BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//International Motor Racing Research Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:International Motor Racing Research Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.racingarchives.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for International Motor Racing Research Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230820 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230822 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240309T123213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T123213Z UID:7940-1692489600-1692662399@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Bowling at the Glen DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/bowling-at-the-glen/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen International Raceway\, 2790 County Route 16\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Motorsports Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/glenbowling.png ORGANIZER;CN="Watkins Glen International":MAILTO:racing@theglen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230818T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230818T170000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240306T222108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T222108Z UID:7913-1692345600-1692378000@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:IMRRC Award Dinner 2023 DESCRIPTION:Childress’ storied career spans decades. As a child\, he spent time at Bowman Gray Stadium\, Winston-Salem\, North Carolina’s local short track\, selling peanuts and popcorn. Years later\, in the fall of 1969\, his first opportunity to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned event arose and he established Richard Childress Racing. Childress drove his own car for 285 starts in NASCAR’s premier series before realizing that he needed to focus on team ownership to flourish at that level. \nThe moment that changed everything for Richard Childress Racing was when Dale Earnhardt became the permanent driver of the #3 car in 1984. Success came almost instantly\, with their first win together at Talladega Superspeedway on July 29 of that year. It was the first of 67 wins Earnhardt would record under the Richard Childress Racing banner. The team has expanded exponentially since\, competing in all three NASCAR national series\, with Childress becoming the first team owner to win in all three. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/imrrc-award-dinner-2023/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen International Raceway\, 2790 County Route 16\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Awards Banquet ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/CRAlogo2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T160000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240227T152550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T121731Z UID:7776-1684587600-1684598400@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Center Conversation - The Racing Legacy of A-Bay DESCRIPTION:Center Conversation – The Racing Legacy of A-Bay\, 1:00 p.m. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/center-conversation-the-racing-legacy-of-a-bay/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/abay-vm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230520 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230522 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240227T152432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T121759Z UID:7773-1684540800-1684713599@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Corvette Festival at Clute Park in Watkins Glen DESCRIPTION:Corvette Festival at Clute Park in Watkins Glen – Come celebrate Corvette’s 70th anniversary! Visit senecalakeevents.org for additional information. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/corvette-festival-at-clute-park-in-watkins-glen/ LOCATION:Clute Park\, 3221 NY-414\, Burdett\,\, NY\, 14818\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/IMG_9277.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T140000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240227T152742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T152742Z UID:7777-1681552800-1681567200@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:8th Annual IMRRC Model Car Show DESCRIPTION:Do you have an impressive model car collection you want to show off? We’re looking for more presenters for our Eighth Annual Model Car Show on April 15th! \nSpace is very limited. If you’re interested\, contact Kip Zeiter at kip@racingarchives.org or 607/535-9044 URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/8th-annual-imrrc-model-car-show/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Model Car Show ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/IMG_8569.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kip Zieter":MAILTO:kip@racingarchives.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230417 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240309T122859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T123009Z UID:7937-1681516800-1681689599@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Social Event: Opening Day at Watkins Glen DESCRIPTION:Opening Day at Watkins Glen with NEQ and Audi Rochester // Sat\, April 15th\n\nOne day each year\, everyone is welcome to drive one of the most famous road courses in the world. Join us for an event the entire family can enjoy.\nHave you ever wondered what it’s like to drive on one of the most famous road courses in the world?  Well you don’t have to wonder any more. Join us and drive the Watkins Glen International track with fellow Audi enthusiasts under controlled conditions behind a pace car.  If you are an NEQ track veteran you already know what it’s like to drive the Glen at speed. But what’s it like at street speeds with your family in the car?\nEvery year Watkins Glen International (The Glen) holds an opening day fundraiser to kick off the racing season.  The price of admission is a $28\, consisting of a donation to the Watkins Glen R.A.C.E Foundation plus a small administrative fee. The mission of R.A.C.E. (Racing And Community Enrichment) is to meet the needs of local underserved populations with a focus on youth-oriented support.\nThe day will begin at Audi Rochester on West Henrietta Road for breakfast\, courtesy of the dealership.  From there we will make our way to The Glen where we will line up and be escorted via pace car for 3 laps of this world-famous race course.  Upon completing the pace laps on the track\, we will rejoin as a group for a catered lunch at the Ginny Lee Café which is part of Wagner Winery. Wagner is located on Rt 414 on the East side of Seneca Lake north of Watkins Glen.\n\nEnjoy views of the beautiful finger lakes while you have lunch and perhaps sample Wagner’s libations.  After lunch you may continue along the Seneca and Cayuga Wine Trail to the many local wineries\, stop by the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls or return to the track for more paced laps on your own. Tickets for return laps may be purchased online or at the gate. Or spend time exploring the Watkins Glen area taking in the natural wonders and the shops.\n\nCosts for this event are the $28 charitable donation to the R.A.C.E Foundation.  Lunch at the Ginny Lee Café is $24 for adults\, $10 for kids 12 and under\, and future Audi owners 2 and under are free.  Choose any or all of these activities. Audi Rochester is graciously providing breakfast at the dealership for all those who want to start out from there. \n\nHow to Register…\n1.     First sign up for the event at Motorsports Reg for the Audi Rochester breakfast and lunch at the Ginny Lee Café.  MotorsportsReg will also ask you to sign a “Speed waiver” on your phone. Please do so for everyone who will be accompanying you in your car. Multiple people can sign on the same phone\n\n2.     Prior to the event date\, purchase tickets for the track time and print the waivers for The Glen at BUY TICKETS  Use the discount code WGISPECIAL for a reduced club price. \nA little bit about the day… \n\n\n7:45 AM  – Meet up at Audi Rochester for a little socializing and a breakfast courtesy of Audi Rochester. (If you are coming from outside the Rochester area or the time is too early on a Saturday\, you are welcome to skip the dealership and meet us at the track at 10:30 AM)8:45 – leave for the track\, making your own way.  