F1 in Austin

It's finally happened; the very first F1 race is on this weekend in Austin.  After years of quiet murmuring, we're all bracing for the amount of people who are anticipated to arrive in town for this event.  Apparently there are going to be some super, super rich folks helicoptering around and 6 blocks of downtown have been closed to traffic for a three day Austin Fan Fest (music and food to the new racetrack that'll be in our back yard); Aerosmith being one of the headliners this weekend.  While the F1 mess has been in Europe for quite some time, this is the first track to be built in America (called Circuit of the Americas); word on the street is that this is like Nascar for the Elite crowd--a comparison that the F1 folks would most likely balk at but was I could relate to since I'm from Nascar country.  Our new house is just north of the track and as a result I'll be parking my car at the house biking it all weekend.

Let the races begin!

 

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