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Old 05-25-2010   #1
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Default F1 in Austin 2012 and beyond

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100525/F1/100529836

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Old 05-25-2010   #2
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Default Re: F1 in Austin 2012 and beyond

I saw that from another source. It is on the F1 site too, so it seems confirmed. I didn't check the AW site to see the comments, but I doubt much has changed. There used to be a lot of pinheaded comments.
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Interesting...Be great if it actually flies
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Old 05-26-2010   #4
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Article in the San Antonio paper today says the venue will be a new facility to be built within 10 miles of Bergstrom (Austin) Airport. The race date is not specified, but it had better not be in the summer ... hopefully before June or after September.
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Old 05-28-2010   #5
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More info: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100528/F1/100529787
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Old 07-09-2010   #6
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Well Glenn! Looks like me Sanjay and Will Barrett will be joining you for that race. Lived in Austin 10 years before moving to Houston. I must admit I'm suprised that they chose Austin. It's a fairly small city full of pot smoking hippies from UT. And there are not many hills out around burgstrum. But just west of Austin tons of hills. It would be pretty cool seeing F1 cars flying up I35 at 230mph.

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Old 07-27-2010   #7
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Here's the latest - a site has been identified:

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100727/F1/100729868

Financing by San Antonio local Red McCombs (former owner of the Minneapolis Vikings and
local car dealer).
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Old 09-24-2010   #8
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update: ttp://www.autoweek.com/article/20100921/F1/100929967

Looks like the track will be available for general use too. And it's only 50 miles from the Breitung homestead.
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Breaking ground:

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110103/F1/301039997
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I seen that, good stuff .
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