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Old 10-22-2012, 09:31 AM
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Default Saw the Gainsco Corvette @ Circuit of the Americas yesterday...
They held the official "ribbon cutting" ceremony today. Closed to the public, but there was a good view from off track. Some of these are from one of the press people there onsite:











Mario playing in his Lotus 79:
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Here's the incar video of Alex Gourney's first laps at Circuit of the Americas...

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Yeeee Haaaawwwww! Loved it - thanks for posting!

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Here's the incar video of Alex Gourney's first laps at Circuit of the Americas...

Those were his FIRST LAPS?
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Turn 1 is something else, isn't it? I also wonder what he was hitting on the long straight, he was well into 6th gear. Obviously the F1 cars will be off the chart, but the lowly DP was pretty awesome for sure!
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wow yeah that back straight is insane!
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Originally Posted by Everett Ogilvie
Turn 1 is something else, isn't it? I also wonder what he was hitting on the long straight, he was well into 6th gear. Obviously the F1 cars will be off the chart, but the lowly DP was pretty awesome for sure!
I know this obviously is not the corvette, but it shows how sick turn 1 is.

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That is a great pic - thanks for posting.
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He should have followed Jerome D'Ambrosio around the 4-apex complex...T15-T18.

The F1 guys know the fast line around that turn...they see in in Instanbul in the opposite direction.

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