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From: Glenda Gephart [mailto:gle...@racingarchives.org]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:28 PM
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Subject: Pete Lyons story

Author Pete Lyons to speak in Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, NY - Pete Lyons, noted writer and photographer, will be the featured speaker at the International Motor Racing Research Center’s annual Open House on Oct. 4.

Lyons is well known and popular in the racing world. His books and his years as the preeminent Can-Am scribe and as the top American writer on Formula One have left him with an enthusiastic following around the world.

His talk will be at 3 p.m. and is open to all. The Open House is a daylong event and is the Center’s way of thanking its supporters.

The Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St., Watkins Glen.

Lyons is an appropriate keynote speaker for the Center’s Open House as it celebrates its 10^th anniversary and the 60^th anniversary of racing in Watkins Glen.

“The good old Glen was practically my home track as I grew up,” notes Lyons. “I've seen some of the world's greatest racing drivers, racing cars and racing there over many years. It'll be fun to be back.”

Lyons is the author of six books, including Can-Am and Can-Am Photo History, both for MBI Publishing. His work has been honored with the Dean Batchelor Award of the Motor Press Guild, an Award for Journalism given by the Road Racing Driver’s Club and the International Motor Press Association’s Ken Purdy Award.

He also has contributed to such publications as AutoWeek, for which he is a senior contributing editor; Car and Driver; Racecar, for which is a former editor; Racer, Road & Track; Vintage Motorsport; Vintage Racecar Journal, in which appears his regular column “Fast Lines”; and many others.

The Historic Grand Prix Association periodically awards its Pete Lyons Cup to owners of vintage F1 cars whom Lyons feels best recreate the spirit of the historic times he remembers so vividly, according to his Web site, www.petelyons.com.

Lyons lives in Southern California.

The Racing Research Center was created to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of racing in Watkins Glen, the home of post-World War II road racing in America.

The Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation of motorsports, all series and all venues. It is open to the public without charge and welcomes the casual race fan as well as the serious researcher.