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News and Events
Formula 1
NASCAR
Sports Cars
CART
IRL
Vintage
History
Literature
Driver Tributes
Fine Art
Museums & Research Facilities

Road Racing Drivers ClubRoad Racing Drivers Club - rrdc.org
Founded in 1952, the Road Racing Drivers Club is comprised of leaders of the sport and serves to recognize, promote and mentor American road racing drivers.

News and Events

theglen.com: the Watkins Glen International official site, with information, links, history, feature stories

chasinracin.com: the most comprehensive directory of US and Canadian tracks and information, as well as other features

greengrandprix.com: The annual Green Grand Prix celebrates the use of alternate fueled vehicles and educates the public about related issues

speednet.com: the website of the Indianapolis Star, and includes well-informed writing and research

motorsportsforum.com: specializing in wire service reports, media details, motorsport press associations

motorsport.com: news from all racing series

Formula 1

atlasf1.com: the definitive F1 site. AtlasF1 is literate, comprehensively researched, and mindful of racing's historical context. Includes award-winning columnists and historians, and well organized, important links

dailyf1.com: largest most up-to-date F1 site

galeforceF1.com: statistics, photographs, daily headlines, with articles on testing

forix.com: Formula 1 Results and Information Explorer

f1power.com: web site of the "world's first motorsport resort," to be located on the Spanish island Majorca

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NASCAR

nascar.com: official site of NASCAR, including news, results, standings, transcripts of interviews, collectibles

ovaltrack.com: a site index directory with useful evaluations

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SPORTS CARS

glen-scca.org: Glen Region of the Sports Car Club of America Inc.

grand-am.com: official site of the Grand American Road Racing Association

theracesite.com: a wide range of information relating to sports car racing

flr-scca.com: Finger Lakes Region SCCA

cars-hq.com: All about cars.

thecarconnection.com: Comprehensive automotive news and views. Includes columns by Mike Davis, a recent visitor to the Center, who wrote about the experience.

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CART

cart.com: the official site, with news, history, features, photographs, standings, schedules

speedcenter.com: another in-depth look at champ car racing

seventhgear.com: a particularly rich site with columns, sound files, images, schedules, links, and more

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IRL

indyracingleague.com: the official site, with news, history, features, photographs, standings, schedules

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Vintage

vintageracecar.com: history, restoration, market value

varac.ca: Canadian historic site

autosport.com: an astounding compilation of historic results

vintagemotorsport.com: the Journal of Motor Racing History

victorylane.com: one of the premier motorsport magazines, with excellent photographs

vintageAutoSports.com: Online journal featuring news, in-depth articles and classifieds for the vintage racing enthusiast

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History

meadowdaleraceway.homestead.com: The 3.27-mile road course in Carpentersville, Ill., 40 miles outside of Chicago, operated from 1958 to 1969 and hosted amateur and professional sports car races as well as NASCAR, ARCA, AMA and USAC events. The website has over 1,000 vintage photographs as well as 100 current photos. The track property is still intact as a public nature and recreation area. While the old course can be followed on a walking tour, the track surface has crumbled to uselessness.

tamsoldracecarsite.net: a collection of photographs of California sports car racing, 1961-62

glenphotos.com: "The Bog" and more; all things Watkins Glen

deepthrottle.com: history links; a creative site

artemis.crosslink.net/~gewhite: Gordon White's history of the American classic Offenhauser

montereyhistoric.com: official site of the world's most prestigious concours

datsun.org/fairlady/usindex.htm: a Nissan/Datsun site

cs.unc.edu/~nick/vir.html: Virginia International Raceway site

geocities.com/simontmallett/: An impressive site of historical narratives relating to important race cars.

progcovers.com: an encyclopedic reference of racing program cover art

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Literature

autosportsltd.com: the Michael Keyser site, with reference to his excellent Speed Merchants, French Kiss With Death and the many images from his career

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Driver Tributes

unfairadvantageracing.com: A Mark Donohue tribute site

stirlingmoss.com: Britain's Motorsports Competitor of the Century

philhill.com: America's First Formula 1 Champion

jackbrabham.com: three-time World Driver Champion

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Fine Art

glenspeed.com: the work of racing artist Robert Gillespie, who specializes in historical moments

arteauto.com: Jacques Vaucher's splendid site of fine art and rare visual pieces

vintagemotorphoto.com: a large commercial photo archive

ashcom.homestead.com: a very nice site of photojournalist Andy Hartwell, includes unusual links, media services

klemcoll.com: the Klemantaski Collection is one of the world's largest and most varied libraries of historic motor sports photography

kanerogers.com: Kane Rogers' collection of automotive art

avantimotorsports.com: Thom Montanari's gallery of fine art

cartoonsbybooth.net : fanciful artistic clay renderings by Craig and Pamela Booth

prairiestreetart.com: A fine website by Ron Nelson, prominent motorsports photographer and generous friend of the Research Center

thierrythompson.com: Lithographs of particular interest

barry-rowe.com: Barry Rowe's automotive fine art site: aesthetic treatments of the classics

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Museums & Research Facilities

Motorsports Hall of Fame

Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum

Blackhawk Automotive Museum

Gilmore-Classic Car Club of America Museum

National Packard Museum

The National Automotive Collection
detroit.lib.mi.us/NAHC/

Located in the Detroit Public Library, the NAHC is considered the premiere automotive archive in the U.S. that is accessible to the public. Highlights of the collection include manuscript material documenting the history of the automotive industry and a broad selection of both service and owner's manuals.

The Automobile Reference Collection
libwww.library.phila.gov/
Founded in 1948 as the Thomas McKean Collection potion of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Reference Collection is another source for general history, featuring books, periodicals and photographs.

The National Motor Museum
beaulieu.co.uk
The Motoring Reference Library, Photograph Library and Film Library at the National Motor Museum, Hampshire, England, have grown since its inception in 1960 to include more than one hundred periodical titles (including Autocar from 1895 to date), thousands of photographs, and over one thousand films.

Eastern Museum of Motor Racing
emmr.org
Dedicated to the history of open wheel racing, The Eastern Museum of Motor Racing has a Research Library component consisting of books, periodicals and photographs.

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