First off, this flag was signed by all of the teams that compete in Grand-Am, in addition to members of Mazdaspeed Motorsports. Some of you may not think this is a serious deal, but to Mazda it is. This is their logo, this is the flag that they use in commercials and advertising.
Mazda USA and Mazdaspeed Motorsports have seen the thread and they have seen the pictures of the poorly drawn penis, etc. In fact, when you have team owners like Sylvain Tremblay (SpeedSource), Jon Mirachi (Racers Edge), Tom & Glenn Long (Freedom Autosport) see things like this, it does not bode well to get them to particpate in events thrown by Mazda owners.
Secondly, I highly doubt that EEMMC will receive suppport from Mazda USA for next years event, if in fact they received any this year. Suffice to say, that this event will never see support from Mazda USA or Mazdaspeed Motorsports or its teams.
At any event or Mazda Corral we put on we have a team in place to oversee the event to make sure that things like this don't happen. We had no issues at LRP or OCC for that matter. If you asked for the flag and received it, it is that persons responsibility to oversee and make sure that stupid crap like this does not happen.
I am sure that Antoine knows about this, he will also be getting a PM from me in regards to Mazda USA and Mazdaspeed Motorsports feelings on the matter. Just an FYI for those who think this is a small matter, I had worked out a deal with all of the Mazda teams to put 24/7.com on their cars and then they see this! C'mon, this goes beyond childish. We are also partnering with Grand-Am as well, to promote each site.
Needless to say, I am glad I was not at this event, nor will I lend my support to any future event like this. Someone should apologize to Worbit, they screwed him on this deal, big time. It should be noted that dealerships have to go to their regions for approval to host events as well, in order to get money from Mazda USA, so you may not even get dealer support for your future events as well.