http://www.motoamerica.com/eric-stump-returns-to-road-racing-in-motoamerica-superstock-600-class The Stumps talk as fast as they ride. I'd call them "passionate" individuals. Super nice guys if you meet them in the paddock, but neither strikes me as the type to be worried about making, uh, diplomatic, public statements. I talk to Scott (on facebook) a lot more than Eric, but sat near Eric's fans at the last Mid-Ohio AMA round.
Sucks for that guy, but dollars to dimes that wasn't the only issue behind the owner canning him. And, if it was, that's not the kind of boss you want to have anyway.