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Entrants in the June 30, 1963, USRRC Manufacturers Race at Watkins Glen signal their readiness for the green flag from starter Tex Hopkins. On the pole is the #33 Cobra driven by Bob Johnson, who would win the race. Others on the grid: #97 Cobra, Dave McDonald; #98 Cobra, Ken Miles; #99 Cobra, Bob Holbert; #54 Cobra, Eppie Weitzes; and #41 Cobra, Bobby Brown. (photo from the Morris Evans Collection)
Author to Discuss USRRC at Conversation on Nov. 8 The USRRC lasted just six seasons, but its impact on racing was enormous, and now the series' history is reported in detail for the first time in "USRRC, A record of the United States Road Racing Championship 1963-1968" by Mike Martin. Martin of Seattle, Wash., will speak about the series and its crucial role in the development of professional road racing in America at the Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen on Nov. 8. The Center Conversations talk is free and open to all. The USRRC was the Sports Car Club of America's first series for professional race drivers. "Without the USRRC, there could not have been a Can-Am, the better known and fully international series for the same type of car," said award-winning motorsports author Michael Argetsinger. "The Group 7 category, remembered today as Can-Am, pitted American engineering with the best from Europe and produced some of the most exciting race cars ever built. None of it would have evolved without the USRRC. For details about Martin's talk, click here. |
 Milwaukee Mile expert Steve Zautke answers questions about the famed raceway following his Oct. 18 Center Conversations talk at the Racing Research Center. For coverage of his talk by motorsports reporter Connie Ann Kirk, click here. For more photos by Angelo Lisuzzo, click here.
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 Warren Agor:
Warren Agor, driver, team owner and car builder, of Penfield, NY, died Oct. 29. "Racing was his passion," states his obituary. Agor was "an independent sports car racer who took the fight to bigger teams in SCCA, Trans-Am and Can-Am despite low operating budgets and volunteer crew members," according to a story on Racer.com. Agor spoke at the Center in 2004 about his racing career as a member of Roger Penske's racing team and later as owner of Agor Racing Enterprises. In that career, Agor set many track records and won numerous SCCA and IMSA races. The Racing Research Center is honored to have been named beneficiary of donations in Agor's memory. In the photo: Warren Agor with David Hobbs at Mosport in 1975. (photo provided by Jan Hyde) |
~ Center Conversations: Mike Martin on the United States Road Racing Championship series of the 1950s, Saturday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m. Free. ~ Winning ticket for the Fiat 500 Abarth and trip to Italy drawn, Saturday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. ~ Center Conversations: Tom Overbaugh and Paul Wendt on the Carrera Panamericana race revival, Saturday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. Free. |
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