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	The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen and Cal Jams I & II
		Watkins Glen did not register with the political portion of the youth culture as had some festivals in the past.
		Both the town of Watkins Glen and the racetrack management were accustomed to handling large crowds, and since the event was to be a one-day affair, few obstacles prevented a contract from being signed.
		Watkins Glen was to be the first huge rock music event in New York to be produced since the state passed the Mass Gathering Code following Woodstock.
	www.superseventies.com /watkinsglen.html (4015 words)

	Encyclopedia: Watkins Glen International
		Before the 1971 race, the course underwent its most significant changes of the Grand Prix era, as it was extended from 2.35 miles to 3.377 miles by the addition of four corners in a new section called the 'Boot' or 'Anvil.'.
		The Glen hosted a variety of other events throughout the Grand Prix years: from Can-Am, Trans-Am, IROC and Endurance Sports car racing to Formula 5000 and the CART series, these races strengthened the circuit's reputation as the premier road racing facility in the United States.
		When the 50th anniversary of road racing in Watkins Glen was celebrated during the 1998 racing season, this event was the climax, returning many original cars and drivers to the original 6.6-mile street circuit through the village during the Grand Prix Festival Race Reenactment.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Watkins-Glen-International (4170 words)

	PDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Watkins Glen Grand Prix committee made all the requested changes and more; the SCCA ban was lifted, peace was restored, and on July 5th and 6th, the Glen region put on the First Annual Glen Classic SCCA Regional.
		The 10th Watkins Glen Grand Prix subsequently occured on the traditional 3rd Saturday of September, 1957, with Cameron Argetsinger as SCCA Chief Steward.
		In 1981, Watkins Glen filed for bankruptcy and closed its doors; in 1983 the facility was purchased by a division of Corning Glass, who reopened the track in 1984.
	www.pdadrivingschool.com /tracks/WatkinsGlen_history.jsp (1193 words)

	History of Watkins Glen
		Road Racing came to Watkins Glen in 1948; the project was initiated by Cameron Argetsinger, an Ohio resident (and law student at Cornell University in Ithaca) who often stayed at his father's summer house on Seneca Lake, the family having been in the area since the early 1800's.
		In response to the events in the 1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix, the State of New York kept threatening to impose new policies forbidding racing on state highways, but the subsequent difficulty in obtaining insurance for the course made this unnecessary, and it effectively ended racing on the original circuit.
		The U.S. Grand Prix then became a fall tradition in 1961 and was held at the Glen for 20 years.
	www.silhouet.com /motorsport/tracks/wat.html (1587 words)

	Watkins Glen Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Watkins Glen Grand Prix is an annual automobile road race.
		It was the first post- WWII road race held in the United States.
		The race was established by Cameron Argetsinger in 1948 and took place on public roads until the opening of the Watkins Glen International Speedway in 1956.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Watkins_Glen_Grand_Prix (85 words)

	Watkins Glen International
		Watkins Glen International is a 3.45 mile road course located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the south end of Seneca Lake.
		Watkins Glen has hosted a remarkable variety of races over the years, including most of the various IMSA series, most of the various SCCA series, Formula 1, Indycar, and NASCAR.
		Watkins Glen has recently made major upgrades to their water supply; the situation is vastly improved over years past.
	www.na-motorsports.com /Tracks/NY/WatkinsGlen.html (3779 words)

	Grand American Road Racing Association
		Watkins Glen is the town and the circuit that revived and nurtured American sports car racing after WWII and the true spiritual home of the United States Grand Prix.
		During the Glen's F1 days the restaurant at the Glen Motor Inn, then the Glen Motor Court, there were more World Champions dining there than in all the restaurants at Monte Carlo on GP weekend.
		While a Brumos trip to Watkins Glen summons happy memories and the atmosphere of homecoming, for Hurley Haywood a Glen race weekend is time travel to the first hours of his glittering career.
	www.grandamerican.com /News/Article.asp?ID=2743 (921 words)

	Sept-Oct 98 Watkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But in early October 1948, the streets of Watkins Glen were lined with spectators, thousands of them, standing three and four deep, leaning out of windows, balancing on rooftops, straining to get a glimpse of the larger-than-life men in their louder-than-thunder machines.
		It was the glamorous Grand Prix's folksiest setting, described by Sports Illustrated as "courage and corn pone; sophistication with straw in its teeth; hazard in the midst of hokum." But as the Sixties brought a yen for fast cars to America, they also brought a penchant for youthful demonstration.
		In 1969, Argetsinger decided Watkins Glen racing had evolved to such a point that it needed to be run more like a business, and so he made an unsuccessful attempt to purchase the raceway for $1.3 million.
	cornell-magazine.cornell.edu /Archive/SeptOct98/SeptWatkins.html (3993 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Watkins Glen
		Watkins Glen - "The Glen" as it is known to the motor racing world - is a name which in the course of the last half century has become part of racing folklore, not just in North America but all over the world.
		The Glen of today is the third circuit to carry the name, the first having been laid out on public roads in 1948.
		Grand Prix racing came back in 1971 and Tyrrell 's rising star Francois Cevert won.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/cir-074.html (757 words)

