[Fot] Update on Austin Tx F1

[Terry Stetler]

I went to the first F1 race at Indy and I have to agree with Bill.

I swore I'd never go back to Indy ever again.  My God, you could not even get
a cup of coffee at the track in the morning. All they had was cheap beer.  The
track facilities were dilapidated, nothing was clean, and it made what should
have been a very reasonable ticket price seem expensive. The sight lines for
the fans watching the race were terrible, unless you were one of the few who
had tickets for the stands in F1 turn one.
The track announcers were clueless about road racing.  The entire thing was
very amateurish, at best, and an embarrassment to U.S. F1 fans, who have been
deprived of their "fix" for far too long.

Terry Stetler
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jason Ostrowski<mailto:jason at multivintage.com>
  To: Bill Babcock<mailto:billb at bnj.com>
  Cc: FOT of<mailto:fot at autox.team.net>
  Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [Fot] Update on Austin Tx F1


  On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Bill Babcock
<billb at bnj.com<mailto:billb at bnj.com>> wrote:



  > "It's snakes biting snakes. And if they can't
  > come up with 25 million to satisfy their deal, how are they going to make
  > the
  > show work? That's chump change."
  >
  > "And Indy for F1? Come on. It sucked. I LOVE F1 and I couldn't bear to
  > watch
  > it".
  >
  > Yes Bill, good true points on the financial end. I won't argue the points
  > about financial aspects of "big leagues".. I'm sure all that stuff was
  > disclosed early on. Clearly more was bit off than could be chewed.
  > But, what was so bad about the Indy events? With the exception of the
  > Michelin debacle, what sucked? I went to all the F1 races at Indianapolis
  > and thought it was awesome.. and great for U.S. exposure to road racing.
I
  > have been to other F1 races (including Monaco) and I thought those U.S.
  > events were surely different but comparable and good on many levels.
  > Jason, FGR
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