Speed City Broadcast

Listen on iTUNES         Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Austin Police Chief join us to discuss their trip to Silverstone and how what they say will help prepare Austin for the F1 race in November.   Motorcycle superstar and Texan Colin Edwards calls in!    

Listen on iTUNES         New Podcast Sponsor- Driveway Austin - Track use - Testing cars - Kart days on Sundays British GP update - Final results - Maldenado’s fault in crash with Perez? - Conor Daly, more testing - Webber Resigns for Red Bull - Silly season starts in anger - Sergio door reopens at Ferrari or will Massa now stay as form is improving - or was it the car all along - Test driver De Villota loses right eye after crash V8 Supercars Marco Andretti to race on gold coast  in October MotoGP Preview Mugello this weekend - Rossi talks to Audi Lorenzo signs with Yamaha Crutchlow with an offer from Ducati    

Listen on iTUNES                 Qualifying from Silverstone. Interview with Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez! Moto GP update. World Superbike update. Quick study...Moto GP vs. Superbikes. We drive a BMW M3 with the dual clutch breaking the tires at every hard shift.  

Listen on iTUNES         City of Austin sending Mayor to Silverstone. COTA construction update. Frosty Winterbottom drives a mustang at COTA.

Listen on iTUNES     V8 Supercar driver Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom visits Circuit of the Americas. Mark compares Texans to Aussies culturally. Discussed Aussie's love of American muscle-cars. Loved the track. V8 Supercar comparison to NASCAR. V8 Supercars use Ford and Holden (GM) cars. Circuit of the Americas updates: Lots of progress on the buildings, people trucks and equipment everywhere. 3rd Shift of workers started again. Brown signs hit the highways showing COTA exits. Edgar Ferrara with COTA to speak at SXSW in October on environmental issues. Ride in a Formula one car during F1 week!  The 3 seat F1 car is coming to Austin. Austin to get a new International Airport terminal? Austin mayor and other officials headed to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. Austin city council rejects building a temporary facility for international ‪#F1‬ flights. In-N-Out Burger to Central Texas. Jonathan Green to work with Speed City. He will be a regular on the ESPN show and calling in from wherever he is in the world.  From www.greeninc.com: Jonathan Green is one of the world’s leading motor sports broadcasters with more than 20 years at the sharp end of the sport as producer, presenter, reporter and commentator and is one of a handful in his field that he covers both two and four wheel motor sport from Formula One to Moto GP and World Superbikes.                

Listen on iTUNES         Another race series coming, the Historic Grand Prix series is coming to Circuit of the Americas as the first support series for the 2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX, November 16-18. Jonathan Green, globe trotting motorsports journalist joins us in studio for today's show. COTA ticket sales, sellout coming? Formula 1 Updates Cedric calls out Chip Ganassi Racing! Will they step up? We drive an 800hp rocket Corvette, hear how this thing spins the tires in 4th gear!                  

Listen on iTUNES         3 day pass grandstand seats sell out at Circuit of the Americas! New tickets released. Ticket sales inquires to Circuit of the Americas from Mexico strong. Skip Barber looking at Circuit of the Americas. Jonathan Green to check-in with Speed City. Valencia up next for F1.

Listen on iTUNES Driver interviews, COTA updates and more! We interview champion racer Davy Jones. With his success at Indy, his tremendous achievements in IMSA, and the victory at Le Mans, Jones had made his permanent mark in US motorsports history.

Listen on iTUNES   We get to meet Conor Daly and discuss his upbringing in the motorsports environment.  We hear how his parents (Beth and Derek Daly) are both champion motorsports figures. Ian Weightman of Formula Expo joins us for the show and tells us more about next weekends event. For more info check out www.FormulaExpo.com    

Listen on iTUNES We visit with Keri and Kevin from TheAustinGrandPrix.com at the K1 Speed Austin grand opening.

Listen on iTUNES We interview up and coming American F1 driver Alexander Rossi.

Listen on iTUNES         COTA releases the traffic plan, how to get 120,000 people to the track! Tavo Hellmund lawsuit documents are released. We meet Bobby Epstein at Wild Bubba's Wild Game Grill. Monaco practice times. Speed City expands to radio on ESPN Austin 104.9 Saturdays at 10am.        

Listen on iTUNES         F1 in Spain Maldonado's 1st Bruce Knox was there, near the pit fire. Bruce Knox talks technology. Autoweek's update on the Circuit of the Americas Transportation plans for COTA. Rent 1st & Congress intersection...for your helicopter??? New Jersey GP construction. "Shortcasts" are our new abbreviated Speedcast focusing on a single topic or vehicle. Latest updates from the progress at CoTA. Photographic lap of COTA Les takes to the track at Driveway Austin in karts. Driveway Austin can help you get that need for speed and learn to race better! Real instructors. Bill Dollahite beats Les on the track! Well duhhh  

Listen on iTUNES   Jon goes on a ticket price rant. Les and Jon go head to head Kart racing at K1 Speed! Band of the Year could have your band performing in front of the visiting international folks. Need a retired F1 car? How about Shumacher's? Red McCombs says COTA facility opens Oct 1, 2012. Austin Race Hotels found some reasonably priced hotels(Pricing may change from what we see at this moment). Driveway Austin Karting on Sundays! David Moore of Moorespeed operates a complete race car service facility, here in Austin. Edgar Ferrara takes a bicycle ride from downtown to the Park & Ride bicycle location for F1 weekend. Mike of K1 Speed handles podium duties for the first Speed City Challenge between Jon & Les. Tune in to see who won!  

Listen on iTUNES We go to the Circuit of the Americas offices in downtown Austin and meet with Todd Fleming, VP of Sales. This may be the most comprehensive look at ticket prices to date.  We find out when General Admission ticket prices will be announced and much, much more.                       Photos of the diorama from our visit to the COTA Sales Center.                     A photographic lap of COTA   Here is the ticketing on the Circuit Of The Americas website.   CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY AS WE ARE UPDATING THIS PAGE WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND PICTURES.