Circuit of The Americas today announced that it has been declared ready to host the 2012 F1 United States GP by Charlie Whiting, who directs racing, safety and technical matters for the FIA. Whiting visited the Central Texas racing circuit as part of a scheduled pre-race inspection and approved the circuit for “Grade 1” status, hence appropriate to host an F1 race.
Dont curtain walls come glass (or other cladding materials) and frame together these days?Pup wrote:Thanks, HS.
It looks in this photo like the curtain wall is going up on the pits and it also looks on the right like the grandstand is going vertical...
Yep.Pup wrote:Good to hear that he's improving. I'd feared the worst from the initial report.
Yeah since initally I heard he was dead.Pup wrote:Good to hear that he's improving. I'd feared the worst from the initial report.
I've heard all of these from one person or another, and a lot more in the weeks after the initial announcement. Can't remember a lot of them.WilliamsF1 wrote: andretti, gurney, petty, earnhardt, schwantz, hill, elroy
... hairy_scotsman wrote:I've heard all of these from one person or another, and a lot more in the weeks after the initial announcement. Can't remember a lot of them.WilliamsF1 wrote: andretti, gurney, petty, earnhardt, schwantz, hill, elroy
"Phil Hill" for the Turn 1 hill is pretty popular. I'm pushing "Longhorn Straight" for the long back straight. Lots of mentions of Texas & North American drivers: Shelby, Foyt, Donahue, Gurney, Villeneuve, Andretti, Petty...
Texas Geological features: Big Bend, Red River, Balcones, Rio Grande, Sabine...
Texas Historical figures: Houston, Bowie, Crockett, De Zavala...
Texas animals: Longhorn, Rattler, Cottonmouth, Mockingbird, Chupacabra
Other figures/drivers/cars, etc: Vaughan, Chaparral, Eagle, Senna, Bluebonnet...
There are a lot more.
Forgot ShelbyThere's no basement in the Alamo!xpensive wrote:The Alamo?
