Summary: Listen on iTUNES . 10-24-2012 SPEEDCAST Today’s show - We interviewed Mario Andretti at the COTA ribbon cutting this past weekend - Opening ceremonies at COTA including a trip around the track - Hear how many people COTA is predicting for 2013 - Updates on F1, MotoGP, ALMS, V8 Supercars and more racing news - Local motorcycle and car events Austin/COTA News Tickets started arriving! Les almost kissed the FedEx lady! 25 days days until the United States Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas! Mass Gathering Permit applications include attendance estimates for 2013 races at COTA. LINK Experience Austin and Austin Fan Fest are being combined by organizers to cut down on the number of downtown block closures. LINK LINK2 PLANES trains and fast cars LINK Four iconic fighter aircraft will fly over Circuit of The Americas track pre-race on Formula 1 race day. http://bit.ly/QT8S3v Formula 1 TRS system invests $200M into F1 LINK LINK V8 Supercars V8SC results from the GC600 LINK MotoGP Last Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. LINK Jorge Lorenzo almost lost it and had both feet down on what turned out to be the last lap. LINK ALMS Update from the Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta. Patrick Dempsey racing info. LOCAL Car/Motorcycle stuff *Thunder Hill raceway loses its contract. LINK after 14 yrs. The facility will be renamed the Kyle Music and Events Center. Les went to Doc’s for the Horsepower Farm meet-up Horsepower Farm & Doc's Motorworks put on a great bike night every Tuesday night that starts at 7. Last weekends Harvest Classic http://www.harvestclassic.org/ was a great success and the bike show had over 200 entrants, besides the trials crowd that were out in full force. We really need to get out there next year. Other car/Motorcycle stuff SEMA going on next weekend http://www.semashow.com/
