Indy on its Way Out?

[protondecay123]

Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta Interview in Sports Rider

Nice looking Circuit they are building in the Austin Area!!

2D Layout

in 3D Layout

 

[dingofarmer]

Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta Interview in Sports Rider

Nice looking Circuit they are building in the Austin Area!!

2D Layout

in 3D Layout

Thank God, plus austin is a cool town.

 

[na1g]

Right, Dingofarmer, Austin is a cool town. Too bad you have to ride through Texas to get there.

OK podner, I'z just kidding. Put that sixshooter away.

Pistol Pete

 

[dingofarmer]

Right, Dingofarmer, Austin is a cool town. Too bad you have to ride through Texas to get there.

OK podner, I'z just kidding. Put that sixshooter away.

Pistol Pete

Very true.....

 

[protondecay123]

Right, Dingofarmer, Austin is a cool town. Too bad you have to ride through Texas to get there.

OK podner, I'z just kidding. Put that sixshooter away.

Pistol Pete

I've lived off and on in Texas and it is full of speed traps. Austin is a great town. 6th street to hang out, Hill Country to ride through.

 

[charismaticmegafauna]

Right, Dingofarmer, Austin is a cool town. Too bad you have to ride through Texas to get there.

OK podner, I'z just kidding. Put that sixshooter away.

Pistol Pete

I've lived off and on in Texas and it is full of speed traps. Austin is a great town. 6th street to hang out, Hill Country to ride through.

Any town that has a big park in its middle -- that also allows dogs to run free and has a river running thru -- is all-right by me:

 

[jmdaniel]

The track is a high priced boondoggle, pulling tax dollars and incentives from a city/state that has a budget shortfall that ranks in the top 5 nationally. SOS, elected officials getting all googly eyed at the talk of "major development" around where the track is being built. There are lies, then there are lying liars:

Clicky

And the location is in the middle of BFE, with non existent infrastructure:

Clicky

I swore I'd never live in Houston again, but this place is sure starting to look like it. :angry03:

 

[Burnspot]

I just hope that Tilke breaks his own mold....normally his tracks are rather boring in reality.

 

[protondecay123]

The track is a high priced boondoggle, pulling tax dollars and incentives from a city/state that has a budget shortfall that ranks in the top 5 nationally. SOS, elected officials getting all googly eyed at the talk of "major development" around where the track is being built. There are lies, then there are lying liars:

Clicky

And the location is in the middle of BFE, with non existent infrastructure:

Clicky

I swore I'd never live in Houston again, but this place is sure starting to look like it. :angry03:

Thanks for posting that article. It's nice to see a local take on what's happening. My only counter to that is that Laguna Seca is like 9 miles from the nearest 4 lane. Here is a google map link. There are some fine country roads in Texas and I bet that between the State and local government they can get the ingress/egress tuned up (for more tax dollars!)

I think that Tilke has been hit/miss overall. Shanghai is a stop/go track more or less. But Istanbul and Aragon are neat tracks. I was looking around and he's building a track in Moscow as a potential Motogp site (Wikipedia) and doing Atlanta Motorsports. So there may be alternatives to Indy and/or Austin depending on how things work out.

 

[BwanaDik]

The track is a high priced boondoggle, pulling tax dollars and incentives from a city/state that has a budget shortfall that ranks in the top 5 nationally. SOS, elected officials getting all googly eyed at the talk of "major development" around where the track is being built. There are lies, then there are lying liars:

Clicky

And the location is in the middle of BFE, with non existent infrastructure:

Clicky

I swore I'd never live in Houston again, but this place is sure starting to look like it. :angry03:

Thanks for posting this, I hadn't really looked into the details. Nothing like spending more money we don't have....

Any House/Senate bill on the docket this session to approve/disapprove the development? Or, more likely, the funding for it?

 

[jmdaniel]

Oh, hell no! Without venturing into politics, because I know it's a no-no here, suffice to say that track is going in, come hell or high water. And since Texas is required by its state constitution to balance it's budget, other areas will be cut; areas that could have used the help.

