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Austin Formula 1 Location & Investor Revealed

Dan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:20:00 +0000

Earlier today, Tavo Hellmund announced 3 important items to advance the progress of Formula 1 in Austin, Texas for June 2012 (the official press release is here): Red McCombs support as the primary “mover & shaker” investor. The proposed location to be SE of the Austin airport! Formula 1 launched a new website, as well [...]

How Austin & Formula One Are the Right Match

Dan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:29:30 +0000

Sondra Sondregger, a respected Austin-based autocrosser & HPDE (High Performance Driver Education) promoter, is very active & involved in the South/Central Texas motorsports community. Sondra has even started her own HPDE endeavor, Velocity Adventures Texas. Sondra was interviewed on the radio (along with Eric Beverding of Harris Hill Road) a couple of weeks ago. They [...]

She’s Ba-ack, Texas Comptroller Experiences F1

Dan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:59:27 +0000

Okay, here’s the follow-up to the news that Texas State Comptroller, Susan Combs, visited a Formula 1 race (at Silverstone in England), on her own dime. She was favorably impressed & looks to be pushing support for this event to happen! Details/video are here! Here are some teaser snippets from the article: Texas Comptroller Checking [...]

Return To Autocross & Competitive, Too

Dan — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:51:23 +0000

I was SO pleasantly impressed yesterday! I celebrated the 1 year anniversary of Karlino ownership (my 1999 Mazda Miata). To mark the occasion, I participated in the 2010 SASCA Autocross #7. You ask, “Why was Dan impressed?” I’ll get to that in a bit. I had missed the last 4 SASCA autocross events due to [...]

Well-Sorted 1968 Corvette Makes AutoX Debut

Dan — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:58:33 +0000

My favorite guest blogger, Eric, just sent me a quick little article from the most recent SPOKES/SASCA autocross he attended & participated in from 2 weeks ago. This is notable for 2 reasons: This is a first time autocross experience for the owner, Kevin. This is a NICELY restored/upgraded Corvette – very sweet! I know, [...]

Texas Comptroller Checking Out Formula 1

Dan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:35:19 +0000

Here’s an interesting, hot off the press, Formula 1 in Austin, Texas snippet! This was compiled from The Austin-America Statesman (the Austin newspaper) Staff & Wire Reports (Published: 10:52 p.m., Wednesday, July 7, 2010): Comptroller checks out F1 race State Comptroller Susan Combs, instrumental in securing a Formula One race in Austin beginning in 2012, left Wednesday to get [...]

Autocross Competition Heating Up

Dan — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:20:51 +0000

Guest blogger Eric provided Racing Ready with this in-depth report of the most recent SPOKES/SASCA autocross on June 27, 2010: This past week, I attended the SASCA/Spokes co-event at the San Antonio Raceway. Despite the promise of hot and humid weather, 130 drivers registered for the event, as you can tell by the crowd at [...]