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New night photos from Vance: Circuit of the Americas at night, with new color-changing LED tower lighting:



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About a week ago, we got word & posted on our FB page that Stadium People was telling its employees they wouldn't be needed for events surrounding the Formula Run event planned for this Saturday at COTA. RunTex and the Statesman quickly responded that the run itself had not been cancelled and was to proceed as planned. We then thought Stadium People might be referring to the Open House we'd been hearing about for some time. Looks like that was it. If any of you had plans to attend that event, the Open House has been cancelled. No certificate of compliance for the Main GS:



http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/cota-has-most-but-not-all-permits-yet
 
Going to a race at COTA? Get an early start.





Some of you may have heard about or even attended the RunTex fun run this morning at COTA. Seems like it was a good time once the estimated 3000 people got there. At 8am (the scheduled start time) FM812 was backed up about 1.5 miles from the COTA gate, past SH130. The fastest road in America ground to a halt as it was backed up about 1.5 miles back from the southbound exit to FM 812. Many people reported travel times of more than 1 hour from SH71 to FM812. Some traffic control at the 130 exit to FM 812 would have been a good idea. There was none. The only traffic control was at the front gate of the circuit. The Main GS lot only filled to about 75% capacity, yet the delays had people still arriving over an hour after the run was scheduled to start. I found a couple of tweeted traffic photos. Event photos to follow.



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Here are the official road closures surrounding the USGP at COTA:



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...and here's a map of them from the Statesman:



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Last set, but there are lot more at the link above...



Construction at the stadium complex:



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Turn 3 pedestrian crossover & GS:



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Turn 13 spectator suites:



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Crossing under the Longhorn Straight:



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Turn 19-20 temporary hospitality buildings:



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Turn 12...



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T16 Pedestrian Bridge...



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T1, from ~T18...



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T19 & the rear of the Paddock...



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Pit In...



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Nice rides...



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Red Bull garages...



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Paddock...



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Wow. What a great 4 days.



I'm a total zombie right now, but I have about a bazillion photos to sort through from all around the circuit, the paddock, & pit lane. I'll get some up as soon as i can, which probably means sometime tomorrow. Hope you all enjoyed the race. I know I did.



For the time being, here are a handful of phone photos I took in the last few days:



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Congrats to Texas, that looks like a seriously awesome track, and everyone had really good things to say about it.

Big wide flowing track has gotta be good for GP bikes (if they ever get there).
 
Thanx for sharing all the pix Big Tex. Keep the pics flowing please.
 

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