It’s about a 1:40 drive via the NYS Thruway and Rt 14 through Geneva. \n10:30  Arrive at the track via Gate 3 to sign in and drive the track. \n12:15 – 2:00  Lunch at the Ginny Lee Café at Wagner Winery\, 9322 Rt 414\, Lodi  (30 min from the race track and 20 min from the Village of Watkins Glen) \n2:00 Enjoy the rest of the day in the Finger Lakes. \nSee You At The Glen! \n\n\nSocial Event: Opening Day at Watkins Glen\nSat-Sun\, April 15-16\, 2023\nOne day each year\, everyone is welcome to drive one of the most famous road courses in the world. Join us for an event the entire family can enjoy. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/social-event-opening-day-at-watkins-glen/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen International Raceway\, 2790 County Route 16\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Motorsports Event,Social Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/neq-logo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230415 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240309T122129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T122206Z UID:7933-1681430400-1681516799@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:The Green Grand Prix DESCRIPTION:The Green Grand Prix is an educational and competitive event in Watkins Glen\, NY including the only Official SCCA road rally that promotes entry of all road- legal vehicle types and fuels in North America.  Our Road Rally is sponsored by THE DORIS BOVEE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION. Doris Bovee was an environmental enthusiast and our road rally is a tribute to her. \n \n\nWATKINS GLEN\, NY – The Toyota Green Grand Prix\, a showcase of motoring technology that aims for a cleaner environment\, is returning to the famed Watkins Glen International race course on Friday April 14th\, 2023. \nThe single-day event will feature a fuel-efficiency competition for pre-registered drivers of alternate-fueled vehicles\, hybrids and traditional gasoline-powered and diesel-powered vehicles. Individuals\, colleges and universities\, car clubs and manufacturers are all invited to participate. \nEntries in the rallies are now being accepted through the Toyota Green Grand Prix website at www.greengrandprix.com. \nThe diversity of the day’s activities emphasizes the breadth of the goals of the Green Grand Prix. “The mission of the Toyota Green Grand Prix is educational\, to promote innovation in sustainable transportation technologies\,” said Bob Gillespie\, chairman of the Green Grand Prix Corp.\, a non-profit organization. “We are proud that our event\, in its seventeenth year\, attracts students from universities\, colleges and high schools. We want the Green Grand Prix to be a means of encouraging technology students to stay in the Northeast to help move our region to become a center for clean energy.” \nThe Toyota Green Grand Prix’s rallies are sanctioned by the SCCA will offer up the challenges and excitement of driving on the race track and driving on open roads. \nThe first event of the day will be the Doris Bovee Memorial Road Rally. This is a Time-Speed-Distance event held on scenic public roads of the Finger Lakes Region. Drivers and navigators will be scored on their ability to follow a challenging course at precise legal speeds. A 100-mile\, fuel economy event on the 3.5 mile WGI full course will follow in the afternoon. This is essentially the same configuration as the original 1957 track. The rallies are open to nearly all classes of road vehicles. The afternoon fuel economy event will include the Prius Challenge\, with special categories of competition for all generations of Toyota Prius. A class for Exhibition category vehicles will also be included” Gillespie said. \nMany hybrids\, plug-in hybrids and full electric vehicles are expected. \nThe Doris Bovee Foundation is one of the Green Grand Prix’s key supporters\, and the morning event is named in the honor of Doris Bovee\, who was a well-known area environmentalist and taught for many years in the Corning-Painted Post (NY) school district .She was known for her love of plants and birds. Ms. Bovee was also involved with SCCA road rallies and was part of the Glen Region SCCA at its inception. The rallies are sponsored by the Glen Region Sports Car Club of America and are the only official SCCA road rallies of their kind in the nation. \nOther important supporters of the event are Corning Enterprises of Corning\, NY and the Central New York Clean Cities Coalition based in Rochester\, NY. \nUP-TO-DATE DETAILS AVAILABLE AT https://www.greengrandprix.com URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/the-green-grand-prix/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen International Raceway\, 2790 County Route 16\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Motorsports Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/green-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221106 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240226T185751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T121356Z UID:7754-1667606400-1667692799@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Schedule for 2022 Symposium - Day 2 DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Nov. 5\nMorning Session\, 9:00 a.m. to noon\nRandy Cannon | Caesars Palace Grand Prix – presented via Zoom\nRandall Cannon is a freelance journalist and author.  His first book\, Stardust International Raceway\, explored the convergence of organized crime influences and motorsports interests in the international capital of legalized gambling\, Las Vegas.  Cannon’s current offering\, Caesars Palace Grand Prix\, drills even more deeply into that nexus while also tracing the threads of history that culminated in the only F1 events to date in that unique city.  Mr. Cannon will present at the Symposium from that research\, as well as the incremental steps forward from Caesars Palace that will result in the return of F1 to that destination mecca of gambling\, the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. \nGordon Eliot White | Harry Miller: The Man and the Cars\nMr. White is a retired newspaper correspondent who covered Washington\, D.C.\, Europe and the Far East for the Chicago American and other newspapers for 34 years. After he retired from newspaper work he became the Smithsonian Institution’s auto racing advisor\, following a sport he had enjoyed since 1939. He since has written seven books on the history of American open-wheel racing\, including a history of Fred Offenhauser and the Offenhauser racing engine. \nHe has served as the unofficial historian of the Harry A. Miller Club and as curator and archivist of more than 12\,000 drawings\, tracings and blueprints of Miller’s cars and engines\, as well as of thousands of documents covering the history of American racing since early in the 20th century. His presentation will address Harry Miller and Miller’s impression on American racing as well as how aficionados rediscovered him after he had been all but forgotten and\, over the past 40 years have unearthed and restored many of his cars. \nKatharine Worth | Politicizing Grand Prix Racing in 1930s Germany and Great Britain – presented via Zoom\nKatharine Worth is a graduate student in History at the University of Western Australia. Following her Master’s research at the University of Edinburgh on the banal and natural involvement of politics historically in the Olympic Movement\, Ms. Worth’s current research traces the relationship of politics and nationalism in Formula One (and its motor racing predecessors). \nHer presentation will analyze the 1930s through the lens of Grand Prix racing – and the aspirations to race at that level – in Germany and Great Britain\, addressing how motor racing became increasingly connected to politics and nationalism\, showcasing the complex relationship between Germany and Britain at the time. Ms. Worth’s discussion will highlight the British and German perspectives and usages of motor racing in the 1930s as motor racing became entangled with the politics and rising tensions of the period. Speed became the marker of “civilization” in Europe – a power Germany possessed and one that Great Britain envied. \nHannah Thompson | Charlotte’s Glory: The NASCAR Hall of Fame in the Queen City – presented via Zoom\nHannah Thompson is a cultural historian of the Carolina Piedmont and is new in the museum field with her current position with the Gaston County Museum of Art & History. Ms. Thompson also helps restore Coca-Cola “ghost signs” throughout the Southeast in her spare time. She examines the history of the NASCAR Hall of Fame from its inception in 2001 through the global pandemic\, bringing into consideration why Charlotte was selected as the seat for the Hall and how the Hall has affected NASCAR and its fans. Ms. Thompson suggests that Charlotte is often overlooked in motorsports history despite its lasting impact on the auto racing world. \nAfternoon Session\, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.