New Track In Austin, TX ???

Greg Branham · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:00 pm Post subject:

Any chance USKGP will run here?

Benn Herr · Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 1579

Send Bernie a check with a lot of zeros on it and I'm sure something could happen! Laughing

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Greg Branham · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:03 am Post subject:

So are they building a kart track next to it too?

alan speyrer · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 1329

I bet karting is at the bottom of there "to do list"

Lyle Clark · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:33 am Post subject:

From the website

Jason Santander · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject:

Dont mean to hijack this thread, but speaking of texas, anyone heard about this race?

http://www.lonestargrandprix.us/

Its essentially a road race, its huge and looks like loads of fun.

Actually it is like a hybrid track, big for a sprint, small for a road race.
Probably too small for a superkart. 1.4 miles +-

Michael Korody · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject:

im gonna pre-register for that race, it looks epic! stock honda light for me, are you gonna race the mod class Jason? That one section in the parking lot reminds me of the top of reno fernley just half as wide, probally gonna have to run sprint akerman setup

Jim McMahon · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:54 pm Post subject:

4or5 of us will be coming from MN with KZs, we are hoping for a couple more to join in from this way and maybe a few from from the Chicago area too.
Gonna be a heck of a race. Not sure how non-shifters will do with such long straights and what seems like really tight infield though.
There isn't a class for SuperKarts for this one:(

Track is 1.4mi from my rough estimation too..

There is an event page on FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133014916796108
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Sam Zavaglia · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject:

Nothing like a bit of controversy.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/11/formula-one-f1-circuit-americas-austin-new-jersey.html
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Jeffory Mott · Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject:

Just announced this is dead. Oh well, maybe they can turn it into a motocross track. Never get your hopes up when you are talking about F-1

FIROUZ HAGHIGHI · Joined: 31 Jan 2002 Posts: 402

hello all

i did talk to the main person at LOAN STAR GP. i was told the race fee for 250 superkarts would be $30,000.00 for the first 20 entries and $500.00 per entry after that. i ask why such a high entry fee and i was told they would have to make special arrengments for 250 superkart and they are not willing to do that unless the fee above is paid.

I DO HOPE THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND and lower the entry fee so superkarts could attend.

regards

firouz

Sam Zavaglia · Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject:

Jim McMahon · Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:00 pm Post subject:

anybody know what exactly Hellmund did to breech the contract?
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Peter Zambos · Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:30 am Post subject:

My understanding is that he failed to provide a letter of credit. Since all the parties involved seem bent on obfuscating what happened, it's hard to tell wether or not Full Throttle Production's lack of progress caused Austin to not issue financial backing from their special events funding or the other way around. I'm not sure what the contractor can do better than FTP, as, if people don't want to fund an F1 race put on by one group, why would they want to fund another group that has no connection to the sport?

Either way, the new terms of the special events funding getting released seem counter-intuitive. The funds are there to be "A tool for recruiting large events to the state," but, at the same time, "The state of Texas will not be paying any funds in advance of the event." Such are the contrary words of the state comptroller. I wonder if the Super Bowl was given such scrutiny when they were awarded funds through the same channels.

Quite frankly, I'm not holding my breath for Jersey either, as the amount of work to convert the selected circuit into something suitable for F1. Did it occur to anyone else from that youtube footage that the track would cut off a route for ambulance traffic? Minor things like that might throw a wrench into the gears. I have a feeling that the next F1 race I attend will be in Canada.

sigh.