07-29-2011, 08:15 PM
A co-worker sent this to me today:
http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle...r_63926966
It looks like F1 is seriously contemplating making major changes to the 2012 schedule for a variety of reasons, and one of the outcomes of the shuffling could be moving the date of the US race (in my fair city of Austin, TX) from June 17 to sometime in November. For those of you planning to descend on Austin for the race, I can't tell you how great this is. True, Central Texas can't rival Arizona for shear heat (I've lived in both places![[Image: ohmy.gif]](http://www.968forums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)
), but combined with the humidity, mid June can be downright hellish. November, on the other hand, usually boasts fantastic weather.
I also took a trip out the the track this past Monday. While we couldn't see a whole lot of it from our vantage point, we were able to get a good look at the straight leading to turn 1. Wow, I'm going to wish I had dropped a small block into the 968 - along with a set of 14" carbon-ceramic rotors and commensurate calipers. That is one wicked climb, over a very short distance, followed by a similarly steep descent. Overall, the track layout looks amazing. I'm assuming they will eventually open it up for club racing, DEs, and other special events for those of us not carrying a Super-Licence in our wallets. Between this and two other very nice tracks in the area, Austin is really becoming a racing mecca. Whodda thunk it, from a city that prides itself in tree-huggery?
http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle...r_63926966
It looks like F1 is seriously contemplating making major changes to the 2012 schedule for a variety of reasons, and one of the outcomes of the shuffling could be moving the date of the US race (in my fair city of Austin, TX) from June 17 to sometime in November. For those of you planning to descend on Austin for the race, I can't tell you how great this is. True, Central Texas can't rival Arizona for shear heat (I've lived in both places
), but combined with the humidity, mid June can be downright hellish. November, on the other hand, usually boasts fantastic weather.I also took a trip out the the track this past Monday. While we couldn't see a whole lot of it from our vantage point, we were able to get a good look at the straight leading to turn 1. Wow, I'm going to wish I had dropped a small block into the 968 - along with a set of 14" carbon-ceramic rotors and commensurate calipers. That is one wicked climb, over a very short distance, followed by a similarly steep descent. Overall, the track layout looks amazing. I'm assuming they will eventually open it up for club racing, DEs, and other special events for those of us not carrying a Super-Licence in our wallets. Between this and two other very nice tracks in the area, Austin is really becoming a racing mecca. Whodda thunk it, from a city that prides itself in tree-huggery?