\nKeynote: Buz McKim | Moonshine and Its Connection to the American Auto Industry\nBuz McKim\, formerly historian at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte\, N.C.\, is a distinguished figure in the motorsports world and a much sought-after speaker at motorsports gatherings. Mr. McKim served as director of archives for International Speedway Corporation and as coordinator of statistical services for NASCAR. He is the author of “The NASCAR Vault: An Official History Featuring Rare Collectibles from Motorsports Images and Archives.” \nMr. McKim’s presentation explores the origins of modified stock car racing in the illegal distribution of untaxed adult beverages\, or “moonshine.” He recounts the development of NASCAR in 1949 and its evolution in the 1950s from a truly “stock” competition to a manufacturer-supported testing ground for advances in the engineering and design of American automobiles. Mr. McKim’s talk describes the irony of how the automotive engineering modifications inspired by “wild country boys” led to all-around improvements in automotive technology. \nLauren Goodman | Lucy O’Reilly Schell: Innovator of French Motorsports \nLauren Goodman received her MFA in screenwriting from the College of Motion Pictures Arts at Florida State University. While volunteering at the REVS Institute in Naples\, Florida\, she encountered one of two Maseratis entered by Lucy Schell in the 1940 Indy 500. Lauren’s research into Lucy’s time in France as a team owner and principal has been presented at REVS Institute. Lauren’s writing draws heavily on history and the lives of women whose achievements have been overlooked. Presently\, she is developing Lucy’s story into a feature-length project. Lauren’s presentation will highlight Lucy’s role in motor racing history and her contributions to the sport. \nChris Lezotte | Real Racers Turn in Both Directions: Autocross\, Life Skills\, and the Woman Driver\nAfter a career in advertising – some of it spent writing car commercials – Chris earned a master’s degree at Eastern Michigan University and a Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University. Now working as an independent scholar\, Chris investigates the relationship between women and cars in a variety of contexts\, including women’s participation in traditionally masculine car cultures (including motorsports) as well as representations of women and cars in popular culture. Her current project focuses on women’s growing involvement in autocross – the reasons for women’s participation; the methods by which women negotiate entry into a historically masculine environment; and how the autocross experience contributes to women’s identity\, self-knowledge\, and empowerment. \nRoundtable: Daniel Simone\, Moderator | Fifty Years After Title IX – On and Off the Track: A Roundtable on Women in Motorsports \nDaniel J. Simone earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Florida. He then taught at Monmouth University before serving as Curator at the NASCAR Hall of Fame from 2016-2021. Dr. Simone is on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Voting Committee and delivers presentations and academic papers at universities and automotive museums across the United States and Canada. He currently serves as program assistant at the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library\, where he is co-processing and researching the Women’s Sports Foundation Collection and conducting oral histories and developing content for a digital exhibition. \nThe Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History has provided a platform for excellent in-depth and thought-provoking presentations on the successes\, struggles\, and contributions of unheralded women racers and car owners across various auto racing disciplines.  The green flag for this roundtable discussion will wave with the panelists integrating these prior presentations into a brief historiographical discussion of women in motorsport.  From there\, the panelists will pull from their multi-disciplinary backgrounds and markedly different professional experiences and discuss why\, where\, and how they extended the boundaries of women in motorsports history scholarship.  Finally\, the audience will take the checkered flag with a challenge: to propose new themes and topics for future conversations\, with an emphasis on the accomplishments women have made in motorsports without ever owning or taking the wheel behind a race car.      \nFriday\, Nov. 4th Schedule URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/schedule-for-2022-symposium-day-2/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen International Raceway\, 2790 County Route 16\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Argetsinger Symposium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/Slide1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T170000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240226T185631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T121353Z UID:7752-1667548800-1667581200@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Schedule for 2022 Symposium - Day 1 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, Nov. 4\nMorning Session\, 9:00 a.m. to noon\nJames Miller | F1: From Circus to Media Spectacle\nJames Miller’s engagement with F1 includes chatting about race strategy with Nicki Lauda at the 1977 USGP\, where Lauda won his second world championship. Now it involves at-home viewing of real-time\, in-car camera images on a flat-screen TV. Has Formula One left behind its gritty\, dangerous and somewhat esoteric past to become a cross between the World Cup and Disneyland (think Miami)? How much of its new global popularity can be summed up as (perhaps merely) “media spectacle?” Miller is professor emeritus of communications at Hampshire College. He has studied new media as a Fulbright researcher in Paris and a visiting professor at MIT’s Media Lab. \nMark D. Howell | Living Loud\, Living Fast: Connections Between Musicians and Motorsports\nMark Howell is a Professor of Communications at Northwestern Michigan College. Prior to NMC\, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University. As a motorsports historian\, Dr. Howell has published numerous articles and two books: From Moonshine to Madison Avenue: A Cultural History of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (U of Wisconsin/Popular Press\, 1997) and Motorsports and American Culture: From Demolition Derbies to NASCAR (Rowman and Littlefield\, 2014)\, of which he was a co-editor. Since 2011\, he has been a Senior Writer for Frontstretch.com\, where his essays appear every Wednesday during the racing season. Dr. Howell also spent three years (2001-2003) as a part-time crew member with Brett Bodine Racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series\, and has worked closely with NASCAR drivers Hut Stricklin\, Kenny Wallace\, and Todd Bodine. \nDr. Howell’s presentation for this year’s Symposium Living Loud and Living Fast will explore the connections between musicians and motorsports. The presentation highlights how several well-known professional musicians from diverse genres took their interest in high-performance vehicles to regional\, national\, and sometimes even international levels of motor racing competition. \nMario Felice Tecce | Racing as a Paradigm for Pursuing the Best – presented via Zoom\nDr. Tecce received his M.D. and PhD. at the University of Naples\, Italy\, and is currently full professor of Biochemistry at University of Salerno. Besides his molecular research about cancer mechanisms\, he explored race car driving as a major reference paradigm of pursuing the best and of free will exercise. Having a strong interest and deep passion for car racing\, he analyzed Formula One seasons of the last fifty years and suggests that race car driving can be a major example of general life choices between good and bad in a joint competition to pursue the best possible. \nRoundtable: Timothy Robeers\, Mike Stocz\, Katya “Kate” Sullivan | Aspects of Media Treatments of Motor Racing Topics – presented via Zoom \nDr. Timothy Robeers is currently working as a Research & MarCom Manager at b²sense in Brussels\, Belgium. Following a career in academia\, he remains affiliated with the department of communication sciences at Antwerp University\, Belgium and combines extensive expertise in market & communication research\, social and environmental sustainability\, and their applications in motorsport and media. Besides having participated as a driver and team-owner in rally raids across Africa\, Dr. Robeers has also consulted for a range of motorsport businesses and organizations including Formula E and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. Additionally\, he is a co-founder and Assistant Editor for the Journal of Motorsport Culture & History. \nMike Stocz is a senior lecturer of sport management & leadership at the University of New Hampshire. He is one of the founding members and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Motorsport Culture & History. Mike’s previous works have included a bottom up framing analysis of the Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Jr. incident on Facebook\, as well as works within legal issues in K-12 sport administration\, an economic funding model for college athletics\, and a textual analysis of the American Outlaws fan group in the digital space. \n  \n \nKate Sullivan is an Assistant Professor in Strategy & Enterprise at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University\, where she teaches a range of entrepreneurship and management courses as well as conducts research as a well-being and performance psychologist. In addition to her academic career\, she has worked in the classic car industry for more than a decade.  