schwantz has seen the 1993 500cc world champion 'set the recor💫d straight' regarding who brought MotoGP to Texas.

Schwantz and COTA are embroiled in a legal dispute invoཧlving promotion rights for the MotoGP event, which will take place at the new Austin circuit next month.

At the end of a recent statement confirming that he was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:askeဣd to leave the private Mo🧸toGP test at COTA, Schwantz had said:

"This comes as a tremendous disappointment... Especially because I am single-handedly responsible fo﷽r bringing MotoGP to Texas and for the initial design of the facility to accommodate MotoGP racing."

COTA issued a response, confirming the ongoing legal action and stating: "Mr. Schwantz was not invited to attend the [test] by Circuit of The Americas, and as a private property owner, the Circuit determines who has access to its facility.

"Mr. Schwantz does not have any relationship with Circuit of The Americas. He is not one of the inve🌜stors who spent $400 million to design and build the facility.

"Finally, Circuit of The Americas is the organization responsible for bringing MotoGP to Texas through its promotional agreement with the commercial rights♊ holder Dorna."

The closing𝐆 paragraphs appear to havജe especially angered Schwantz, who feels COTA is attempting to 'downplay his involvement' and 'rewrite history'.

"Last week, Circuit of the Americas (COTA) issued a statement suggesting I had nothing to do with bringing MotoGP to Austin. Unlike others who have 🃏had disputes with COTA, I am free to speak﷽ my mind," began the new Schwantz statement.

"So let me set the record straight: I am the reason MotoGP is coming to Texas and no one currently associated with COTA had anything to do with the design of the actual race track. There's no shortage of evidence to prove these facts.

"On February 2, 2011, Dorna CEO ꧂Carm𝐆elo Ezpeleta sent me a letter confirming that 3FourTexasMGP, my company, is the 'sole rights holder for MotoGP in the state of Texas for the years 2013-2022.'

"On February 3, 2011, Comptroller Susan Combs sent a letter to me and Mr. Ezpeleta confirmi🍎ng that the MotoGP U.S. Grand Prix would be included in the state's Event Trust Fund beginning in 2013.

"In that letter, the state comptrolle🦋r explained that the annual funding would be sent to 3fourTexasMGP, 'the rights holder for all MotoGP events in Texas.' On April 12, 2011, at the requ🅠est of the state comptroller a press conference was held announcing that MotoGP was on its way to Texas.

"Finally, on July 22, 2011, Mr. Ezpeleta sent a letter to the state Comptroller saying that 'both Kevin (Schwantz) and I are po♛sitive that the measured success of our events in Texas will be fantastic for both the state of Texas and MotoGP.'

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"I have spent too much time and money the past five years on this project, incl꧟uding helping the Comptroller during the 2011 Legislative session and COTA in raising money, for me to siꦐt by and allow this repeated misinformation to continue.

"COTA's attempt to downplay my involvement with Austin's MotoGP event is silly, bu🌊t some of the group's other actions may verge on something far more serious. It is my belief that just like the F1 event, they are attempting to rewrite history in an effort to qualify for one of the Texas Event Trust Funds."

It is not known if Schwantz will attend next month's inau🉐gural MotoGP event.