Austin F1

[David]

I took the shuttle the first year and have driven ever since. Except for the monsoon last year, driving into and out of the track has been a non-issue. We left after the cool down lap and about 30 minutes later were on highway 71 heading back to Houston. By 7pm I was home and watching the race again on TV.

Attendance was really high this year. I wonder how much Taylor Swift had to do with it. Around 3pm on Saturday the fan base took a large turn toward teen and pre-teen girls.

[glewis80SC]

The family and I had a great time in Austin, we flew in Wed night then Thursday morning had a campus visit at University of Texas Austin for my daughter nice campus really big but she liked it which surprised me then we hung out the rest of the day on Congress Street really cool area. Ate at Iron Works BBQ...good food but lousy service won't go back.
Friday morning we got in line at Franklins BBQ because we had to try it....4hrs later and it was definitely worth the wait. The people in line with you are cool the weather was great, Franklins has chairs you can use while you wait the staff comes out and updates you all the time the whole vibe of the place was awesome, the food was amazing best BBQ I've ever had. Then to the track for F1 and Porsche Cup practice and dinner Friday with in laws from Waco.
Sat and Sunday were all track days, COTA is a great venue well organized and clean we drove and parked at a "lot" directly across the track so getting in and out was not an issue as we went opposite all the traffic and followed the side roads we were out of the area in under 30 minutes.
Talking to the wife about what race to go to next year..maybe Monaco she also likes the idea of France for The 24hrs of Le Mans, but if my daughter is in Austin for school next year we will be back for sure.