Open Terms Spell Doom for Ford in Auto Racing Spat

A federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan has granted a professional race car driver’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the contract he had to race for the Ford Motor Company was unenforceable.   The court’s determination was based on the contract’s wording that Ford would provide Kahne “with opportunities to participate in one or more mutually acceptable racing series with a reasonably competitive team.” The fact that Kahne was not willing to accept the scenari