Highway6 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I think this was discussed before, but I had completely forgotten about it until someone mentioned the Grand Prix of Houston is this weekend.I'm guessing it too late for tickets.. But for those of you interested...It's being run Friday night at Reliant Parkand CBS will show it on Saturday 12-2pm.Happy Racing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 is it too late to get tickets? i was assuming that the grand stands would be sold out, but you could walk up and just get general admission. the grand prix is actually Saturday night. Friday night there is a race as well, but the Champ Car and Grand Prix are Saturday evening. schedule of events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 is it too late to get tickets? i was assuming that the grand stands would be sold out, but you could walk up and just get general admission. the grand prix is actually Saturday night. Friday night there is a race as well, but the Champ Car and Grand Prix are Saturday evening. schedule of eventsRight.. I thought it was just le Mans racing. And you're right.. general admission tickets are still available it appears.The Friday night race will be aired on CBS Saturday at Noon.The Saturday night CART race will be aired live on Speed...Does anyone know if Speed comes with basic TimeWarner.... Does the Astrodome have accented lights? Is RP doing anything special lighting-wise to help sell the set of this event ? It seems this race, at night, on national tv, could be pretty big for Houston, if RP was up to the task of making it look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I think this was discussed before, but I had completely forgotten about it until someone mentioned the Grand Prix of Houston is this weekend.I'm guessing it too late for tickets.. But for those of you interested... It's being run Friday night at Reliant Park and CBS will show it on Saturday 12-2pm. Happy Racing ! You can go to Finger's furniture and register to win tickets for 2, he has 300 pairs to give away. No purchase necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 You can go to Finger's furniture and register to win tickets for 2, he has 300 pairs to give away. No purchase necessary. Ohh ohh ohhh Reeeealllly.. Awesome. Thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 didn't they use to have it Downtown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 didn't they use to have it Downtown? Yes but this will be better because it's going to be in a parking lot! Now you won't have to be annoyed with that irritating 200MPH straight-away on Austin behind the Park Shops. [sarcasm] I'd love to see real Grand Prix come back to Houston. Too bad they dumbed down for a glorified go-cart race in a football stadium parking lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 How about lets just be thankful the race came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Went to the races. It was great! I love the new format where the paddocks are totally open and part of the experience. It wasn't as crowded feeling because the infield was huge! There was plenty of open seating where you don't have to pay big bucks to get a seat. That's nice. Kids were free! That my friends is a bargain for a race. Plenty of other stuff to do and see. I really like the festival format. Lots of big screens too. Overall a well run event, if only the track was a bit nicer. We really need to support this because Houston needs to be the bearer of the international racing flag for Texas. Let Dallas keep the NASCAR flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I watched one of the races Saturday on TV. I was impressed by what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 i was there saturday, we had a great time. Promoters announced that 127,729 tickets (including giveaways) were distributed for the three-day event, which included an American Le Mans Series race on Friday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 I saw that attendance number. I think it is higher than when it was downtown. Back then, I don't think it ever got over 100K or so.It did look pretty cool on TV. I've heard the room to move around made it more comfortable and enjoyable than DT. I prefer to see buildings as a backdrop, but the Astrodome and Reliant Stadium didn't look bad. Hell, even Reliant Center looked good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 I forgot to Tivo it I saw nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 It did look pretty cool on TV. I've heard the room to move around made it more comfortable and enjoyable than DT. I prefer to see buildings as a backdrop, but the Astrodome and Reliant Stadium didn't look bad. Hell, even Reliant Center looked good.I thought the camera work was incredible. From inside the car it looked like a video game. It was very cool to see the Astrodome come up and throw to the right as the drivers took hard left turns decelerating from 85 to 25. The aerial shots were great too. They also looked like something from a racing game's highlight footage.I know everyone wanted the race downtown, but I think Reliant made for a better venue to the public. Hopefully it was more than enough of a success to have it again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midtown 4.2 Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 I went to the American Le Mans race Friday, and enjoyed it. I too liked the open paddocks and access to the Le Mans teams and vehicles. I had misgivings about the race in the parking lot . . . thought it might turn out to be a royal disaster like the IFEST; but it turned out great. The night time race was also cool (figuratively and literally too!).Can someone burn me a DVD of CBS's broadcast (hint, hint texas911). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chenevert Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 It airs on Wednesday at noon on Speed Channel. Set your TIVO's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 It airs on Wednesday at noon on Speed Channel. Set your TIVO's .. if you have Speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chenevert Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 Its only 5 bucks a month extra.. you can always cancel on Thursday and it probably wont cost you a penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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