All right, let's not let facts interfere with our opinions!
Fact: Houston, Texas has the largest ex-patriate French colony outside of New
York City. Can you say Schlumberger?
Fact: Texas Motor Speedway is the big NASCAR oval facility in Fort Worth. In
addition to NASCAR, it has hosted CART (although the weenies thought the track
too fast and canceled the race), IRL, and American Le Mans series, amongst many
others.
Fact: Hallett is a small track in Oklahoma that has recently been refurbished
and is bloody excellent for small bore cars. Not much straight; tight turns
and lots of 'em up and down hills. We (CVAR) are going there in October and I
can't wait. There were some Thickos there from Colorado (RMVR) that also had a
great time. It was the best wheel to wheel racing I had last year, and I raced
at Watkins Glen. I'm also going to race at Road America in July and don't
expect to enjoy it as much from a pure racing standpoint given the long
straightaways I expect to be pushing the Midget down. However, this is the
Brian Redman International Challenge and I don't doubt it will be excellent.
Fact: Texas _World_ Speedway near College Station is the CVAR home track. It
has seen better days, but it has a great 2.9 mile road course with a good
variety of turns. Amenities are short, but at $100 a day to race it is a great
value. Track condition is generally pretty good, though it gets a lot of use.
A.J. Foyt's facility is nearby and he does his testing there, so it can't be
that bad. Besides the road course, it boasts an oval track that matches
Talledega's. See http://www.texasworldspeedway.com/history.htm for a few more
facts.
Fact: There are also tracks at Motorsports Ranch (near Ft. Worth), the Grand
Sport Speedway (for vintage airport style racing, though it is an old blimp
base) south of Houston, the No Problem Raceway in Lousiana, Carabiniss (sp?)
near Corpus Christi, etc., etc. Three of those tracks are new.
I don't mean to sound defensive, but let's not scare the poor guy away. And if
I had my choice of places to live in Texas, Austin would be it. Lots of hills
to drive a LBC around, pretty coeds from UT to decorate the town, a great
nightlife, and some really pretty country. It is a buyer's market right now for
housing, by the way.
David Littlefield
1974 MG Midget vintage racer
1961 Jaguar E-Type
1951 MGTD
1962 MGA Mk II
>Yeah, but have you considered what Texans might do to a French guy?
>(and Texas has "shit" for tracks... Texas Motor Speedway, and Hallet, >OK)
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