International Reject Drivers Union

The International Reject Drivers Union (abberivated IRDU) was an organization that was responsible for F1 Rejects LFS Cup (now Rejects of LFS).

History

When the Zimmers created Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series (F1RWRS), the intention was to be cheaper than Formula One, as F1RWRS is a breakaway series from F1. However, by the end of the maiden season, costs had skyrocketed due to the influx of teams entering the series. As a result, some people that disappointed with rising costs of F1RWRS, created the F1Rejects LFS Cup, with Live For Speed (Scaven Solutions) as the series sponsor. An organization was required for this; International Reject Drivers Union was quickly formed, led by John Dennis Alcatraz.

The series' only season under IRDU control was a eventful one; Shinobu Katayama and Sunshine Infiniti won the championships, but Scaven Solutions suddenly withdrew it's series sponsorship; the series was renamed IRDU Rejects Cup for 2012.

However, after the testing sessions, nothing was heard from IRDU. By fall that year it was turned out that IRDU's commercial right-holder (still part of the IRDU) was unable to make repayments of a loan against a leasing company. In November that year IRDU announced cancellation of the series, the organization having already placed in administration in July, making the entire story akin to the Brabham saga in 1992. IRDU's assets were soon sold off, but rumours then suddenly circulated of illegal loans from the leasing company. Several executives from IRDU and the leasing company was soon arrested and imprisoned for corruptions in January 2013, while the others, led by Séaghdha Puig, would go to form Head Over Wheels Promotions.

Meanwhile, in spring of 2014, a Finnish company, NVRT Holdings, purchased completely all of the IRDU assets. The series was finally revived that year, under the name of Rejects of LFS, with Cave Johnson and Ultimate Racing winning the championships in 2014. Safety concerns the following year led to complete overhauling of the series, originally known as International Formula Reject Challenge, but it was again renamed the following year due to abbreviation clash with International Foundation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, as well as the fact the series joined with the AutoReject network, to AutoReject 3.5..