Ms. Sullivan personally holds several regional land-speed records. \nIn the roundtable\, she explores the forgotten history of alternative power vehicles in motorsport\, demonstrating that the current concerns over the environmental impacts of auto racing –and the attendant hand-wringing over its future –are far from new. Showing how alternative power vehicles have been part of society’s need for speed from the beginning\, she will suggest how to harness this worry to instead create new buzz for racing. \nAfternoon Sessions\, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.\nQuinn Beekwilder\, Trey Cunningham | Lessons Learned: A Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Motorsports History \nQuinn Beekwilder is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the motorsport management degree at Belmont Abbey College. Having come from a decade of working at Charlotte Motor Speedway\, he wanted to give back to the motorsport program at Belmont Abbey that got him there in the first place. He has a unique perspective of being one of the first graduates of the program and is able to address concerns and direct the program for the greater benefit of current students. Motorsport history has always been a passion of Mr. Beekwilder. The approaches that he takes to the course are crafted to focus on the historical development of NASCAR while incorporating experiential activities to support the curriculum. The students refer to Mr. Beekwilder as the fast van driver. \nDr. Cunningham is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sport and Motorsport Management at Belmont Abbey College. Belmont Abbey College offers a four-year undergraduate academic program designed to prepare aspiring professionals and leaders for a career in the motorsport industry. The presentation will discuss Belmont Abbey College’s pedagogical approach to introducing and reinforcing the history of motorsports throughout the entire curriculum. Moreover\, Dr. Cunningham’s presentation will discuss the many perceived lessons learned and ever-evolving adjustments made along the way in the Department’s efforts to successfully prepare students to become lifelong learners of the history of motorsports. \nElton G. McGoun | Putting the “Sports” in “Sports Cars” \nSkip McGoun is an Emeritus Professor of Finance at Bucknell University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and at the University of Donja Gorija in Montenegro. He has presented and published on the history and culture of finance as well as automobile history and culture and served as Area Chair of the Vehicle Culture Section of the Popular Culture Association. He considers the two senses of the word “sports” — competition and recreation — and their relative roles in the creation of the class of vehicles known as “sports cars.” \nJonathan Summers | Motor Racing as a Mediated Experience \nJon Summers is a teaching assistant and guest lecturer at Stanford University. He’s an independent automotive historian\, podcaster\, blogger and Pebble Beach Docent. A lifelong car and motorcycle enthusiast\, Jon’s recent work has focused on historiography in motor racing\, delving into not just what happened\, but how these stories were preserved\, by whom and why. From text and still photography through television and now to YouTube\, Goodwood and Gran Turismo\, Jon’s presentation examines the evolution of the methods in which the stories of motor racing have been told and the history preserved. \n \nJoe Freeman | Second to One\nJoseph Freeman is an automotive historian\, writer\, publisher\, vintage racer\, and racing car collector\, well known in the racing world for his expertise on automotive subjects and as owner of the award-winning publishing house Racemaker Press of Boston. His talk will cover the history of some of the earlier champion race drivers who but for a stroke of bad luck\, an unfortunate last-minute mistake\, or just the intervention of fate\, were never able to win America’s greatest race\, the Indianapolis 500. Mr. Freeman’s reflections are based on his recent book Second to One: All But for Indy. \nTrevor Lister | Truth is the Daughter of Time – presented via Zoom\nTrevor entered the University of Canterbury on a public service scholarship\, graduating with a double degree in Physics and Mechanical Engineering. On graduation\, he worked in the Ministry of Transport in the setting and administration of Motor Vehicle Safety Standards\, primarily on natural gas and LPG vehicle standards. This led to a secondment to a national research and development organization where he was responsible for research on a wider range of alternative motor vehicle fuels. It led also to an international consultancy in that area\, including a stint as the New Zealand delegate to the International Natural Gas Vehicles Association. \nUpon completion of that work\, he returned to his foundation automotive design skills and his motorsports hobby. At which point he became an inspector and certifier on other peoples’ projects\, as well as designing\, building and racing his own cars. In semi-retirement\, he took up teaching and tutoring pre-apprenticeship students in Mathematics\, Science and Automotive Engineering. In full retirement\, he assumed the role of Editor of the Newsletter of The Classic Motor Racing Club of New Zealand. That is when\, searching for Newsletter stories\, he came across the work of Donald Capps\, and their common interest in old Maseratis. The upshot of working together on the histories of these cars became the main point in the presentation to this symposium. It appears that Maserati in the 1950s identified their competition cars by their engine numbers\, not their chassis numbers\, and that this process allowed for individual cars to have carried more than one identity. This has implications for the provenance of these cars. \nSaturday\, Nov. 5th Schedule URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/schedule-for-2022-symposium-day-1/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen International Raceway\, 2790 County Route 16\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Argetsinger Symposium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/Slide1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220819T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220819T203000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240227T152952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T152952Z UID:7779-1660930200-1660941000@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:IMRRC Award Dinner 2022 DESCRIPTION:  \nEighth Annual IMRRC Award Ceremony presented by Sahlen’s\, NASCAR\, and Watkins Glen International\nhonoring Mike Helton with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel in conjunction with the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at the Glen..\nBUY YOUR TICKETS\nCall the Center for information about sponsorship packages. (607) 535-9044\n \nProceeds benefit the International Motor Racing Research Center\, whose mission is to collect\, preserve and share the global history of motorsports. The IMRRC is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.\n\nMike Helton\, Vice Chairman of NASCAR\, has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports. The gala and award ceremony will be held at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel in conjunction with NASCAR Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Motorsports broadcast journalist Dr. Jerry Punch will be emceeing the evening’s festivities.