AUSTIN, Texas -- Formula One and NASCAR will be racing deep in the heart of Texas on the same day next year.
The
FIA, international motorsports' governing body, released its 2014
calendar Wednesday, placing the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin on Nov. 2.
That's the same day as the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor
Speedway in Fort Worth, a three-hour drive from Austin.
"It's a
foolish move by Formula One," said Eddie Gossage, president of Texas
Motor Speedway. "Our two NASCAR Sprint Cup races draw the two largest
crowds in Texas sports. It isn't the smartest move to try to compete
with that. I'm sure regardless of what they say publicly, the folks at
the Austin track are pulling their hair out over this one. They don't
have any say over their date."
Texas Motor Speedway lists its
capacity at 191,000 fans. Track officials did not immediately respond to
requests for attendance figures for their 2013 Sprint Cup races and
NASCAR does not provide them.
The U.S. Grand Prix had an
announced a crowd of 113,162 for the Nov. 17 race, down slightly from
the 117,429 at the inaugural race in 2012.
Circuit of the
Americas chairman Bobby Epstein called the date a "beautiful time of
year to visit Austin" and downplayed competition between the races.
"Due
to the large number of NASCAR events scheduled annually, there will
occasionally be overlaps with events at Circuit of The Americas, and
that will happen next year," Epstein said. "However, there are few
similarities between a NASCAR race and the Formula 1 United States Grand
Prix weekend we have developed. We see this as a great opportunity to
draw sports fans from around the world to Texas and to proving again
that Austin is the place to enjoy premium racing and entertainment."
The
Nov. 2 date for the 2014 U.S. Grand Prix allows F1 to avoid a crush in
Austin similar to this year when the race was held the same weekend as a
University of Texas home football game. The provisional race calendar
initially had the U.S. Grand Prix on Nov. 8, the same weekend Texas is
scheduled to play West Virginia at home, which would have again
stretched the city's ability to provide hotel space and transportation.
Texas
Motor Speedway has already juggled the schedule for its April race
weekend, moving its planned Sprint Cup race from the night of Saturday,
April 5, to Sunday, April 6, to avoid a sporting conflict with the NCAA
men's Final Four in nearby Arlington.
As expected, the F1
calendar dropped plans to race in Mexico City and New Jersey, leaving
Texas and Montreal as the only North American stops on the international
circuit. Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone had said last month he
didn't expect either race to be on the 2014 calendar but hoped to have
them in 2015.
Plans for the Grand Prix of America in New Jersey
had it running on a 3.2-mile street circuit running along the Hudson
River with the New York City skyline as a backdrop. Race promoter Leo
Hindery Jr. said he's working to restructure the financing in order to
race by 2015.
Hindery called it a "huge undertaking" to plan the
road course without tapping public money while also meeting the sport's
timing demands.
Other developments on the 19-race F1 calendar
include adding races in Austria (June 22) and Russia (Oct. 12) and
dropping the race in South Korea.
The season will start in
Australia on March 16 and will end in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 23 instead of
the usual finale at Interlagos in Brazil.
Sebastian Vettel of
Germany won his fourth consecutive world title last season. In 2014, F1
will change from the current 2.4-litre V8 engines to a 1.6-litre V6
turbocharged unit.
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