I'm here....let's party.... Any one looking, Big Green House, or call me..... Same number, or PM for it... Freshly Orientated, with a WARNING they are watching me! Do I complain to Red, Bobby, or Mario????? they used DISNEY in the COTA Employee orientation!! No kidding!!! And Robin Williams, some cheerleader from the Miami Heat and a video of Allen Iverson "talking about PRACTICE" I met Allen once at Hotel ZaZa but I did not interrupt the meeting with my story...
Following is a link to NBC Sports Group’s comprehensive motorsports coverage surrounding the F1 U.S. Grand Prix this weekend ... and a list I made, with a couple things added in and times converted to CST. NBC SPORTS GROUP TO PRESENT COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF FORMULA ONE? UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX ON NBC & NBCSN THIS WEEKEND | NBC Sports Pressbox ************Times are Eastern. (I've converted all times to CST in parenthesis):************ Date Coverage Network Wed., October 29 Lewis Hamilton on the TODAY Show NBC 8am-noon (7am- 11am) Thurs., October 30 Off The Grid (Encore) NBCSN 7 p.m. (6pm) “1” – F1 Documentary NBCSN 7:30 p.m. (6:30pm) Road To Mercedes (Premiere) NBCSN 10 p.m. (9pm) Road to Ferrari (Encore) NBCSN 11 p.m. (10pm) /DRIVE on NBCSN (Encore) NBCSN midnight (11pm) /DRIVE on NBCSN (Encore) NBCSN 12:30 a.m. (1130pm) Road To Mercedes (Encore) NBCSN 1 a.m. (midnight) Off the Grid: Budapest (Encore) NBCSN 2 a.m. (1am) Off the Grid: Singapore (Encore) NBCSN 2:30 am (1:30am) Fri., October 31 Off The Grid (Encore) NBCSN noon F1 United States Grand Prix – Practice 1 NBCSN 12:30 p.m.[ (11:30pm)/B] Road To Mercedes (Encore) NBCSN 2 p.m. (1pm) F1 United States Grand Prix – Practice 2 NBCSN 3 p.m. (2pm) F1 Countdown NBCSN 4:30 p.m. (3:30pm) F1 United States Grand Prix – Practice 2 (Encore) NBCSN 11:30 p.m. (10:30pm) Sat., November 1 F1 United States Grand Prix – Practice 3 & Qualifying NBC Noon (11am) F1 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying (Encore) NBCSN 12:30 a.m. (11:30pm) Sun., November 2 (In Austin) KXAN Extended Coverage: 1:30 p.m (1230pm) F1 Countdown NBCSN 2 p.m. (1pm) F1 Countdown NBC 2:30 p.m. (130pm) F1 United States Grand Prix NBC 3 p.m. (2pm) F1 Extra NBC 5 p.m. (4pm)
Plagiarized the entire management scheme, basically,....from top to bottom. Customers are "guests" Don't point with a finger, "wave" towards amenities, with an open palm. "ONE Team, one goal" (CHANT with me, all 500 of you!!) Creating "WOW" moments... (That made me recall the guy with a baby stroller, lockd out of the Elevator Lobby back to the Velocity Lounge....they told him "take the stairs around the corner!") Velocity Lounge is OFF LIMITS for F1 except ticketed "guests" of the Suites... How to find an ATM, you know basic "Race day Survival skills"......I need to cut and paste this critical email, I responded back in a LENGTHY manner, and have not heard a peep since.. Be just like them to draw a big RED LINE thru my name, and I find out a 6AM, lonely and discarded, out on Elroy Road...... I DO have three days of parking!!! So THERE!
I hope that doesn't have any confidential information in it...pretty lengthy admonition in the Manual about "talking to the media"....... I fell I am here more as an apologist of the Track, but I doubt they would see it quite that way!! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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I'am reading this right, because it appears to me some folk are sprinkling posts on here, with want of a better word, lets say a tinge of optimism for F1 again. Good on yer Tex, big yerself up
Nice words for the people in Austin to see. Its not at all doom and gloom this weekend! --But it’s not just the teams, acutely aware of the potential gains to be garnered from the vast but relatively-untapped American market, who have readily appreciated F1’s return stateside. "Austin is one of the best weekends of the year,” enthused Lewis Hamilton, the World Championship leader, in Mercedes pre-race preview. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, the only driver to beat Mercedes to victory this season, was even more effusive. "Hand on heart, this is probably the date on the calendar I look forward to the most. I've loved every minute of being in Austin: when they picked this place for the US Grand Prix, they absolutely nailed it. The city is awesome. I love listening to live music and this is a great place for that, plus Texas feels like real America, and that's something I've really enjoyed just sinking into the last two seasons. "And then, there's the important bit. The Circuit of the Americas, in my opinion, is the best of the new breed of circuits.”-- F1 ready to power up in Austin again | United States Grand Prix | Sky Sports Formula 1
I do believe that the Austin track is as good or better than some of the historical circuits. The COTA is a modern classic.
Ricciardo is a great Ambassador to Austin! I like his attitude very much! We need more of that in F1.
OK, any one wanting "boots on the ground" info.... bundas has his thread up in Rossa, he's a great guy, staying downtown... In the Texas Section we have an Austin thread going with the breaking party info.....open house at Ferrari dealer tonight.
Went to the Red Bull demo downtown today. Pretty good crowd considering it wasn't advertised much. Forgot the earplugs, figured I wouldn't need them for today's F1, but didn't think about the fact the demo was with the 2011 cars. My ears are still ringing. The video doesn't do it justice, but that street area wasn't very wide -- this was by far the closest I've been to a moving F1 car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnPEb-CI41U ^^ Note: not my video, but I'm in it watching on the fence. This one came out better than mine. By comparison, check out the crowd in 2012 for the demo. The 2012 event was even less promoted, and they ended up calling it a closed event, but the public could come. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5BwX_d20rk
I'm becoming more and more a fan of his every day. I don;t really buy F1 gear (or at least I never have before), but I bought 4 Ricciardo hats yesterday for me and my boys.
I went out to the Red Bull Demo yesterday. Here are a couple of pics... I also started a proper race thread & posted them there. Jump in!
Very nice I hope the boys enjoy them and the great race events this weekend. I would love to tour your city and attend the race. All the best!