\nTickets are on sale now and all proceeds benefit the IMRRC. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/imrrc-award-dinner-2022/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Awards Banquet ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/image_2024-02-27_102918888.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220520 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220523 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240309T123435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T123435Z UID:7943-1653004800-1653263999@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Ferrari Challenge Weekend at WGI DESCRIPTION:Ferrari Challenge North America continues its season with a stop to the 3.4-mile circuit in 2022 (May 20-22\, 2022). The series was established in 1993 and the events are FIA-approved with high safety standards and excellent organization with the Italian manufacturer. The formula for the series\, which insists on participants being dealers or authorized race shops\, ensures close competition putting the focus on the drivers. \nDon’t miss all the action as the Ferrari Challenge Series returns to Watkins Glen in an event that truly showcases drivers and cars! \nWeekend Adult Admission starting at $40\, and teens pricing is $20\, Kids 12 and under as FREE! Camping starting at $120 (Friday-Sunday). URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/ferrari-challenge-weekend-at-wgi/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen International Raceway\, 2790 County Route 16\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Motorsports Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/ferrarichallengewgi.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220409T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220409T160000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240227T153116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T121549Z UID:7781-1649498400-1649520000@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Model Car Show DESCRIPTION:Model Car Show Returns for IMRRC Opening Weekend\nAfter a two-year hiatus\, we’re thrilled to host our Seventh Annual Model Car Show this Saturday\, April 9th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Over 15 enthusiasts will have their model and die-cast car collections on display in our visitor’s center\, and the Rochester LEGO User Group will be here constructing 1:25 scale race cars and selling souvenir LEGO kits for a small fee.\nThe event is free and open to the public! Kids of all ages are welcome and encouraged to attend.\n\n\n\nWhile you’re in town\, it’s Opening Weekend at Watkins Glen International! Booking ahead of time is required and tickets are still available. Proceeds benefit the R.A.C.E. Foundation. Look out for the IMRRC’s sweepstakes car – the 2022 Corvette Stingray IMSA Edition C8.R – parked at the Media Center! URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/model-car-show/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Model Car Show ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/model-car-show-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kip Zieter":MAILTO:kip@racingarchives.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190627T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190627T203000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240227T185213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T235709Z UID:7812-1561656600-1561667400@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Cameron R. Argetsinger Award Dinner Honoring Bobby Rahal DESCRIPTION:Reserve Your Seat\nBobby Rahal will be honored with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports on June 27\, 2019\, at the Corning Museum of Glass\, Corning\, N.Y.\, starting at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend\, but please be advised that seats are limited. \nThe cost is $250 per person. You can reserve individual seats or by the table (10 seats). \nUse this form to purchase your seat(s) online or call the IMRRC at (607) 535-9044. \n\n\n \n \n Cameron R. 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He competed in over 200 events and claimed victory in over 100 of them during that eleven year span. After retiring for 15 years\, Ralph came back and teamed up with rally legend Gene Henderson and competed in the grueling 5\,000-mile long Alcan Rally for Subaru of America\, finishing second twice and winning the event in 1990. He has competed for many manufacturers\, including Subaru of America\, Mitsubishi\, Chrysler\, and Nissan. Ralph is currently involved in historic rallying\, having recently competed in the Historic Monte Carlo Rally. \nAl Costich – Al was a crew member on the Ed Diamond/Brian Fallon team that competed in the 1991 La Carrera Panamericana rally. He will talk about his experiences in transporting the rally car to and from Mexico\, as well as running the event itself. \nPhil Henderson – Phil began rallying in 1959 and was a member of the Lincoln Mercury factory backed rally team in 1964 and 1965\, and the Standard Triumph factory team in 1966. He finished third in the SCCA National Road Rally Championship on two occasions. Phil has also competed in numerous Press On Regardless and Canadian winter rallies as well as in the last Shell 4000 Trans-Canada rally in 1968. \nEd Homsey – Ed began his career competing in Rochester\, New York area rallies with his wife. He was selected to co-drive a factory prepared Triumph\, TR4 in the 1964 Trans Canada Shell 4000 rally. Ed co-drove in this rally with Gordon Jennings\, the later writer for Car & Driver magazine. \nGail McGuire – Gail has over 50 years of rallying experience\, primarily as a co-driver/navigator. She has competed in numerous events\, including the Canadian Winter Rally and the Shell 4000. Gail will discuss the role of the navigator in a Time\, Speed\, Distance (TSD) rally versus a Stage Rally. \nTim O’Neil – Beginning in the humble surroundings of his own garage\, Tim went on to become a five-time U.S. and North America rally champion. The Team O’Neil Rally Shool\, located in Dalton\, New Hampshire\, was founded in 1997 and has trained some of the most successful drivers in North America. The school is the acknowledged leader in loose surface driver training. Other divisions of the school include Security and Tactical Programs\, the Drift School\, Team O’Neil Motorsports\, and the New England Forest rally. \nSusquehannock Trails Pro Rally Speakers:\nMeredith Croucher – Meredith has been active in motorsports since joining the Finger Lakes Region of the SCCA in 1979. She served as the Chair of the Susquehannock Trails Pro Rally while the event went through a series of sanctioning and organizational changes\, from 2004 to 2018. Meredith is currently a manager for the LLC that owns the rally. \nAndy Schupack – Andy has 45 years of motorsports public relations and promotions experience. He was the public releations representative for the SCCA Subaru Pro Rally Championship from 1991 through 1998. Andy has handled PR and media relations for STPR for over 10 years. \nAlan Smith – Alan joined the SCCA in 1993 and has been a competitor in numberous Time\, Speed and Distance rallies over the years. He has held numberous positions with the rally since 1993\, including Stage Captain\, Rallymaster\, and Clerk of the Course for the past 15 years. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/speakers-for-racing-through-the-trees/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190425 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240226T185453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T185453Z UID:7747-1556064000-1556150399@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:2019 New York International Auto Show Trip DESCRIPTION:On April 24\, 2019\, the IMRRC will embark on a trip to the New York International Auto Show. Join us as we make our third-annual pilgrimage to “automotive heaven.” \n2019 Trip Details\nTour includes: round trip motor coach transportation\, auto show admission\, services of an IMRRC escort. \nPrice: $100 for current IMRRC members. $125 for non-members. Full payment is due at the time of reservation\, and the final day for reservations is Friday\, April 5. \nWhen: Wednesday\, April 24. Pick-up locations are in Ithaca (5:15 a.m.)\, Horseheads (6:00 a.m.)