NickHolt Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 V8 Supercars arrive in Texas - Two 747 freight planes land in Austin bring Aussie racing to the USA Austin, TX (May 15, 2013) - More than 220,000 lbs of racecars and equipment valued in excess of $100 million has arrived from Australia in Texas in preparation for this weekend's inaugural Austin 400 at Circuit of The Americas. Photo courtesy of CoTA PR. The race cars and equipment arrived at the state-of-the-art circuit yesterday - also the home for the US Formula 1 Grand Prix. This weekend's race will be the first US event for the Australian series which features 650 horsepower, rear-wheel-drive machines from Ford, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz AMG and GM's Australian arm, Holden. The Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, will become the sixth venue outside Australia to host the V8 Supercars Championship, following Pukekohe and Hamilton (New Zealand), Shanghai (China), Bahrain and the Yas Marina Circuit (Abu Dhabi). The V8 Supercars Championship first raced outside of Australia at Pukekohe in 2001 and the Austin 400 will be the 22nd V8 Supercars Championship event to be held offshore. The Austin 400 is the second international event in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship following on from the ITM 400 Auckland at Pukekohe in mid-April. V8 Supercars will use the shorter 2.4-mile at the Circuit of The Americas, rather than the full 3.4-mile 'Grand Prix' layout. The circuit is the first purpose-built Grand Prix racetrack in the United States and was designed by Herman Tilke as the focal point of the 350-acre precinct. It hosted Formula 1 in November last year and hosted MotoGP as recently as April 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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