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« Reply #120 on: November 18, 2011, 10:34:03 AM »

gonna make one heck of a mx track
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« Reply #121 on: November 18, 2011, 10:35:42 AM »

gonna make one heck of a mx track

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« Reply #122 on: November 20, 2011, 09:09:00 PM »

Also factor in possibility that TX knows it can't come up with the $250-$500 MM it promised over ten years, for $ and political reasons, so why even bother to fund the first year?

Lots more $ and nightlife in NYC area...and they claim no taxpayer money will be spent.


 
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« Reply #123 on: November 21, 2011, 04:49:14 AM »

" . . . and they claim no taxpayer money will be spent."    laughingdp  In the initial press release the two politicians were already talking about redistribution of wealth about two paragraphs into text. Race drivers and team owners would rather run on purpose built tracks than crappy surface-oh shit there's a wall street courses.  Normally there is only one line on street courses, so the racing will suck and consequently attendence will suffer.  That venue is already doomed to fail.


COTA is purpose built to the full modern FIA spec, so every race series under the sun has the possibility to run there. ALMS, GrandAm, IndyCar, WSBK, AMA, MotoGP, DTM, V8 Supercar, . . . . .   The scope is larger than F1 and I'm sure the stakeholders realize that.
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« Reply #124 on: November 21, 2011, 09:19:15 AM »

Sooner or later the track will get finished and races will be run. Just hope all my Austin friends will still be living there when that happens. Nothing like a free place to stay. I'll gladly buy them dinner/drinks for a nice guest bedroom. waytogo
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« Reply #125 on: November 28, 2011, 01:28:07 PM »

aint gonna happen.  at least not in 2012.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20111128/F1/111129932

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« Reply #126 on: November 28, 2011, 02:27:14 PM »

aint gonna happen.  at least not in 2012.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20111128/F1/111129932



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« Reply #127 on: November 28, 2011, 02:34:48 PM »

make the beast with two backsin' idiots....  bang head
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« Reply #128 on: November 28, 2011, 10:03:22 PM »

This is how you get shit done.

Find yourself a very rich man with a wife who's into racing. The rest just works itself out, apparently.
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« Reply #129 on: November 29, 2011, 06:16:33 AM »

i.e. you're better off dealing with a single party interest instead of a group of business "partners."
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« Reply #130 on: November 29, 2011, 09:36:38 AM »

i.e. you're better off dealing with a single party interest instead of a group of business "partners."

you're better off being able to finance the deal yourself. if you're depending on somebody else to bring the money, you've got "partners".

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« Reply #131 on: November 30, 2011, 04:55:07 AM »

you're better off being able to finance the deal yourself. if you're depending on somebody else to bring the money, you've got "partners".

yeah, like the guberment.
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« Reply #132 on: December 02, 2011, 12:43:56 PM »

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Dec/111202austin.htm
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« Reply #133 on: December 07, 2011, 10:28:20 AM »

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/racing/entries/2011/12/07/austin_race_left_on_2012_calendar.html
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« Reply #134 on: December 07, 2011, 10:42:07 AM »


great news, I actually didnt expect that to come through at all
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