\, and Binghamton (7:00 a.m.). \nAnticipated arrival at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City at 11:00am. Departure from New York City at approximately 8:15 p.m. \nFor information and reservations contact Kip Zeiter at kip@racingarchives.org or by phone at (607) 535-9044. \nThe IMRRC tour group at the 2018 New York International Auto Show. \nHistory of the Auto Show\nIn 1900\, North America’s first automotive exhibition was held in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Sixty-nine exhibitors displayed approximately 160 vehicles. The vehicles on display ranged in price from $280 to $4\,000. An estimated 48\,000 visitors attended this first “auto show.” For more than one hundred years – through depression\, war\, boom times\, crisis\, recession and growth\, there has been a New York Automobile Show. The first truly international show was held in 1949 as post-war interest in European cars was rising drastically. \nFor the automotive enthusiast\, a trip to the auto show is almost a rite of passage. The snow is melting\, spring is in the air\, and new cars are on the floor! These are exciting times for the automotive industry as new technology has changed almost every aspect of the driving experience. \nFor over 100 years New York has been the place to go to see the latest and best automobiles in the world. \nIMRRC Historian Bill Green and SCCA Archives Technician Rick Hughey at the 2018 New York International Auto Show. \nLet us know you’re coming and get updates by RSVPing to our Facebook event! URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/2019-new-york-international-auto-show-trip/ LOCATION:Jacob Javits Convention Center\, 429 11th Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States CATEGORIES:Field Trip ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/NYIAS_logo_Full_Color-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kip Zieter":MAILTO:kip@racingarchives.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T150000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20190108T165119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T190155Z UID:6266-1547895600-1547910000@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Checkered Flag Cinema DESCRIPTION:The first event of 2019 at the IMRRC will be “Checkered Flag Cinema.” On January 19\, join us for a full day of classic race footage\, popcorn and homemade hot cocoa in our theater. \n11:00 – “1951 Sportscar Grand Prix”\nNoon – Break\n1:00 – “25 Years at Speed”\n1:30 – “Watkins Glen Queen of Road Races”\n2:00 – “1970 Trans-Am Season”\n2:30 – “1966 Can-Am Season” \nEach film will get a short introduction from IMRRC Historian Bill Green. \nThe event is free and we encourage you to stop in for any or all of the films. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/checkered-flag-cinema/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/04-Bill_Green_Lib_61_WGSCGP_IMRRC-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181111 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240226T190301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T235628Z UID:7758-1541721600-1541894399@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:IMRRC to Host Racing History Symposium DESCRIPTION:IMRRC To Host Racing History Symposium Nov. 9-10\, 2018\nBuz McKim\, retired historian at the NASCAR Hall of Fame\, will be keynote speaker\n  \nThe International Motor Racing Research Center is again partnering with the Society of Automotive Historians to present “The First Turn Meets the Cultural Turn—History on the Eights\,” a symposium on racing history geared to both motor racing scholars and the world of motor racing enthusiasts. \nThe fourth annual Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History will take place Friday and Saturday\, Nov. 9 and 10\, 2018. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend any or all of the sessions with no charge. \nThe two-day event will showcase discussions on Formula Vee\, Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing\, the early days of NASCAR\, the career of British automotive designer and engineer Reid Railton\, and more. \nRick Hughey’s Formula Vee will be on display Friday at the Watkins Glen International Media Center. \nFriday morning and afternoon sessions will be held at the Watkins Glen International Media Center inside the world-famous Watkins Glen race track. Presentations will include Tom Adamich’s analysis of the deep cultural roots and enduring success of Formula Vee\, the “People’s Race Car\,” from its origins in the work of Ferdinand Porsche to its birth as an American racing phenomenon in the 1960s. Francis Clax\, a one-time competitor in professional motorcycle racing\, will present “Americans Enter Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing\,” talking of America’s late entry into the international arena of grand prix motorsports. \nFriday’s presentations will also feature Kate Sullivan\, an accomplished scholar who holds several regional land-speed records in Scotland\, speaking on the fascinating story of the evolution of NASCAR from its humble beginnings as an accessible arena for drivers to a sophisticated big business. Sullivan will suggest ways to return the sport to its more inclusive roots. Skip McGoun\, a distinguished scholar on the history of finance and culture will explain the driving forces—publications\, organizations\, and communities—that gave birth to and provided the force for automobile racing. Paul Baxa of the University of Toronto\, a returning contributor to the Symposium\, will address the horrific accident that took place in the 1928 Italian Grand Prix and the critical impact the tragedy had on the survival and redefinition of grand prix racing. Finally\, Bryan Gable will explore the development of NASCAR in Charlotte\, N.C. and its surrounding region and how NASCAR achieved success as a desirable and profitable industry. \nKate SullivanSkip McGounDr. Paul Baxa\nAn evening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. at the IMRRC Visitor’s Center in downtown Watkins Glen will include a screening of the movie Cars followed by Jon Summers presenting “Differentiating Between Richard ‘The King’ Petty and Pixar’s ‘Mr. The King’.”  Mr. Summers’ discussion will examine the ways that NASCAR history is received and understood while showing how its place in American history and culture is open to debatable conclusions. \nKarl Ludvigsen \nThe Saturday sessions will take place at the Watkins Glen Elementary School auditorium adjacent to the IMRRC. Karl Ludvigsen\, internationally renowned motorsports historian and author\, will discuss the career of Reid Anthony Railton\, a Cheshire born automotive engineering genius who rose to renown in the 1930s as his great cars—powered by names like Birkin\, Campbell\, Straight\, Cobb\, Mays\, and Gardner—achieved sensational and record-breaking success. Having worked as an executive with GM\, Fiat\, and Ford and with over four dozen books to his credit\, Ludvigsen has compiled a major research collection\, now housed at the Revs Institute. \nBuz McKim \nThe highlight of this year’s Symposium is the presentation by Buz McKim\, recently retired historian at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte\, N.C.\, who will be the keynote speaker. McKim will discuss the life of Bill France\, Sr. and stock car racing during his years as a driver\, chronicling the events which prompted France to develop a sanctioning body for the sport and reminiscing of the colorful personalities who enlivened the early days of stock cars. McKim is the author of The NASCAR Vault: An Official History Featuring Rare Collectibles from Motorsports Images and Archives. \nA detailed schedule can be seen here. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/imrrc-to-host-racing-history-symposium/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen International Raceway\, 2790 County Route 16\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Argetsinger Symposium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/DSC_0833.