[Fot] Fw: [cvar_general] US F1 Grand Prix in Austin !?!

[Mike Mehl]

lets see.  Watkins Glen, Long Beach, Phoenix, Detroit, Dallas, Indy.  Did I
miss any.  The F1 sanctioning fee was 20 million US for Indy.  I think that
added up to about $100 per ticket for the US GP at Indy based on 200,000
tickets sold.  The Hulman family paid the fee.  Most countries pay the fee. 
That is why we see more and more F1 in the middle east.  I was fortunate to
see the Tyrell 6 wheel car run in Watkins Glen and make two of the F1 races in
Indy.

It is hard for promoters to make money in this country on F1.  The
world wide tv audiance is 600 million per event. 
Off to Indy this weekend for
my 31st 500 in a row.

Mike Mehl




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From:
Joe Curry <spitlist at cox.net>
To: Bill Babcock <billb at bnj.com>; Bob Kramer
<rkramer3 at austin.rr.com>
Cc: fot at autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, May 25, 2010
6:36:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fw: [cvar_general] US F1 Grand Prix in Austin
!?!

Bernie Ecclestone has left me with a very distinct bad taste for the way
F1
has been run.  His only interest is getting richer (God, how many Billions
does one man need before he dies).  The first sign that anything is not
going
his way, he pulls the rug out from under the event, leaving the people
who
worked so hard to make it happen with nothing but faded memories.

I too hope
that it will last but so many things have happened over the years
to make me
feel that it will.

Joe C.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Babcock
[mailto:billb at bnj.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:13 PM
To: Bob Kramer
Cc:
Joe Curry; 'RACER BUD'; fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fw:
[cvar_general] US F1 Grand Prix in Austin !?!

Geez, some guys would complain
if you hung them with a new rope. I want an
F1 race in the US that isn't a
joke. Austin sounds great to me. We'll go
early and see more live music on a
tuesday night than anywhere else has in a
month. And then go see an amazing
spectacle. Works for me. Beats the hell
out of Indy.
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