	The Library
		With the return of Grand Prix racing to the United States, attention is once again being directed at the history of the United States Grand Prix.
		Watkins Glen is a special place in the history of racing in the United States.
		However, Watkins Glen was not merely the host to the US GP and Sports Car Club of America sports car races, it also hosted a variety of other forms of racing over the years.
	www.atlasf1.com /2000/usa/preview/capps.html (2087 words)

	Auto Racing History The Ardent Alligator and The 1949 Watkins Glen Grand Prix
		He entered it in the 1949 Watkins Glen Grand Prix to be run on the same course as the inaugural event, a 6.6 mile layout that resembled a miniature Nurburgring with its extreme elevation changes, breathtaking blind turns, and flying "ramps" over railroad tracks.
		It was not eligible for the Grand Prix because the race was now approved by the FIA, thus run under their rules, and the car could not carry a spare wheel, an FIA requirement.
		Bret Hannaway took ownership of the car and entered it in the 1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix, but the race was stopped after one lap when a seven-year-old spectator was killed and twelve others injured by a wayward car.
	www.deepthrottle.com /History/ardent.shtml (1539 words)

	RollingStone.com: The Grateful Dead : Watkins Glen Jam Tops Woodstock; 600,000 Fans : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Watkins Glen was the largest gathering of its type since Woadstock, four years ago, when a tribal gathering at the late Max Yasgur's dairy farm gave the so-called counterculture a landmark.
		Watkins Glen was, simply, a presentation of three of the most enduring rock and roll bends ever -- the Grateful Dead, the Band and the AlIman Brothers -- a "Summer Jam."
		The Watkins Glen Grand Prix Association rented the circuit for a guarantee against a percentage.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5935644 (1917 words)

	Watkins Glen auto racing
		T he Formula 1 stars all visited The Glen in 1961 for the first Watkins Glen U.S. Grand Prix, which would be a fall tradition at the circuit through 1980.
		The Glen cemented its distinction as North America's fastest road course when Davy Jones won the pole for the Camel Continental IX with a fast lap of 150.334 mph on the reconfigured 2.45 mile short course.
		Watkins Glen has become a racing institution, the premier road racing facility in the United States.
	www.vpracing.com /The_Races/Watkins_Glen/watkins_glen.html (913 words)

	GrandPrix.com > News > The importance of Sid Watkins
		Watkins began the gradual process of changing attitudes and then changing facilities, spurred on by such events as the death of Ronnie Peterson in 1979 after which Watkins began a campaign to ensure that the hospitals to which the injured were taken had the necessary facilities.
		In 1962 Watkins was appointed Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Syracuse in upstate New York, close to the Watkins Glen racing circuit.
		Watkins and France's Dr Jean-Jacques Isserman were also responsible for the improvement of circuit medical services and enuring that the local hopitals had the necessary facilities for F1's needs.
	www.grandprix.com /ns/ns14125.html (407 words)

	The Motor Sports Forum - WATKINS GLEN-New Indycar Series Event Trophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Watkins Glen, NY (March 11, 2005) - Watkins Glen International hosted a press conference today to unveil the trophy for the Inaugural Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix presented by Argent.
		Not only was he influential in bringing sports car racing to America and to the village of Watkins Glen, NY in 1948, but in the early years of SCCA's professional racing program served as director of professional racing.
		New things are happening at The Glen in 2005 including the addition of the NEW FrontStretch Grandstand replacing the Gray, Green, Yellow and Orange stands with a state-of-the art aluminum structure with seatbacks, standing 42 rows high.
	www.motorsportsforum.com /contents/showthread.php?threadid=18670 (637 words)

	Self Guided Tour of Original Grand Prix Circuit Printable facts
		American road racing was revived at Watkins Glen, NY on October 2, 1948, the first road race run since before World War II.
		Through the courtesy of the Glen Region of the Sports Car Club of America and in cooperation with the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Historical Committee, eight historical signs are placed on the original 6.6 mile circuit.
		of the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Historical Committee is to preserve the history of road racing at Watkins Glen, particularly the history of the 6.6 mile circuit and its relationship to the Village of Watkins Glen.
	www.lightlink.com /gpfest/tourprin.html (659 words)

	Primedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Watkins Glen International announced today during a press conference at the Syracuse Motorsports Expo that Argent Mortgage Company, a leading national mortgage lender, will be the presenting sponsor of the Inaugural IndyCar Series event this fall at The Glen.
		"The legacy of Watkins Glen began was born with open-wheel racing and the excitement from our fans has been significant across the entire Upstate New York region.
		The Inaugural Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix presented by Argent Mortgage is a 200-mile race and will take place on the entire 3.4-mile long course.
	www.whowon.com /primedia/pm_storiesresults.asp?StoryID=144753 (632 words)

	United States Grand Prix: Watkins Glen, New York
		F or 20 years, Watkins Glen was known around the world as the home of the United States Grand Prix.
		Revered by fans, teams and media, the race received the Grand Prix Drivers' Association award for the best organized and best staged GP of the season in 1965, 1970 and 1972.
		In 1980, financial troubles and the inability of the circuit to handle the increasingly faster and stiffer cars brought an end to The Glen's reign.
	home.cinci.rr.com /usgp/history/watkinsg.html (163 words)

