AUSTIN, Texas -- With their red, white and blue tutus and Taylor Swift T-shirts, Rachel Emling and Mikala Crews were everything Formula One wanted at the U.S. Grand Prix: young fans who would travel across the country for a mix of pop stars and fast cars.Tens of thousands packed into the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday night for Swifts only concert of the year at Formula Ones only race on American soil.Formula Ones goal in booking Swift was to hook a new generation of fans to their sport in America, long considered an untapped market for the global racing series. Landing fans like Emling and Crews, NASCAR fans from Jacksonville, Florida, was exactly what they hoped for. They came for the concert and love the cars.Weve been watching a little bit. Its cool, said 20-year-old Emling, who said theyll return for Sundays race. We like racing.The race weekend scheduled her show after Saturday qualifying and before Sundays race. One group watching is Liberty Media, the American group that is taking over Formula Ones commercial entity and will be looking for ways to grow the sport. Track president Bobby Epstein had predicted as many as 40,000 would be lured in by Swift.The concert was a big opportunity for the singer as well. Swifts face was splashed all over publicity efforts for the race that promoters hope will draw 250,000 this weekend just as Swift is rumored to be close to releasing a new album. And shes not alone in the music lineup. Usher and The Roots were scheduled to play at the track after the race Sunday night.But Saturday night belonged to Swift as she dazzled fans with set that ran about 90 minutes, full of hits from her previous albums. The only stumble was a cold she said got three days earlier. At one point, she stopped between songs to blow her nose.She also acknowledged the international makeup of her crowd that danced and sang throughout her set.This show is really important because we have people from all over the world, she told the crowd. Thank you for that.Swift drew a mix of fans young and old, from race fans curious to thousands more who came solely to see her.After Saturdays qualifying ended, young girls with their parents and packs of young women started filing into the stadium. They stood in line at food and drink vendors alongside the die-hard race fans dusty from sitting all day in the grass berms around the track.Charlene Frollo of Austin brought her daughter in a gaggle of girls, all aged 9 or younger. As a group, they wore pink and white Swiftie shirts Frollo had designed herself. They arrived well after the days main event on the racetrack but still got to see some of the support races and hear the cars growling around the circuit.It was fast. It was like `RRRRRRRR, said 8-year-old Brie Bauman.Would they like to see more?Yeah, I guess so, said 7-year-old Avery Frollo.Charlene Frollo said her husband and sons will be coming back for the Sunday race, but was glad the girls got to experience something new.Don Burger, a Formula One fan from San Antonio, brought his 22-year-old daughter who wanted to see Taylor Swift. Shes not a racing fan but he thinks he sees a twinkle of interest after getting her out to the track.She stands it when I put it on TV at home, Burger said. I think shes a little more interested than she was before. She flipped through the program. She told me the other day, `Im actually looking forward to the racing, too.Race fan Cody Crochet came to the race from Houston. Swift will be the takeaway of the weekend for some fans. For him, its still all about the race Sunday.Its a good show, but Im still about the cars, Crochet said.As for the Formula One drivers, some wanted to see Swift. Others planned to stay far away the night before they race.Im going to try to. I know Taylor a little bit. Shes amazing. Im a massive fan of hers, said Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, the two-time defending Formula One champion.Not Romain Grosjean. The Haas F1 driver planned to get away from the track.I like to have a very quiet dinner and a glass of red wine. Im French, Grosjean said. Wholesale Custom Orioles Shirts . -- There were so many positives from the Orlando Magics first victory of the season that it was hard for coach Jacque Vaughn to stop praising his players. Authentic Custom Orioles Jersey . Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost . http://www.customoriolesjersey.com/ .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. Custom Orioles Jerseys . 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The double London 2012 champion is already targeting further success in Brazil this summer but the build-up to the event has been overshadowed by the emergence of the Zika outbreak, which can cause birth abnormalities.But Farah still holds fond memories of his 10,000m win four years ago when wife Tania and step-daughter Rihanna joined him on the track to celebrate in front of a delighted home crowd and he is desperate to try and recreate that moment in Rio. For me, the Olympics is where it is at. I want to have that moment for my family no matter what, he said ahead of the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday.Im quite excited. In London one of the best things ever was having my family on the track. Seeing my wife and daughter there was incredible. I believe they are part of me and will be there again.Im not even thinking about anything like [the Zika virus]. I want them there and thats it.Farahs chance of picking up further gold medals in Rio could be boosted if Kenya is banned from competing at the Games. Rio is not too far away now and Im quite excited. It starts here in Glasgow now. This is the road to Rio. Mo Farah The countrys athletics federation has been declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and IAAF president Lord Coe says he is ready to prevent them taking part.Farah - who has been forced to deny links to drugs in the past year following allegations that his coach Alberto Salazar was behind a secret doping programme in the United States - admits he will have a better chance of securing medals in Brazil if Kenya are not involved.A ban for Kenya would mean Farahs rivals Geoffrey Kamworor, Paul Kipngetich Tanui and Bitan Karokii would not be able to race against him but the 32-year-old admits their absence would devalue the middle-distance events in Rio.dddddddddddd.If you dont have Kenya there it makes things easier for me, which is great, he added. Geoffrey Kamworor will not compete at the Rio Olympics if Kenya are banned from the Games But at the same time, you dont want to wish anything like that on anybody who hasnt done anything wrong but as a country they have to follow the rules. If they cant, then tough on them.Farah will compete in the 3,000 metres at Glasgows Emirates Arena this weekend and with just seven months to go until the Olympics, he hopes to use the race as a platform for further success in the summer.It is every athletes dream to go to an Olympics and do well. Obviously 2012 was a big, big year, he said.It changed my career after I managed to come away with two gold medals in my home town in front of 80,000 people.Thats what keeps me going every day. Rio is not too far away now and Im quite excited. It starts here in Glasgow now. This is the road to Rio. Farah does his mobot celebration after winning the mens elite race in last years Great North Run Ive been training in Ethiopia for the last six weeks up at 10,000ft in some pretty nice weather. Training has gone pretty well and Ive managed to get a lot of miles into my legs.Im in similar shape to how I was last year. If you compare the times I was running last year to the ones I was coming up with during the training camp, its kind of similar.So I think Im in pretty good shape. I definitely want to get a good result tomorrow and then march on towards Rio. ' ' '