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F1 Coming to America....

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H8CH
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Been looking forward to this since the original announcement last year - the circuit looks amazing (designed by the same guy who designed Abu Dhabi and Bahrain's circuits...

and then - I saw this.... (on Jon's blog too) Austin is the coolest city on earth too... I'll definately be at this next november

and inb4 - that's so red bull...

Oct 18 2011 1:19PM
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skithebert
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oh right. and the kings are probably going to move since they aren't getting a new stadium.
Oct 19 2011 11:10AM
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PacificRimJob
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Those discussions are FAR from over seeing as the city has been working ULTRA hard on a proposal. The Maloofs are pretty much being forced into it as well. They were derailing lots of options before theyre whole tiff with moving to anaheim last year.

...It's not like Oakland who's pretty much left the A's out to dry. Sacramento's REALLY trying hard.
Oct 19 2011 11:13AM
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skithebert
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hey i hope they stay. last thing we need is another fucking LA team.

down the road when the pepsi center is old, i could see this happening to my nuggets
Oct 19 2011 11:19AM
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Hoppy
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Apologies Wikiwiki ;-)
Oct 19 2011 1:10PM
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1337
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fly me down for it craig
Oct 19 2011 1:16PM
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vailsux.com
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The world consists of two parts: the south and the rest of the world.
Oct 19 2011 1:47PM
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XtRemE11
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oh yeah europe does have better tracks for F1, but as far as just pure layout is concerned, we got some of the best.

Oct 19 2011 2:54PM
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WikiWiki
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True- Europe also has a much higher density of phenomenal tracks with easy access then the USA- to get on any track around here costs either big dollars or you have to wait until they have a cheap track day- I just wish we embraced circuit racing like we do Sprint and Nascar- within 40 minutes of my house I have 3 full blown sprint car ovals large enough for Outlaw events-


Which if anyone ever has a chance to go see full blown sprint cars go- I guy I work with has one- 900 hp on methanol- the sound is just straight awesome

his whole team and everything is well over 400k a year to run- crazy money in sprint car racing around here
Oct 19 2011 4:22PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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i saw some dragsters using nitromethane. anyone think F1 acceleration speeds are insane? These things covered a quater mile in like 3.4 seconds and hit 328mph. Plus it was on a short track so apparently they go faster.
Oct 19 2011 4:25PM
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WikiWiki
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yeah but they dont turn faster than any other machine on the planet


Think about that- there are no cars that can circe a track faster than MOTO GP bike-

except for formula 1- the absolute pinacle of car technology- teams cost millions to run and are worth billions
Oct 19 2011 4:28PM
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PhaedeD
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sprint cars are about the nastiest of nasty thats for sure... soooooo fucking beast and boy when they wreck do the wreck and go KAAABBOOOOOOOMMM!!
Oct 19 2011 4:28PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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thats what people don't get, everyone i know think it's just a bunch of rednecks.

side note, anyone play the F1 game
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Oct 19 2011 4:34PM
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PhaedeD
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or go karts :)
Oct 19 2011 4:34PM
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XtRemE11
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i know ive got like 15-20 circle tracks within 5hours of me, like 3 less than 20 minutes away. but only two decent road courses within 5 hours.

oval racing doesnt interest me much, but i have a huge amount of respect for those guys, and unlike most people, i understand how much talent there is. ive raced with people from europe, been to europe and seen the racing scene there(not racing myself though) and i gotta say the oval racing in america is tougher and has more talent than any other racing scene in the world that ive seen IMO.

i know of circle track guys from around here who are literally on track every day. in their late 20's now, been doing it since they were 5, and still mid pack drivers. to really make it big requires an insane amount of dedication and skill.

that being said i think open wheel drivers have a more well rounded skill set and are better overall drivers.

i just wish indycar would be as big as it used to be, i think the format of ovals and road courses is the best overall test of a driver there is.
Oct 19 2011 4:52PM
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XtRemE11
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where did u hear this? i remember hearing MOTO GP guys qualifying times were almost 20 seconds slower than champ car times at laguna. and typical f2000 times were only a couple seconds slower than MOTO GP times.
not saying ur wrong, i hardly follow bike racing at all, just wondering..
Oct 19 2011 5:00PM
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H8CH
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This will give you some idea....

http://youtu.be/XMSegwn7I7c
Oct 19 2011 6:51PM
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Leafman
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Pretty neat stuff, I'll have fun watching this from the pits for free if I go
Oct 19 2011 7:05PM
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PhaedeD
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pretty sure the 250cc go karts in portland were running faster times around the track than the indy cars by 4 seconds haha
Oct 19 2011 9:18PM
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Boooshank
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Dam cool video. Bet the sound was incredible!
Oct 20 2011 2:31AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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awwwwwwwww yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
Oct 22 2011 11:25AM
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WikiWiki
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interesting- if there is one city on the planet where that could be pulled off it would be the new york metro area- I love the fact that its straight private investors- alot of times when they have city races the city puts up money and it becomes a huge political battle about why are we funding a race when our schools still suck etc etc.


Id be stoked- more racing closer to me is awesome- plus im from NY originally so I have a place to stay at my aunts in Manhattan



Oct 22 2011 12:24PM
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MLB
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incorrect.....F1 has never worked in America because it has no market there.  Empty seats, poor television ratings, having to compete with other races for the same air time ( a certain redneck race series).

Look at any other race, the Canadian Grand Prix ( always sold out, great ratings), or the Grand Prix of Japan.  America just doesn`t have those numbers.  I hate to say it, but building a new venue will not change that.
Oct 22 2011 1:23PM
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WikiWiki
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thats about as wrong as wrong gets


Polls conducted by f1 has shown that when it comes to actual number of fans/potential viewers etc America is second only to Great Britain in its fan base as of last year- While we may not be as densely grouped are overall amount is higher than any European or Asian fan base.

On top of that every single seat available for pre-order in Austin has already been sold out

Circuit racing in General in the last 5 years in the US has exploded. ALMS and INDY car circuit races have broken every single record for attendance for the last 3 years running and that was with increases in seat prices.


Eccelstone is not an idiot- there is a fan base to support it- enough so that he committed 10 years of racing there
Oct 22 2011 1:50PM
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PhaedeD
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I guess new jersey is getting an F1 event as well.. didnt see anyone in here say anything about it.

http://jalopnik.com/5853211/new-jersey-f1-grand-prix-of-america-the-official-track-layout
Oct 25 2011 4:28PM
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WikiWiki
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yeah my aunt just texted me that- stoked as well


benefit is have family that live in Manhattan so free place to stay
Oct 25 2011 4:30PM
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Rosso_Corsa
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That track layout is pretty nice. I'm so happy that they announced this, since I have relatives in that area and now I won't have to buy plane tickets to Texas.
Oct 25 2011 8:27PM
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maxter-paxter
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i thought that f1 already had a stop in america.....

Oct 25 2011 8:30PM
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teleak
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Did anybody else find that video heinously boring?
Oct 25 2011 8:39PM
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SkiThe603
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Not gonna lie that looks dope as fuck
Oct 25 2011 8:51PM
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geteducated
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and tilke is consulting on it... i know its a road course but he'll somehow find a way to make the track suck
Oct 26 2011 12:29AM
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las.
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lol
Oct 26 2011 5:17AM
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Mr.Turtle
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your civic does 0-62 in 1.7s? what year civic would that be?
Oct 26 2011 5:44AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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clearly the V tec one.
Oct 26 2011 9:16AM
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H8CH
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Great vid here by the bbc on the grand prix, the new circuit and the making of that red bull video...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/15511283.stm
Oct 30 2011 3:00PM
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