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180609T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180609T160000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240226T190100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T190100Z UID:7755-1528549200-1528560000@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:The Great "Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow Controversy" to be Discussed at IMRRC DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (May 21\, 2018) – Don Capps\, one of the foremost experts on the topic\, will present “The Silver Arrows: The 1934 Eifelrennen and Neubaurer’s Dilemma?” at the International Motor Racing Research Center on Saturday\, June 9\, 2018. \nThe discussion will focus on the creation tale of the Mercedes-Benz racing cars\, the “Silver Arrows” at the June 1934 Eifelrennen by then team manager\, Alfred Neubauer. The talk will use photographs and materials directly from the Daimler-Benz archives that are contemporary to the time period. \nPart of the IMRRC’s ongoing Center Conversations Series\, the discussion will be an open forum in which audience participation is encouraged. The talk\, sponsored in part by the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce\, will begin at 1 p.m. and is open to all. The Racing Research Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \nThe talk will be live-streamed on the Center’s YouTube channel or via the Center’s live-stream page on the website. The talk also will be archived on the Center’s YouTube channel to watch in the future. \n“The legend of the Silver Arrows has been propagated for decades\,” Capps said. “And with all due respect to the immediate success of the cars and thoroughbred lineage that Mercedes-Benz racing has achieved\, it may not be all based in fact. Essentially\, we take on the legend and correct the tale.” \nCapps\, who has been associated with motorsport activities for more than 50 years\, is a member and on the board of directors of the Society of Automotive Historians. He is Chair of its International Motor Sports History Section. The retired US Army Colonel also serves on the IMRRC Historians Council. \n“The presentation encourages open discussion and an insider’s look at the cars that truly revolutionized the sport of motor racing.” Capps added\, “Was the story of how Mercedes-Benz achieved unparalleled success an accurate depiction of innovation\, selective memory or simply a tall tale for fun? Or a combination of all of these things? That’s what we will be there to discuss.” \nIt is historical fact that the Mercedes Benz “Silver Arrows” dominated Grand Prix racing from 1934-39 and again from 1945-55. \nThe original W25 race car\, which was partially funded by the pre-war Nazi government\, debuted at the 1934 Eiifelrennen. At the time\, a new formula for the class limited Grand Prix cars to 750kg. Neubauer recounted in later interviews that he demanded that the paint be striped from the car to help meet the weight requirement. The car met the weight requirement and driver Manfred von Brauchitsch won the race. \nThe legend was born. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/the-great-mercedes-benz-silver-arrow-controversy-to-be-discussed-at-imrrc/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180415 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240226T190812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T235537Z UID:7760-1523577600-1523750399@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:The IMRRC Announces 5th Annual Model Car Show DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (March 1\, 2018) – “WATKINS GLEN RACING: A 70TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION\, in miniature!” is the theme for the 5th Annual Model Car Show at the International Motor Racing Research Center on Friday and Saturday\, April 13th and 14th. \nHundreds of cars will be on display at the annual show at the Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. Admission is free. Hours will be noon to 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday. \nThe two-day event will include models\, die cast cars\, and slot cars that represent decades of effort by enthusiasts to faithfully recreate the machines that have been integral and synonymous with Watkins Glen racing history.  You’ll almost be able to smell the racing fuel and hear the thunder of the exhaust. \nAdding to the excitement will be a return visit by the Slot Car Club of the Twin Tiers.  There will be a challenging and fast slot car track on which all attendees are welcome to test their skill. \nThe event will also feature a display of Porsche race cars from the IMRRC’s Ron Radcliffe collection. \nPrior to his passing\, Ron generously donated his personal collection of more than 200 completed model cars and 50 kits focusing on Porsche\, his favorite marque\, to the Research Center. His extensive model collection along with books and videos serve as a memorial of his many years of collecting and building 1:43 scale models. \nThe Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the history of motorsports\, of all series and all venues\, through its collections of books\, periodicals\, films\, photographs\, fine art and other materials. \nFor more information about the Center’s work and its programs\, visit www.racingarchives.org or call (607) 535-9044. The Center also is on Facebook at “International Motor Racing Research Center” and on Twitter at “@IMRRCatWG.” URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/the-imrrc-announces-5th-annual-model-car-show/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Model Car Show ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/model-car-show.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160702 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240227T185721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T235520Z UID:7818-1467244800-1467417599@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Roger Penske to receive the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award DESCRIPTION:Racing legend Roger Penske will be honored June 30 with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/roger-penske-to-receive-the-cameron-r-argetsinger-award/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Awards Banquet ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/penske-headshot-1-e1459864748786.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151114T150000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240410T005558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T005558Z UID:8225-1447506000-1447513200@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Syracuse Mile Program at IMRRC DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (Nov. 9\, 2015) – Six cars representing different eras of competition at the Syracuse Mile will be on display at the International Motor Racing Research Center Saturday\, Nov. 14\, for a daylong program about the famed race track. \nAmong the cars will be a 1934 Ford and the 1980 Gary Balough “Batmobile.” The Syracuse Mile is one of the most historic tracks in the nation. Also known as the “Moody Mile\,” the one-mile dirt track at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse hosted car races starting in 1903. It is considered to be the second or third oldest race track in the country. \nSince 1972\, the track was the hub of the hugely popular Super DIRT Week\, a five-day racing extravaganza\, which had its final run at the Syracuse Mile last month. State and county officials have a $50 million plan to build an equestrian complex\, a hockey facility and an RV park on the site currently occupied by the dirt track and its main grandstand. \nThe Nov. 14 program at the Racing Research Center is free and open to all. The program\, offering the cars\, speakers and special displays\, will highlight the history of the Syracuse Mile and look at the future of Super DIRT Week in Central New York. The Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \n“While we’re saddened that our program about the Syracuse Mile comes just weeks after the last checkered flag falls there\,” Center President J.C. Argetsinger said\, “gathering Syracuse Mile experts together to tell the track’s story and share their own memories is a fitting tribute.” The “Batmobile” modified racer is noted for winning the 1980 Super DIRT\nWeek race after running away from the rest of the field. The car will remain on display at the Center through the end of the year. The car will be on loan from the DIRT Motorsports Hall of Fame and Classic Car Museum in Weedsport\, N.Y. \nThe other cars\, which will be on display just for the day: \n\nA 1934 Ford five- window coupe that raced at Syracuse in the late 1950s\, driven by Ray Preston and Red Beardsley. The car is owned by Jim Hilimire of Branchport\, N.Y.\nThe Cliff Kotary coupe that won the 1963 New York State Fair Labor Day race. It is owned by Jeff Ackerman of Endicott\, N.Y.\nA 1980s Pinto-bodied Olson Eagle chassis car. It is owned by Leo Kuleszo of Romulus\, N.Y.\nA 1980s Gremlin-bodied Show Car chassis car\, also owned by Kuleszo.\nA current TEO-chassis dirt modified that ran in this year’s final Syracuse 200. It was driven by and is owned by Brian Swarthout of Beaver Dams\, N.Y.\n\nThe day will begin at 9 a.m. with radio personality and track announcer Joe Marotta doing a live broadcast from the Center of his radio show “Around the Tracks.” \nAt 10:30 a.m.\, drivers from all eras will share their stories in an informal roundtable setting. Participants will include: \n\nBrett Hearn\, winningest driver of the Syracuse 200 modified race at Super DIRT Week\, with six victories. Hearn also earned six wins in the small-block race. His start in the final race in October was his 38th at Syracuse.