Austin, TX F1 USGP?!?!

[Ankf00]

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlin...0/5/10824.html

holy $#@!ing $#@! $#@!.


$#@!ign $#@!.

this is going to be one epic money pit. but at least it'll be fun!

[tx 3 putt]

very nice

[u2-horn]

wow.

[skipperj]

That's $#@!ing awesome. I wonder where they're building the course?

[tokamak]

holy. $#@!ing. $#@!.

[TheQuan]

TheQuan likes this.

[VoodooChi|d]

Hell to the yes

[gsoda3]

That's $#@!ing awesome. I wonder where they're building the course?

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[hornimal]

be still my heart

[RoostaMan]

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Longhorn Speedway!

[MP5]

Holy $#@!, I never thought that could happen. Austin just reached EPIC status

[RoostaMan]

There is an old racetrack at 183 and FM 812 in Elroy

[longhrnfan]

HOLY $#@!!!!!!!! I always thought Austin would make a great place for f-1, or even a video game track. This is amazing.

[vicerous]

I was browing the F1 site and blogs for my daily fix and saw a pic of the Austin skyline. To say im ecstatic is an understatement. Un $#@!ing believable.

Barcelona, Monaco, Istanbul, Shanghai, Bahrain, Montreal, Budapest, Sao Palo, Abu Dhabi, and $#@!ing AUSTIN TEXAS! Has a nice ring to it

[MP5]

Did RC offer the B/CS area?

[Blain]

I'm spent.

[Used2b]

This is big time.

[Ankf00]

major hurdles still, track still has to be built, event is 2 years away, could easily be a tactic by bernie in negotations with the promoter/venue he truly wants.

[TexonLongIsland]

caveats - all vehicles must be hybrids and must install anti snail darter collision systems.


Very cool though. Another reason to make a trip back to Austin

[Huckleberry]

I hope it goes off.

My son will be 4-1/2 for the first one and 13-1/2 for the last one in the stated 2012-2021 contract.

[Orange&White]

This is so $#@!ing awesome!

[Blain]

That's $#@!ing awesome. I wonder where they're building the course?

I'd say East, along/near SH 130 somewhere.

[RoostaMan]

I'd say East, along/near SH 130 somewhere.

seriously. 130 around 183 or the Creedmoor exit, would proabably be the most viable.

[Sooner2483]

ask the Indianapolis Motor Speedway how this turned out....Ank is right, it'll certainly be a money pit.

[Blain]

seriously. 130 around 183 or the Creedmoor exit, would proabably be the most viable.

That's where I dove hunt. I guess I could give it up for the greater good.

[vicerous]

ask the Indianapolis Motor Speedway how this turned out....Ank is right, it'll certainly be a money pit.

Indy was a hodge podge circuit thrown together for F1. The gp had no chance to succeed there for any length of time. A gp with a purpose-built circuit in Austin will be bringing in loads of revenue for years to come. When all is said and done Austin should have the best road course in the country.

[Ankf00]

A gp with a purpose-built circuit in Austin will be bringing in loads of revenue for years to come.

if we look at event economics from all the other races on the F1 calender as an example. revenue after paying Bernie's annual dowry is not exactly referred to as "revenue."

When all is said and done Austin should have the best road course in the country.

not if Tilke designs it.

[pescado_rojo]

. Austin features that rare combination of ideal geographic location and beauty. Its fine dining, world-renowned hospitality and excellent transportation infrastructure make Austin ideally suited to host and manage an event of this magnitude

Wut?

But yea, I think I just spooged a little.

[Sooner2483]

Indy was a hodge podge circuit thrown together for F1. The gp had no chance to succeed there for any length of time. A gp with a purpose-built circuit in Austin will be bringing in loads of revenue for years to come. When all is said and done Austin should have the best road course in the country.

And what? It'll get used once a year? Atleast Tony George had the foresight to bring in the motorcycles. But still, it's quite a waste of money to build something that'll be used once a year. I'm not saying it won't work,but it failed in this country once, and it very well may fail again.

