Formula One coming to AUSTIN TX

[RotorheadTX]

So, do I start crowing about it now.....................or keep quiet and watch it all unravel in the next two years???

http://news8austin.com/content/top_stories...-prix-in-austin

[Slartibartfast]

Can't have too many race tracks.

Texas World Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway (not all that good of a road course)

Motorsports Ranch Cresson

Motorsports Ranch Houston

Grand Sport Speedway

Harris Hills

Eagle Canyon

I'll put up five bucks the track doesn't get built.

[TXCajun]

Right up the road from you. That would be a cool thing to watch - a day at the F1 races then Rudy's for BBQ on the way home!

[KursadA]

I sometimes have to drive on Mo-Pac after midnight and I thought Formula 1 was already here..

[mhoupt]

Watch it unravel and watch how they (F-1) mess everything up. I lived in Indy during that debacle. The guys at the Speedway, who certainly know how to host races, had NO say what so ever in how things were run, but they got all the blame when it was messed up. Every year it was a horrid mess both on the track and off. The F-1 guys would not listen to any advice given by the city or by the Speedway. Can you believe we were glad when they left and did nothing to try and keep them. Good luck!

Mark

[Two Mikes]

Hey they tried it here in Phoenix twice....didn't work out.

I hope it suceeds in Austin. Its a beautiful city and a great place to host the spectacle!!

Congrats!

[indydog]

So, do I start crowing about it now.....................or keep quiet and watch it all unravel in the next two years???

http://news8austin.com/content/top_stories...-prix-in-austin

Yea, good luck with that.

[bodyhotrage]

that would be cool....been a long time

sides' Austin is a nice city

[metroman]

What's 'Formula 1'? (lights fuse and runs)

[slick95]

I'm really excited about it...but I am skeptical abut whether or not a track will actually get built.

SLICK

[indydog]

And it gets more interesting:

http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/18305.html

A nice quote from the above article:

"But Austin promoter Tavo Hellmund, reportedly a friend of Ecclestone's for decades, ..."

[chriswfo]

I'm looking forward to the F1 races so close to home. Even better that means another track here in Texas and it should be a good one. Now if they get to build the one out by Blanco I will have 3 tracks within an hour and a half of my house. I gotta ge tme a new set of leathers thought as I sold the old ones after I lost weight. Love that track time.

[FAR148]

What's 'Formula 1'? (lights fuse and runs)

The first try to make a home cleaning products which led to this!

Steven L

[Matt Roberts]

But will people want to watch all them furiners racin them eggshell cars when they can watch hairy real men like Tony Stewart race tanks round and round and round?

Edited May 28, 2010 by Matt Roberts

[Huey Gunner]

But will people want to watch all them furiners racin them eggshell cars when they can watch hairy real men like Tony Stewart race tanks round and round and round?

I'll take the round 'n round sheet and a 36 pack of Silver Bullets please.