NJ will be getting a Formula 1 race, it already has the track...

I couldn't be more excited for this. I love Formula 1, but its hard/annoying/difficult to watch on this side of the pond. Coverage on networks usually being ignored in lieu of OTHER racing series'...

 Its being reported that they have signed a 10 year deal with Formula 1 to host the Grand Prix of America near Weehawken, NJ along the Hudson. This. Is. Awesome.

From the BBC article:
"The race will run on existing roads through Port Imperial and at the top of the Palisades in Weehawken and West New York.
He said "up to 100,000 people" were expected to attend across practice, qualifying and race day.
West New York attorney Joe DeMarco said: "It will provide a very challenging course.
"They compare it to Spa in Belgium but it will have the feel of Monaco."

 Location of the track -> https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Port+Imperial+Boulevard,+Weehawken,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.778982,-74.00882&spn=0.01334,0.027874&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=56.375007,114.169922&vpsrc=6&hnear=Port+Imperial+Blvd,+Weehawken,+Hudson,+New+Jersey&t=h&z=16

Click any of the many source links below for more.




Source(s) -> http://jalopnik.com/5852369/formula-one-coming-to-new-jersey-in-2013
http://jalopnik.com/5853106/watch-our-first-lap-of-new-jerseys-f1-race-course
http://jalopnik.com/5853240/new-jersey-f1-circuit-first-spotted-on-google-earth
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=rpm&id=7147538
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/formula1/story/2011-10-24/formula-one-comes-to-new-jersey/50897052/1
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/sources_formula_1_racing_tour.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/15440153.stm

Related Links -> http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/06/really-smart-guy-gets-hit-by-f1-car.html
http://www.dannyfinnegan.com/2011/03/holy-sht-nose-cam-in-jenson-buttons-f1.html

Holy Sh*t, Nose cam in Jenson Button's F1 car

Turn up the volume, put in 720P mode (bottom right corner of the video window), go full screen, let it buffer a bit and enjoy the goosebumps!



Source -> http://jalopnik.com/#!5787465/rocket-around-bathurst-on-jenson-buttons-nose-cone

Another link -> http://jalopnik.com/#!5784364/jenson-button-tames-australias-bathurst-in-an-f1-car

Formula One engines make my arm hair stand on end

No point to this post other than it being a cool F1 video

Enjoy!

Emerson Fittipaldi tours São Paulo in a Lotus 72 vintage F1 car

Brazillian Formula 1 legend Emerson Fittipaldi got to tour São Paulo on closed roads in a vintage Lotus 72 Formula 1 car, reaching 155mph, awesome.

I met this guy when I was about 8 or 9 years old @ the Miami Grand Prix! He put me in his displayed F1 car (and I'm pretty sure it was a similar Lotus...) to take a picture, now to find the picture.



source -> http://jalopnik.com/5680431/emerson-fittipaldi-tours-so-paulo-at-155-mph-in-his-f1-lotus