Austin is getting a bong-shaped racetrack

Good news, Austin, TX! You are getting a brand spanking new Grand Prix racetrack. And based on what we are seeing, there are a few different objects that designer Herman Tilike may have used for inspiration.

Is it a huge bong as Jalopnik suggests? Is it a microscope? How about a dildo (sexual assault with a concrete dildo??)?

Ah, but nonetheless, there is a new $200 million racetrack coming to Texas and it’s supposed to be pretty sweet (if you give a rat’s ass about auto racing). The 3.4-mile track that’s not far from Austin sports 30 turns, 133 feet of elevation change and a 0.75-mile long straight. Again, awesome if you care about auto racing.

We’ll say this: we’d rather watch Formula 1′s go around a bong-shaped track and actually have to shift gears and speed up and slow down than watch NASCAR races that just go in an oval. We’ve tried very hard, but we still don’t get NASCAR.