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Originally Posted by BTM
If you're ready to fly from Brazil to see a race in the US, you're not going to say "oh fuck it" because it's a little more inconvenient to get to.
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Agreed, but Indy's F1 track sucked and attendance dropped each year, even before TireGate. The Austin track is in the middle of nowhere (think Watkins Glen) doesn't have an easy way to get there, not even secondary roads, much less highways, and there are no hotels near the track. Indy was right in the middle of town, so it was possible for folks to not need a car for the race weekend.
I agree that people will come, but once NY/NJ begins, most folks would pick the race with better weather, earlier in the season, nicer accommodations, better transit to and from, etc. Once they announced NY, Austin was dead and it should have never been announced in the first place, typical Bernie BS.