A whole different set of folks from the 140,000 or so that were here on the last two weekends for the Austin City Limits music festival.
What fresh hell awaits us next?
I have attended the F1 in Austin on two different years in the service of clients. Loud cars go around and around on a track. Some are faster than others. No matter where you sit you only see, at any one time, about 4% of each lap. About 12 seconds of car viewing per circuit.
Insanity is said to be doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This is obviously a text book case.
Did I mention the noise? I cannot imagine what possesses people to come from all over the globe for something like this. But just because I think car races are stupid doesn't mean it has no value for other people. To each their own.
At least, unlike ACL Fest, it's far enough away from my home not to inflict on us burdensome traffic, loud noise and crowds. If anything it has lightened traffic in my neighborhood. And local restaurants are less crowded.
Some silver linings; I guess.
