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190 MPH In The Lincoln Tunnel: Formula One Gets Ready For 2013 NJ Race
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Jen Chung
Published Aug 16, 2012
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Now that Formula One has definite plans for a race in Weehawken, NJ next June, the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team has been prepping by racing through Garden State streets. The Jersey Journal reports, "David Coulthard, former Formula 1 Grand Prix driver and current Red Bull Racing Formula 1 Running Show Car driver, tested sections of the proposed 3.1-mile race course along Port Imperial Boulevard in Weehawken, and Boulevard East and Anthony M. Defino Way in West New York, [yesterday] to see how a high performance vehicle would react to imperfections in the roadways."
Coulthard also took a F1 car into the Lincoln Tunnel—one person took video of the car zooming in, and then Red Bull Racing uploaded video from inside:
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