You guys have not figured this out it seems, but this will be a money loser no matter how they market it. Somebody sold Texas a pile of bs. The fact that they built a new track will make it an even biger loser, unless they build an oval somewhere in the facility so that they can run a NASCAR race. Indy wich is closer to more population bases than Austin did everything in their power to make it work and even they failed. Austin will really fail as a money maker. If they finish the track in time for the 2012 race(not sure they will) it will have a draw for the first year. After that the draw will go down in a major way every year. They will either give up right away or start trying to attract fans by lowering ticket prices at the gate and online due to unsold tickets.
Nothing has changed. There are not enough US F1 fans anymore. We don't even have a US driver in F1 anymore. F1 does not seem to realize what an important car market the USA is. If they did they would be assisting alot more than they are. This track should be partly owned and funded by F1. Without that F1 has nothing to lose by leaving in a year or two when its not making any money. It takes years to build a good fan base big enough for this kind of race.
New Jersey will be the last chance after Austin fails as it's in the middle of a very large population base. Only problem is the Canadian GP is not far and many go over the border every year to that race. On the flip side it could have helped build a fan base for NJ, but the huge east coast population will be the biggest part.
Last edited by F1 Tommy; May 10, 2012 at 2:23 PM.
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