The fine gentlemen over at Autoblog wrote up a wonderful post about F1 returning to the United States at a brand new facility outside of Austin, TX. The track design looks awesome (if not a bit copy-catish but if there is anything worth copying it is an awesome corner) and Austin has to be one of the best host cities for an international automobile race (Texas BBQ + 200mph state of the art race cars, the gods are envious). And it's a real race track in what is essentially prime NASCAR territory, fuck yeah! I'm getting all teary eyed just thinking about us simple folk dawning our beer helmets and learning how to pronounce names like Barraichello and how "flappy paddle" gear boxes work. Oh my!
Allow me to equate:
This: 
Plus this:
equals :-)
Just think about it Ferrari's subliminal cigarette ads will reach a whole new demographic even! I dunno about you guys but the though of cold ones, baby back ribs slathered in Stub's sauce, and 18,000 RPM engines makes me want to light up a refreshing smoke. Ah sweet America, let 900 horsepower engines ring their sweet symphony across your McCafe engorged bosom.
—Construction of the new course is set to begin in the coming months with the first races to be scheduled in 2012.
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