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Austin Texas GP Track Revealed

Hey fellas!

loving the news.

I went down to the parmer events center and saw it live.

got to talk to Ben Spies. Wished him good luck at Estoril. he gave me a big grin shook my hand and told me thanks. It looked like most people there might not have had any idea who he was.

I'm not usually star struck, but this was a big deal for me! Plus the gave me a swag bag!

as for the helmund remark. folks in austin often are looking for a reason to gripe about such things. It's a quote from a movie. get over it.
 
Curve, start getting the extra floor space available, I foresee a few Mexicans staying over your pad.
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Curve is getting a gardner and a cook?
 
talk & plans are cheap...... i'll believe it when i see construction start.... & finished.........& then a race.
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I'm still doubting things too. But, are there any pictures that one can see of the construction? Supposedly, the track should be ready to host F1 in 2012.
 
Here you go..lol. Not much but it's something..but this report is a few months old.
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Austin track construction

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you've got to be kidding me. So they took a video of some guy drilling a hole in dirt in the middle of Fing no where?



Uhm, yeah, I'll wait and see. I'm wondering when the court order will be issued to cease and desist because of some snafu.
 
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you've got to be kidding me. So they took a video of some guy drilling a hole in dirt in the middle of Fing no where?



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yup, pretty much.





I think a couple hippies are raising a little stink here but I think it'll go through. We're having a tech/business boom here in Austin right now and this track kind of plays into the hands of that.
 
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I think a couple hippies are raising a little stink here but I think it'll go through. We're having a tech/business boom here in Austin right now and this track kind of plays into the hands of that.

Well, its Texas we are talking about. I don't think jeopardizing some living thing is gonna get in the way of business. I would think somebody would make a stink about tax payer dollars. But then again, its Texas we are talking about, so if it’s good for big business, it won’t be hard to get Joe-middle-class-guy to go along with it. So all good then. On another note, when do you guys think it could fit into the calendar?
 
Well I don't know where to put this, but I've been looking at this link for an hour now. So I decided to put it here since this is a very active thread. It has nothing to do with the topic, but it is addictive. LINK
 
If what Curvey has posted is anywhere near accurate, I can't wait for 2013. And I'm no Texan, but I have friends from San Antonio who tell me Austin is a complete anomaly in Texas. Very left-leaning, so it wouldn't surprise me if there is some hesitation. I wondered if it would ever gain traction because of this. But like I said, I'm not from there so Curvey or others would probably know better than I do.
 
Austin is like a liberal oasis in a very conservative Texas. Great little college town with a rock n roll attitude, in fact, if you don't have a tattoo sleeve here you almost stand out..ha. I grew up in Germany and I can tell you Europeans would probably feel very welcome here.
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Plus it's Texas, which is known for some of the finest quality woman America has to offer..
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Mr. Shupe, is that you reporting?



Why do you say? "Very dumb Mr. Hellmund?" Did he do something wrong? What if he said "the color purple" would this be wrong too since it was a reference to a Black movie? I hate this mindfield White people are forced to walk while a black guy could have said "Cracker" in that sound check and we would have never heard of it. They asked him for a sound check on the fly, it didn't matter what he said, they just wanted sound coming from his mouth, he said whatever. He could have said Calligula, or Michael Jackson, or said Sacramento, or whatever. This is complete ........! If anything, that channel shouldn't get anybody interviewing because they sold this dude out and tried to make themselves the story.



Anyway, I saw this video and was waiting for the Saturday Night Live sign to appear as this whole thing sounds like a joke. I swear it looks like John Steward produced that segment. People are now fabricating news out of thin air. So the guy reference a movie and this is now racial because it was a movie about a slave. So if I say "Black" am I being racists now? This man's life is now in the ....... because news channels are out of ....... control. And nobody being interviewed is saying what? This is nothings, get over it. That politician's reactions is hilarious, "Its inappropriate...bla bla bla". Really? What did he say that was so wrong? Nobody is explaining that, not even the channel trying to make it a new item. This guy is now gonna be labelled racist and for absolutely nothing.







Well said Jums...If i was him i wouldn't have done the reply email either asking for an apology. Comedians use racisms as ways to get paid and no body says nothing about that. I see it as he was just trying to be funny( even though he wasn't).

This news site would be taken more seriously if it would report real issues like whats going on with the tsa and all this gov take over thats going on. They call this "news". hehehe
 
Well said Jums...If i was him i wouldn't have done the reply email either asking for an apology. Comedians use racisms as ways to get paid and no body says nothing about that. I see it as he was just trying to be funny( even though he wasn't).

This news site would be taken more seriously if it would report real issues like whats going on with the tsa and all this gov take over thats going on. They call this "news". hehehe





Yes. Well said jumkie.

I can't leave my house without hearing some fella blasting some of the most foul racial/sexist rap music out of their car. But tavo quotes of the most recognizable quotes from an award winning movie and people act soooo offended. good effin' grief!
 
Austin, News, yes, I've heard Austin TX is nothing like Texas. So that is GOOD. (I hope so, because I will be force to go there for the first GP).
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Esco, Steeeeeeve, as I said "I hate this mindfield White people are forced to walk while..." and that's coming from a very dark brown guy (Steeeeve, you've met me).
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Anyway, I blame that news ch., .......s trying to sensationalize and fabricate news.



Anyway, all I'd like to say is: Jesus H Christ Kunta Kinte, I can't wait for another USGP!!!
 

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