kennedy was part of the consortium that took control of the ireland team in the a1gp world cup of motorsport in 2006. the team became the final series champions in 2008/09 with adam carroll behind the wheel after which the ireland team moved into the new gp3 series in 2009 as status grand prix. team principal of status motorsport is teddy yip junior whose father teddy yip owned the theodore and shadow f1 teams that kennedy raced for from 1978 to 1980.