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Old 04-14-2011
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Re: F1 to Austin TX

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Originally Posted by dalyduo View Post
Impressive that some very slick digital editing compilations with VO can make a currently barren piece of land with bulldozers on it near Austin Texas look like the cultural center of the universe. Clever vision and marketing... Interested to see what the reality turns out to be. This is the automotive equivalent of Jerry Jones Texas Stadium. "If you build it... They will come... I hope." Huge risk but hey... you never know.

It has to be more than just a race track and they do appear to be connecting it to universities, training facilities, entertainment etc which could help balance the balance sheet but you hope they have hooked it into enough alternate revenue streams that it will continue to thrive if F1 tanks or looses interest. You can't build a facility like that based on one F1 and one MotoGP race a year. Wonder how long a lap would take in a Skippy car?
yep
i hope skippy gets to race there.. tavo said they wanted lots of people to race there, so we will see.

i have to say most of the track layout is not exciting to me.
it doesnt not look flowing at all
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