[Ankf00]

And what? It'll get used once a year?

If it's an FIA approved track, there's going to be plenty of action going on through the year. ALMS, Grand Am, AMA, World Superbike possibly since MotoGP took over Seca and now has Indy for a 2nd USGP, SCCA, various feeder series swinging through the south from VIR, Road Atlanta, Sebring, Barber...

and that's just professional series.

then there's track days for regional racing associations for bikes & cars

[vicerous]

if we look at event economics from all the other races on the F1 calender as an example. revenue after paying Bernie's annual dowry is not exactly referred to as "revenue."

True. I guess the point I was trying to make is that its going for this to end up worse than a GP in Indy.

not if Tilke designs it.

I actually really like Sepang and Turn 8 in Istambul is wonderful. Hes actually some nice circuits elsewhere too (See Atlanta Motorsports Park). The larger problem is with F1 restrictions on circuit design but thats another issue. Certainly it will have amenities far beyond any course in the US (outside of a few Nascar ovals) which could bring any number of other major series to Austin.

edit: you beat me to it.

[pescado_rojo]

In for the first Shaggy gearhead tailgate.

[RottenBananas]

Yeah. Excited.

[Ankf00]

I actually really like Sepang and Turn 8 in Istambul is wonderful. Hes actually some nice circuits elsewhere too (See Atlanta Motorsports Park). The larger problem is with F1 restrictions on circuit design but thats another issue.

Sepang's decent because of the width, the layout's still classic Tilke. What about every thing else he's ever touched? Imola, Nurburgring, Hockenheim, Monza, turned history into a buncha chicanefests. Same goes for the majority of the new tracks. There is no such thing as a high speed sweeper anymore.

[vicerous]

In for the first Shaggy gearhead tailgate.

Wish we could set up a Shaggy Marshals group and take up a track corner but I don't think Bernie would take kindly to drinking and flagging.

[NorthLoop]

ok I'll be that guy

now we get to have another $#@!ing weekend packed full of retarded tourists.. yay

[random horn]

wood. i have it.

$#@! a purpose built course - i want to see an f1 car do 2222!

[MetallicInkwells]

Hope bike lanes are part of the plans. :P

[VoodooChi|d]

ok I'll be that guy

now we get to have another $#@!ing weekend packed full of retarded tourists.. yay

Go back to Paris, TX

[longhornricky]

really excited about this. austin just keeps on getting better.

[Ankf00]

after calming down and looking at the whole press release, this is a loooooooong way from becoming reality.

all this means is that homeboy paid Bernie millions for an option. There's a 100M race track+facilities yet to be funded, purchased, and constructed, and a 30M+ event fee. Donnington Park is the most recent example of vapor-race that was "scheduled."

[Eastwood22]

In. Very in.

European women. Hot European women.

[tx 3 putt]

In for the first Shaggy gearhead tailgate.

im a SOLID maybe !

[Ankf00]

In. Very in.

European women. Hot European women.

you need to come to the Canadian GP with me.

[Ankf00]

im a SOLID maybe !

sorry, VIP only.

[tx 3 putt]

after calming down and looking at the whole press release, this is a loooooooong way from becoming reality.

all this means is that homeboy paid Bernie millions for an option. There's a 100M race track+facilities yet to be funded, purchased, and constructed, and a 30M+ event fee. Donnington Park is the most recent example of vapor-race that was "scheduled."

im fine with them raising travis county taxes to fund this

[tx 3 putt]

sorry, VIP only.

im all about VIP

[Ankf00]

im fine with them raising travis county taxes to fund this

govt financing is how all the developing world events funded their venues and pay the organizing fee. even montreal and some euro events in danger of "losing" their event.

USA? not so much...

[Eastwood22]

you need to come to the Canadian GP with me.

Just checked, bronze level tickets all sold out. General admission would be the best I could do.

[tx 3 putt]

govt financing is how all the developing world events funded their venues and pay the organizing fee. even montreal and some euro events in danger of "losing" their event.

USA? not so much...

being a world class city comes with fees and such