	WhoWon.com ... The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Watkins Glen International announced today that Toyota will be giving away an Toyota Tundra SR5 Double Cab during pre-race activities prior to the SIRIUS Satellite Radio at The Glen on Sunday, August 14th as the Grand Prize in their Upstate Toyota Dealers (TDA) Sweepstakes.
		Watkins Glen International announced today that Mohegan Sun, located in Uncasville, Conn., has renewed their partnership as the Official Casino at the Home of American Road Racing.
		Watkins Glen International announced today that Toyota has been named the official vehicle at the historic road course for the next three years.
	www.racefan.com /RF_ResultsDates.asp?TrackID=1035 (980 words)

	Int'l Motor Racing Research Center at WG: Accessions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Films and videos, Watkins Glen races, including Formula 1, Motorcycle, SCCA, Indycar, NASCAR and others, 1952-1979; [not converted to video] Also, proclamations relating to racing at Watkins Glen; books, a video, and periodicals; and photo-scrapbooks on Watkins Glen races and cars.
		Watkins Glen dash plates, 1972-1980; a photograph of Tex Hopkins racing; and a Jack Kochman Hell Drivers poster; also, photocopies of the program from the Alexandria Bay “Round the Houses” Road Races, 1936, 1938; includes six photographs of the 1953 ‘Middle course’ races at Watkins Glen.
		Documentary film relating to the 1948-1952 Grand Prix road races in Watkins Glen, including interviews, historic footage, analysis, and investigation of the cultural context and affects of the races on the citizens of the community
	www.racingarchives.org /collections/accessionsSTYLES.htm (3211 words)

	Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Originally run on a course encompassing asphalt, cement, and dirt roads in and around the Village of Watkins Glen, the circuit moved to its current permanent location in 1956.
		In 2002, through the efforts of the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Historical Committee, the original circuit was designated onto the National Register of Historic Places and the New York State Register of Historic Places.
		Built expressly to preserve the heritage of motor racing, the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen is a 5,000 square-foot facility that is both a research library and an archive.
	www.schuylerny.com /main.asp?ID=29 (645 words)

	Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen
		As in previous years, reenactment of the Grand Prix races are featured in a variety of events during this all day festival.
		The featured highlight of the festival is a reenactment of the Grand Prix races using the original 6.6 mile road course.
		This race reenactment is open to selected Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) cars participating in the Zippo U.S. Vintage Grand Prix races held at the nearby Watkins Glen International race course on the same weekend as the festival.
	www.grandprixfestival.com (358 words)

	Watkins Glen International - Zippo Titles Historic Grand Prix Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Watkins Glen International announced today that Zippo will title sponsor the Historic Grand Prix race during the Inaugural Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix presented by Argent Mortgage weekend.
		We are very excited to sponsor the Zippo Historic Grand Prix and salute the return of Indy car racing at the Glen,* said Greg Booth, President and CEO of Zippo Manufacturing Company.
		Zippos involvement with Watkins* Glen International began in 1993 with the sponsorship of the annual fall vintage event, known as the Zippo U.S. Vintage Grand Prix.
	www.theglen.com /news/news.jsp?news_id=175 (714 words)

	Stuff Your Stocking With Watkins Glen Race Tickets! : Raceway Media - Motorsports News & Information
		Watkins Glen, NY (December 12, 2003) - The 2004 racing season is just around the corner and tickets to a race at The Glen make the perfect gift!
		Eight events are featured on the 2004 schedule at Watkins Glen International, highlighted by the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, returning on its annual August weekend.
		The longest-running event at The Glen, the SCCA Glen Nationals, is back for another year July 10-11, followed immediately by the Finger Lakes Wine Festival supported by the Corning Museum of Glass, July 16-18.
	www.racewaymedia.com /article3279.html (698 words)

	Sports Car Grand Prix to Feature Ford's Living Legends
		Automotive enthusiasts attending the Sports Car Grand Prix, June 21-23, will not want to miss the Living Legends car hauler when it stops in Watkins Glen during its cross-country summer tour.
		The Sports Car Grand Prix at The Glen will feature the Rolex Sports Car Series in the 6 Hours of the Glen on Sunday, June 23.
		Tickets for the 2002 season at Watkins Glen International, including the Sports Car Grand Prix weekend, June 21-23, are still available.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2002/06/06/141638.html (457 words)

	AllRefer.com - Watkins Glen, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Watkins Glen, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Watkins Glen [wot´kinz] Pronunciation Key, resort village (1990 pop.
		An international Grand Prix sports-car race was held there annually until 1981.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WatkinsG.html (188 words)

	Racing art at Glenspeed.com
		To many of us, Watkins Glen is a unique place.
		"The Glen" is as much about rolling hills, colorful trees, and unpredictable weather as it is about exotic racing cars and international personalities.
		I would describe my paintings as both cars within landscapes and landscapes with cars because at Watkins Glen these elements are equally exciting.
	www.glenspeed.com (142 words)

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