Archive for June, 2011

Wow, 2 days in a row of blockbuster announcements for the Circuit of The Americas (COTA).  This is gaining some great momentum! V8 Supercars Agrees to Five-Year Deal With Austin’s Circuit of The Americas(TM) to Host Championship; SPEED™ to Broadcast Races Australia’s Most Popular Motorsports Series Makes Its First U.S. Home in Austin, Texas AUSTIN, [...]

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It is OFFICIALLY endorsed!  Here is the official press release: Austin City Council Officially Endorses Formula 1 United States Grand Prix (TM) Affirmative Vote Advances Race Preparations at Circuit of the Americas (TM) AUSTIN, Texas – June 29, 2011 – Austin’s City Council voted today to officially endorse the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix [...]

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Sunday, June 26th, 2011 was the European Grand Prix at Valencia, Spain.  My wife & I attended an F1WatchParty.com watching party to experience that race.  This event took place in northwest Austin, Texas at the exclusive Cool River Cafe restaurant/bar. These events are hosted By Zinger Hardware in association with John Eagle European and Ferrari [...]

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Today, the last Saturday of the month in San Antonio, TX, is a monthly gathering of car people & their rides , unofficially called Cars & Coffee, or Cars & Caffeine, or whatever.  It’s a laid back, park what you brung, whether it be your daily driver or otherwise.  There were all sorts of car [...]

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Once again, Eric (contributing Blogger Extraordinaire) came through with flying colors.  He provides us with pictures, video  & a great, on the spot description of this SCCA Divisional  event, along with all the trials he had to endure.  He covered for me while Racing Ready was pursuing future Formula 1 business in Austin… This past [...]

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Wild Bubba’s Wild Game Grill was very well attended by the Austin Formula 1 Club (AF1C), this past Saturday, June 18, 2011.  I was able to met some new friends & hooked up with other F1 friends. Here is Wild Bubba’s Formula 1/COTA memorabilia corner.  Quite an interesting assortment of neat F1 stuff to honor [...]

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2011 Southwest Solo Divisional #2 With all my recent posts about Formula 1 in Austin, you may think I have forgotten about autocross.  That’s far from the truth.  But Karlino‘s tires are no longer up for hard charging autocross events.  Current priorities dictate that tires will have to wait…  Anyway, this weekend is the 2011 [...]

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