Texas signs 10-year deal for US Grand Prix
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Life is good! Did not see this coming at all.
Crud. I was kinda hoping they would return to Long Beach
Fortunately, the will not be holding this event in my Austin neighborhood.
Austin, Texas... AUSTIN, TEXAS??!! You mean that traditional hotbed of road racing, Austin, Texas?
Give me a f*cking break. Kind of like when the SCCA moved the runoffs to Topeka. Boy that sure brought in the crowds.
In my opinion there’s only 2 maybe 3 venues that have the requisite layout and history to host a U.S. GP. The aforementioned Watkins Glen and Road America at Elkhart Lake, Wisc.
Of course Bernie could care less about the traditions surrounding open wheel road racing. With this dick it’s about who can cross his palms with the most money.
More’s the pity.
F1 came to Dallas TX in July of 1984. I went and saw it at the Dallas fairgrounds. They had built some new asphalt roads for the event. Wonder of wonders, it got hot that day (Hot? In Dallas? In July?) and the asphalt literally disintegrated, in essence ruining the race. I was there and got some photos which I still have.
Please, Dear Lord in Heaven, do NOT allow Hermann Tillke anywhere near the design of the new track. Hermann is the author of so many snooze-fest tracks; we do not need another one.
Well, at least it’ll get Austin traffic moving for a few hours each year.
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