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ELVIRA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,401 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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ELVIRA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,401 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Awesome
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Van914 ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 697 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Cincinnati, Ohio Member No.: 90 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() ![]() |
I’m planning on being there!
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,186 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States ![]() ![]() |
Please let it be better than 81/83 (and Detroit and Dallas '84). Those were awful.
Though I do have a photo somewhere of Mansell trying to push his car across the line...what a bonkers weekend. |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,546 Joined: 20-October 21 From: Maryland Member No.: 26,011 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
I'm not excited for F1 period. MotoGP is where the real racing action is. But on the Vegas race specifically, I thought that was announced for 2023?
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 379 Joined: 31-January 12 From: Lancaster, CA Member No.: 14,076 Region Association: Southern California ![]() ![]() |
Sounds like a fun weekend - I’m hoping to be there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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Surf Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,252 Joined: 25-November 12 From: Brookings,Oregon Member No.: 15,191 Region Association: Southern California ![]() ![]() |
That would be awesome!
They should make it in the circuit …. |
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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,349 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
Another boring street circuit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 744 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 17,687 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() ![]() |
I am a F1 fan. It should look good on tv. I have to say the new regulations and aero specs seem to make the racing better so far…
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,462 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Disaster at turn one
Official calendar shows MIAMI (!) in May ( 6th-8th) Austin in Oct (21st-23rd) and no mention of Vegas. Russia cancelled due to war crimes |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 363 Joined: 30-March 11 From: Long Beach Member No.: 12,880 Region Association: Southern California ![]() ![]() |
I am hoping to attend. This is for next season 2023. This will be awesome! Vamos!
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 13,298 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California ![]() ![]() |
I love F1 but was was highly disappointed with their ruling handed down for the "Rain Delayed Race". Complete and utter Bull Shit. Crooked as a dogs hind leg. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) I'll still probably make the Austin and/or Vegas race. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Life's been good to me so far..... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 15,141 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille ![]() ![]() |
Please let it be better than 81/83 (and Detroit and Dallas '84). Those were awful. Though I do have a photo somewhere of Mansell trying to push his car across the line...what a bonkers weekend. I worked corners for the Dallas F1 race. I was about 20 feet from Mansell as he was pushing the car. I don't think this was ever in any of the pictures, but I can remember his crew lined up with their toes touching the line waiting for him to push the car across the finish line. They couldn't help until he actually crossed the line because it would disqualify him. The second the car nose crossed the line, it was like a bunch of racehorses coming out of the gate. Clay |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,186 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States ![]() ![]() |
I worked corners for the Dallas F1 race. I was about 20 feet from Mansell as he was pushing the car. You and I must have been shoulder-to-shoulder. I was a spectator but had an all-access pass because of some forgotten reason related to SCCA (CanAm?) Did you ever work San Antonio for the GTP cars? I was F&C/spotter/"corner driver" for them*. Small world! GA *Which allows me to slip in one of my fav stories about that time I drove the Momo Porsche 962 (wait, wut?) For the weekend, IMSA put SCCA National-licensed drivers as F&C on each corner, in case a car had to be flat-towed. Well, wouldn't you know it, Gianpero Moretti parks the red 962 in our corner and walks away...and I could not wait until the race was over. Race is done, I jump in the car and drive it all the way around the track behind the tow vehicle, giving teh queen wave to all my F&C buddies. We arrived at the paddock (inside the convention center, cool) and I didn't want to get out...until a gruff Italian implied that we could do this the easy way or the hard way...I fit real nice in there, too. |
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Life's been good to me so far..... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 15,141 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille ![]() ![]() |
Personally, while I am glad they are bringing more races to the US, I am going to watch this one on TV. The track layout reminds me of LeMans before the chicanes on the Mullsanne straight. The focus will be on top speed, with very little chance of overtakes. So it is going to be a series of drag races down the straights. And DRS is going to be a real advantage with this being all long straights with a few corners. Imagine coming out of turn 9 and getting DRS. You would have a HUGE advantage by the time you reach turn 11. Just my $.02 Clay |
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ELVIRA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,401 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Hey John where's the best place to stay and have a street view ? The Flamingo would be my first choice if I wanted to watch the race from a hotel room. They have the most rooms with a good Strip view, plus all the others are set back with fountains, volcanos and shopping having Strip frontage. Also, the other properties have their towers at an angle to Las Vegas Blvd. The Cosmopolitan, Palazzo and Treasure Island should also provide a good view of the action from some of their suites. |
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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 7,530 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains ![]() ![]() |
Personally, while I am glad they are bringing more races to the US, I am going to watch this one on TV. The track layout reminds me of LeMans before the chicanes on the Mullsanne straight. The focus will be on top speed, with very little chance of overtakes. So it is going to be a series of drag races down the straights. And DRS is going to be a real advantage with this being all long straights with a few corners. Imagine coming out of turn 9 and getting DRS. You would have a HUGE advantage by the time you reach turn 11. Just my $.02 Clay I flagged at Lemans in 1989, the last year before the chicanes. I ended up as part of a mixed French-British-Canadian-American team at the Mulsanne kink. Seeing the big Group C cars go by on the other side of the armco at 230 mph was pretty exciting. |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,923 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille ![]() ![]() |
Disaster at turn one Official calendar shows MIAMI (!) in May ( 6th-8th) Austin in Oct (21st-23rd) and no mention of Vegas. Russia cancelled due to war crimes china (shanghai) cancelled too.....vid closed borders. gone for good from there?. vegas gp will be a night one? neon backdrop too good not to use. looks like its a real drag strip layout. park yourself at the end of one of those clinically insane straights and watch em hit the brakes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) those things can stop. most violent thing they do. i just used to go to the qualifying session in melbourne. better than the race. no crowd. (watch the race on tv). had schumacher stand in front of me when he crawled through the fence after a real big one trying too hard. for some reason i always thought of him as a big guy. he is tiny. a guy holding a piece of his wing with blood coming out of his forehead got it autographed. the crowd got a bit of a carbon shower. stopped going after the turbo hybrid cars came in. spectacle trackside is not quite the same. |
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