Have you guys seen this? Supposedly they still need a lot of support to get this project through!!

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/supportusgpracing/

Mods - you may want to move it to a more appropriate location.

 

Signed and posting in a local website where we have had plenty of discussions about the upcoming track. Good post

 

they better effing build that rack, im so looking forward to a track day there.

 

This.


I was super excited about American F1. Finally! An alternative to NASCAR! Lol.

 

yeah, and not at Indy!!

 

Maybe they should just build the track somewhere else in the US where people would actually be greatful for it.

 

Signed!

 

Hope it happens... I plan on being there!

 

Same here! It's already on my budget for 2012!

 

aside from local BS, these folks have to deal with Bernie's BS too!

 

The track is 2 hours from where I live. I plan on going to every possible event and would love a track day.

Austin is so full of nuts and libs I don't see why the heck they wanted to put it there. If it were Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio they would gladly welcome it, but Austin is just nuts. It's the San Francisco of Texas.

 

Easy now - a lib posted this, a social lib

I don't really care what part of Texas it goes to - as long as we get it!

 

I would prefer the track to be in the DFW area and I am sick of the Austin folks looking down on Dallas and talking about how they are so "international" and yet now it looks like they are going to blow off a huge international event...arghhh.

 

If this is the reason the petitions are going around:
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...er-25m-payment

Then, if what is said is true, I don't support Austin giving money to F1. If F1 is all that, then they can come up with the paltry (to them) $25M.

Of course, Home Depot can come up with $6M for their data center too, and all those like that.

I think the difference is, well, it's more, and secondly, Home Depot probably meant more permanent, year round jobs than the F1 track will give.

Anyone want to prove the F1 track deserves the 25M more than teachers and such, you just go right ahead and tell me, or better yet, link it up to actual facts and figures and news and such.

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On the other hand, F1 in Texas would be pretty sweet... I'm so torn... Ugh.

I must abstain due to waffling. Sorry. And the fact that I probably couldn't afford 1/8th of a ticket, likely, so I'm very 'meh' about it overall.

/mmnnn... waffles...
//More mmmn... pancakes at Ihop with Boysenberry syrup.

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edit: Well, actually, just the Sunday at the 'T10' grandstand in Germany is about $288 for a seat, the lowest seat price I can find... if I read it right, and the conversion is correct (as of today). Of course, it's a sucky seat compared to T1, but not as bad as GenAd, I'm guessing.

Which means, I could *maybe* go... but... I dunno...

 

 

If you wanna compare this to any other professional sport - it really ain't that bad. As a matter of fact, the drivers rarely get jail time for dog fighting, murder, concealed weapons, rape, etc....


Now the owners, that's a different story, slightly.

 

fwiw i thought the track was under construction already, its site had pics of construction. i would find it odd if they were close to done to abandon the project. who knows though

 

it can easily come to a crashing halt - have seen that happen before on a smaller scale.

 

The Bluegrass track in KY had the track surface nearly finished, and were starting on the "other stuff" (tire walls, curbing, etc.) when they ran out of money.

I wanted to drive that course SOOOO bad!

 

Better book your room soon! We booked rooms at a nearby Hampton Inn using Hilton HHonors Points......and there's wasn't a lot to pick from.

It's costing something like 21,000 points a night. High-end Hilton Hotels go for something like 40,000 a nite. Of course, we were told we could always just pay for the rooms..........are you ready for this ....for over $700 a night !!!!

It's just like Indy a few years ago. A room at the downtown Ramada Inn was $125 the Thursday nite before the race. Fri, Sat, and Sun nights were $330 a night!