Thread: F1 to Austin TX
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Old 04-17-2011
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Re: F1 to Austin TX

Interesting that the track has been named "Circuit of the Americas."

I recently read an article in the Dallas Morning News about people taking bi-weekly bus trips all the way from Mexico City to attend Dallas Cowboy home games.

Austin is three hours closer to the Mexican border than Dallas, and I imagine that F1 is far more popular than the NFL in central and south America. As such, I'm guessing that the promoters are counting on a substaintial influx of race fans from points south of the border to help fill the stands.

Taken in this light, perhaps the Austin location for the US Grand Prix isn't as kooky as it sounds.

Who knows, maybe it won't even be the US Grand Prix. Instead, it could be the GP of the Americas, kind of like the European GP.
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