Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te ngahuru o te tau 1984, i angitu a Carl Haas ki te whakawhitiwhiti korero ki tetahi kirimana tautoko me Beatrice Foods mo te urunga o Haas ki te Whakataetae o te Ao Formula One. I te akiaki a te Tumuaki o Beatrice Foods, a Jim Dutt, ka hinga a Haas i te kaitautoko a Budweiser ka tango ia i a Beatrice hei kaitautoko taitara mo ta raatau kapa Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) IndyCar. Ma te awhina a Beatrice, i muri mai i taua tau ka panui a Haas i tetahi kaiwhakarato miihini mo te kaupapa. I te wa e whakawhanake ana a Ford i tetahi miihini V6 turbo (e mohiotia ana ko te TEC) hei whakakapi mo a raatau Cosworth DFV V8 kua pakeke ake i te waa kaore i taea te whakataetae angitu me ona kaiwhakataetae turbo. I panuitia te kirimana kia toru nga tau, ko Haas te kaiwhiwhi motuhake o nga miihini hou. Hei wāhanga o te whakapuakitanga, i kii te toa o mua o te Ao a Alan Jones i tana hokinga mai i te reti ki te taraiwa i te motokā tuatahi o te kapa i te tau 1985, ko tana wa tuatahi i roto i te hākinakina mai i
Kei roto a Long Beach. Ko te whanaketanga o te miihini GBA i Cosworth i tuhia mo te raupapa "Equinox" o te Channel 4 ka tukuna i runga pouaka whakaata i te tau 1986.