I'm pretty big into NASCAR, Formula One, and drag racing. I also used to love CART but it has gone to shit since Tony George stuck his nose into it. That Austin track looks pretty good. That part coming from the top of the hill at turn one down to turn six looks fast, fast, fast. I can't remember if Tilke had a hand in designing this track or not. If so it looks like the first track he hasn't fucked up with the possible exception of Turkey.


The braking in those F1 cars is absolutely ridiculous. Last season on Top Gear (authentic British version, not the bullshit U.S. one) Jeremy Clarkson drove what was for all purposes a Lotus F1 car on their test track. He kept fucking up his lap because he didn't have the nerve to wait until the proper breaking point, which most of the time was about 90 feet or so before the corner. He said his brain kept telling him that if he waited that long he would kill himself in this thing. It's also pretty amazing that, other than the engine and the chassis, typically the most expensive part of an F1 car is the steering wheel.