Austin F1 Track
 

Track length: 3.4 miles
Top speed: 200mph
Elevation change: 133ft
Track width: 39-52ft

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hhmmm

Holy ****... a REAL track for once. That looks promising. :tup:

Now let's just see it built...

:yum:

Wow. Very nice! I know where I'll be once a year from 2012-2022

I'm so glad this will only be an hr away from home :)

Looks like a good F1 track. I see lots of places good for passing.

:D. Been waiting for this for years. See everyone in 2012. Counter clockwise, up hill start to tight left hander, this is going to be good....

10 min away from where I live!

10 minutes? Your "Location" tag must be off then. It says you are in Houston.

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Will be buying my GA on the 10th!:tup:

They seriously need to work on improving the roads though, hopefully we can all get in by the time the race is over!

grandstand turn 15... this looks good

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I'll most likely be buying turn 5 Tickets. Mainly b/c of my budget. I'd love me some turn 12 or 15 tickets. :) But ya know! I really hope you can see the back straight and turn 12 and 13 from those seats.

Where are you at? Del Valle? I lived in Cedar Creek (between Bastrop and Lockhart) for about 9 months. I know a guy whose parents house is literally on the hill above the track.

Looks awesome :tup:

definitely considering some GA tickets. Might be cool trying to snag pics from different areas. Can you roam to different spots throughout the event?

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And it slowly is coming together.
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It's a beautiful track. Been streaming F1 practice this morning via Speedtv.com.

Looks great!

whoa whats with the bumps? They trying to make it like Laguna Seca or something?

What bumps? It has elevation change to keep it interesting, otherwise it's very smooth. Flat tracks are boring.

well at high speeds those elevations will turn into bumps quickly haha. I see some accidents in the near future with a blind corner

Still wishing I could be there. :o Next year for sure.

No, they aren't bumps. They are relatively smooth elevation changes. I think that view just distorts it a bit.

Check out the live stream from practice: SPEED Streaming

Onboard vids. They'll give you an idea of what the track is like.

of course, blocked at my work. I swear this is the only site that works...fml

I decided to skip being there in person this year as I'm sure it was a logistic nightmare for the people attending -- not to mention the long lines at the Johnny on the Spots.

One of my coworkers is there right now though.

I procrastinated on buying tickets, kept buying car parts instead :(

Practice runs are streaming again!

Here are some of my photos from the COTA. Formula One - Circuit of the Americas - Austin, TX - a set on Flickr

Very nice! At the speeds they were going, how hard was it to keep the car in focus at slow shutter speeds?

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This was sitting out front over by gate 1 (Lot Q) on Friday. When walked around front some duoche bag had written " Wash Me" in the dust..:eek:

I was able to get a lot more of panning shots of the cars (like the one you highlighted) that i would show off to friends and family. But very few of them where sharp enough to be proud of. The HGP cars where much easier to photograph since they aren't as fast as the modern F1 cars. I found that shooting off as many photos as i could while looking down the side of the lens, not the viewfinder, helped me track the cars better too.