 

[dingofarmer]

[Was that a statue of SRV?

Laguna is a pain to get out of, we usually use the back motocycle gate after sessions, but it requires a long way around into salinas which is usually in the wrong direction.

I hope they do austin right. I would love to drive south from colorado, then across to cali, however monterey is very decent in july weather wise, compared to Texas........

 

[protondecay123]

[Was that a statue of SRV?

Laguna is a pain to get out of, we usually use the back motocycle gate after sessions, but it requires a long way around into salinas which is usually in the wrong direction.

I hope they do austin right. I would love to drive south from colorado, then across to cali, however monterey is very decent in july weather wise, compared to Texas........

I believe that is ole SRV.

Yeah, Salinas was the wrong way for me. I was camped out at Great Basin and had friends in a cage. I waited so long after the race at the first overpass on 1 north of the parking area a Chip came and shook me down ( for naught). Tried to hustle me off, but I wasn't budging. There were cops everywhere!!

I love Indy. It's in the center of town, where there is lots of vending competition, so everything is relatively cheap. But I hear the track is disliked by the riders greatly.

If they move to Austin, you will be in the middle of it all. Especially considering Miller is just over the hills.

 

[dingofarmer]

[Was that a statue of SRV?

Laguna is a pain to get out of, we usually use the back motocycle gate after sessions, but it requires a long way around into salinas which is usually in the wrong direction.

I hope they do austin right. I would love to drive south from colorado, then across to cali, however monterey is very decent in july weather wise, compared to Texas........

I believe that is ole SRV.

Yeah, Salinas was the wrong way for me. I was camped out at Great Basin and had friends in a cage. I waited so long after the race at the first overpass on 1 north of the parking area a Chip came and shook me down ( for naught). Tried to hustle me off, but I wasn't budging. There were cops everywhere!!

I love Indy. It's in the center of town, where there is lots of vending competition, so everything is relatively cheap. But I hear the track is disliked by the riders greatly.

If they move to Austin, you will be in the middle of it all. Especially considering Miller is just over the hills.

kinda looking for something different next year, we camp out at the track at archery and stay sunday night to eliminate the whole traffic thing. That road needs to be four lanes.

 

[protondecay123]

[Was that a statue of SRV?

Laguna is a pain to get out of, we usually use the back motocycle gate after sessions, but it requires a long way around into salinas which is usually in the wrong direction.

I hope they do austin right. I would love to drive south from colorado, then across to cali, however monterey is very decent in july weather wise, compared to Texas........

I believe that is ole SRV.

Yeah, Salinas was the wrong way for me. I was camped out at Great Basin and had friends in a cage. I waited so long after the race at the first overpass on 1 north of the parking area a Chip came and shook me down ( for naught). Tried to hustle me off, but I wasn't budging. There were cops everywhere!!

I love Indy. It's in the center of town, where there is lots of vending competition, so everything is relatively cheap. But I hear the track is disliked by the riders greatly.

If they move to Austin, you will be in the middle of it all. Especially considering Miller is just over the hills.

kinda looking for something different next year, we camp out at the track at archery and stay sunday night to eliminate the whole traffic thing. That road needs to be four lanes.

Sounds like you are doing Laguna right. If I go back to Laguna, it's going to be with the boys camping at the track. May have to get in shape a little bit before, so I'm not huffing and puffing too much.

 

[jmdaniel]

Was that a statue of SRV?

Yeah, and it's a bit dated. The skyline doesn't look like it does in those pics anymore, it's filled with freakin' condos!

 

[FJR Flyer]

Just saw they inked a ten-year deal to run all three MotoGP classes at Austin starting in 2013.

 

[squeezer]

Indy's talking like they're not going away. Maybe we'll be having three MotoGP races on our side of the pond.

https://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Apr/110412ims.htm

 

[protondecay123]

3 MotoGP races in the good ole USA!! Freaking awesome!! Especially considering two of them are well within a days ride!!