Silk Cut Jaguar
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- 18.6.2007
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New Jerseyn ratahanke edelleen elossa ja/tai uudessa muodossa:
http://murphythebear.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/13/unlimited-racing-championship-rands-go-to-jail-national-press-club-bust-leading-proto-teams-go-public-with-demands/Big Apple Grand Prix
I know many of my readers aren’t buying it, but that New Jersey F1 proposal is very, very real. Those who have seen the details say this is a “street course that works,” meaning, as I understand it, that it’s not a typical “point-and-shoot, see-the-tops-of –the-cars” race track, but rather a good driver’s and spectator’s track. Baltimore [viitaten tähän] has turned out much better than anticipated – so far, anyway – and that will certain add some impetus to the New Jersey street course idea.
Chris Pook and Leo Hindery, Jr. are among those involved in this deal. It also has the support of key local politicians, and with the skyline of Midtown Manhattan as a backdrop (the south end of the course that runs along JFK Boulevard and Port Imperial Boulevard is across the river from the north end of Times Square, with the north extremity of the circuit at about the mid-point of Central Park), it has Big Apple cachet without directly impacting NYC streets.
The two things required for any F1 seem to be present: cash and political clout.