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and your sponsorship does far more than just keep the lights on.
It funds research and the cataloguing and preservation of important
records. Please consider supporting the Center by becoming part of
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Bill Milliken awaits the start of the inaugural Watkins Glen
race in 1948. This photo and some 200 others are in the new
book, "Watkins Glen International" by Michael
Argetsinger and Bill Green. (photo courtesy of Bill Green)
New Watkins Glen Racing
Book Introduced May 18
Award-winning motorsports author Michael
Argetsinger and renowned race historian Bill Green will launch a
new book about the history of the Watkins Glen race track at the International Motor Racing Research Center on Saturday, May 18.
The free talk, part of the on-going Center
Conversations speaker series, will be at 1 p.m. at the Center. It is open to all.
Joining Argetsinger and Green on the program
will be Philippe Defechereux and Clark Lance, discussing
Defechereux's book "Watkins Glen, The Street Years 1948-1952,
Glory, Drama and the Birth of American Road Racing." Lance's
father, Harold, was the photographer of many of the photos used in
the book.
To learn
all about the talk and the speakers, see the story on our website
by clicking here.
"Watkins
Glen International" can be purchased from the Center. Copies
autographed by Argetsinger and Green will be available after May
20. Non-autographed copies are available now. The price for either:
$25. Email or call for details.
Mario Andretti
leads the race action in the 1975 U.S. Grand Prix in this photo
also in the new "Watkins Glen International." (photo
courtesy of Adrian Ketchum)
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2013 Raffle Car:
1982 Ferrari 308 GTSi
The Racing Research Center's 2013 raffle car
is a 1982 Ferrari 308 GTSi.
Tickets for this beautiful car will be $60 for
one or two for $100. Only 2,308 tickets will be sold.
Tickets will go on sale June 1, and the
drawing will be on Saturday, Dec. 7.
More details coming soon!
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The Center is organizing an outing to The
Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia on Saturday, July 27.
"Racing Solutions for 1954" is the
theme of this "Demonstration Day." The featured cars
will be a 1952 Cunningham C4R, a 1955 Mercedes Benz Gullwing,
a 1953 C-Type Jaguar and a 1954 Ferrari 375MM. After the
demonstration runs, we'll have lots of time to tour this
magnificent museum, voted 2011 "Museum of the Year."
Center Historian Bill Green will give a talk
en route about the cars we will be viewing.
Our tour bus will leave from Horseheads, NY,
at 6:30 a.m. An additional pick-up stop in Binghamton, NY, will be
planned if needed.
The price for Sponsorship Team supporters as
of June 15 will be $75. For those who aren't Sponsorship Team
members, the price will be $110. The prices include admission to
the museum.
Full payment is due at the time of making
a reservation. The deadline for reservations is June 15.
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Center Book Collection List
Improved on Website
Interested in knowing which books are in the
Center's book collection? The task is easier now.
On our website at www.racingarchives.org go to the Our
Collections page. The book list is now a searchable database. You
can use the book list to search by author, title or subject.
To see the complete list of the Center's more than 3,000 book
holdings, simply select 'All Fields' for your search.
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~ Movie Memories returns to the Center on Saturday, May 25, at
10:30 a.m. with a showing of "Winning," starring Paul
Newman, Joanne Woodward and Robert Wagner. Newman is the hotshot
racer who will do anything to win. The film includes
footage of the 1968 Indy 500. Also planned: vintage Indy 500 films.
Free, open to all.
~ The Center will be open from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. on Memorial Day. Come visit us!
~ "A Salute to Chris Economaki," Saturday, June 15, featuring Corinne Economaki, Leo Levine and Judy
Stropus. 1 p.m. at the Center.
This Porsche
917, owned by Center Governing Council member Greg Galdi, is on
display through late May.
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