\nJohn Birosh\, who ran both small-block modifieds as well as Sprint cars on the Mile.\nMalcolm Lane\, who also ran both small-block modifieds as well as World of Outlaws Sprint cars at Syracuse. He is a six-time Empire Super Sprint Champion.\nDan Kapuscinski\, better-known as an asphalt super modified driver\, who had his first – and last – experience running a Sportsman modified at this year’s Super DIRT Week\, finishing 13th.\nAlan Johnson\, three-time winner of the Syracuse 200 and the only competitor to win the race from the last starting position.\n\nGlenn Donnelly is scheduled to be on the afternoon panel\, but because of scheduling commitments\, may join the morning session. Donnelly\, who founded the Driver Independent Race Tracks\, DIRT\, organization in the early 1970s\, the major event becoming Super DIRT Week\, will talk about his time promoting races at The Mile and will perhaps give details of his new Central New York Raceway Park venture which will host Super DIRT Week in 2016. \nOthers planned for the 1 p.m. panel discussion\, moderated by Marotta\, include Hearn as well as: \n\nJeff Hachmann\, director\, events sales and marketing for the World Racing Group/DIRT Car Northeast\, who will share his memories of Syracuse\, both as a young boy attending the races to his position working for the WRG and promoting the Super DIRT Car Series and Super DIRT Week for the past 10 years.\nDr. Gary George\, author and race historian and the man behind “signs by AJ” lettering on race cars in the 1970s. George will speak on the history of the track beginning from 1903\, detailing some of the most famous drivers to tackle The Mile\, some of the accidents and many of the famous events that ran over the years.\n\n“Anybody who has been a fan of the Syracuse Mile ought to be there because a lot of stories and memories will be shared\,” Marotta said. “It’s going to be like visiting an old friend.\n“As my good friend Jack Burgess always said\, ‘You’ve got to have a favorite out there\,’ and Syracuse is my favorite.” \nThe International Motor Racing Research Center is an archival and research library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the materials of motorsports history\, of all series and all tracks\, worldwide. For more information about the Center and its work\, visit the website www.racingarchives.org. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/syracuse-mile-program-at-imrrc/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150913 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240227T185458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T001242Z UID:7817-1442016000-1442102399@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Can-Am Racing Celebration Sept. 12 at IMRRC DESCRIPTION:A group of insiders from the glory days of Can-Am racing will share their stories at an all-day celebration of the race series on Saturday\, Sept. 12\, at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen. \n“It was a collaboration of lunatics\,” says Oscar Koveleski\, who was an independent Can-Am team owner and driver. \nThe always colorful and outspoken Koveleski is one of the headliners for the daylong event that will include cars\, slide shows\, films and stories galore\, morning and afternoon. \nPete Lyons\, motorsports journalist and author of the acclaimed “Can-Am Cars in Detail: Machines and Minds Racing Unrestrained\,” will be the moderator and a speaker at the afternoon session. \nThe event is sponsored in part by the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce and is free and open to all. The Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \nThe Canadian-American Challenge Cup series for “unlimited” sports racing cars began in 1966. Its last race was in 1974. Racing continued under the SCCA banner until 1987. \n“Power. Speed. Unabated engine thunder that shivered the earth beneath your very shoes. Free-wheeling technical innovation unleashed on every front\,” Lyons writes in “Can-Am Cars in Detail.” \n“At its peak\, the Can-Am was a golden crucible for experiments at the cutting edge of automotive technology. The series granted a giddy freedom that today’s rules-bound race-car designers can only dream about\,” Lyons writes. \nKoveleski\, who will be joined on stage by his Auto World Racing Team crew chief Jack Deren\, said drivers entered Can-Am competition because they wanted a greater challenge. \n“What we did was something out of the ordinary. There were no rules. Our rules were only to take care of each other\,” said Koveleski\, who is a past president of the Historic Can-Am Association. \nThe Racing Research Center’s celebration actually begins on Friday\, Sept. 11\, at the Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen\, the downtown festival honoring the village’s racing history. \nAt 3 p.m. at The Legends Speak\, sponsored by the Center\, Lyons\, Koveleski\, Deren and others will give a glimpse of what people can expect from the daylong event on Saturday. \nSaturday’s schedule starts with slide shows and films at 9 a.m. and continuing throughout the day. A couple of cars will be on display. \nAt 10:30 a.m.\, Judy Stropus\, a professional timer/scorer who worked with the Penske and Brumos racing teams in Can-Am\, will moderate an informal storytelling session with Can-Am drivers and team owners. Invitees include Victor Franzese\, Bobby Brown\, Steve Durst and Randy Zimmer. \nAt 1 p.m.\, Lyons takes over the moderator and speaker duties for a panel discussion about the draw of Can-Am racing\, its challenges and glories. Other panelists will be Koveleski\, Deren\, Stropus and John \nBornholdt\, chief steward for SCCA Can-Am racing. \nThe day will also include a model car show of Can-Am cars and previews of a book and a documentary film\, both to be released in 2016 as Can-Am marks its 50th anniversary. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/can-am-racing-celebration-sept-12-at-imrrc/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/News-and-Events-2015-09-04-Can-Am-racing.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150509T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150509T170000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240410T002333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T011016Z UID:8214-1431158400-1431190800@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Fascinating Story of Lancia\, Engineer De Virgilio to be Told at Racing Research Center DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (April 23\, 2015) – Italian automotive manufacturer Lancia has a long history of innovation leading to cars recognized as among the most technically advanced in the industry\, and its story will be told in May at the International Motor Racing Research Center. \nGeoff Goldberg\, author of “Lancia and De Virgilio\, At the Center\,” will speak on Saturday\, May 9\, about the Lancia company in post-World War II Italy and how Lancia engineers defined a company during its greatest years. The free Center Conversations talk will start at 1 p.m. The Racing Research Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \n“It is many stories: the reinvention of the company after World War II\, the role of the Lancia family in the company and their 1950s competition efforts\,” Goldberg says of his book published in 2014 by David Bull Publishing\, with support from the Revs Institute for Automotive Research in Naples\, Fla. \nGoldberg uses the documents of Francesco De Virgilio\, a leading engineer at Lancia\, and his breakthrough with a successful design of the V6 engine\, previously believed unworkable. De Virgilio’s solution was central to Lancia’s Aurelia\, introduced in 1950\, and to its sports racers which dominated both the Carrera Panamericana and the Mille Miglia. \n“The story of Engineer De Virgilio and Lancia during his most productive years cuts across and interweaves the disparate genres of history to produce a work that\, at bottom\, examines the life and work of a 20th-century technical man in the fullest context of his personal and professional roles\,” Revs Institute President Miles C. Collier writes in the preface to Goldberg’s book. \nDe Virgilio was born in southern Italy\, married into the Lancia family and remained at the center of Lancia for more than 35 years. He headed its racing team in the early 1950s\, was involved in the Stratos in the 1970s\, and finished his career consulting for Alfa Romeo on its racing engines. Deeply committed to full design\, Lancia had complete in-house engineering\, machining and manufacturing plants\, foundries and even its own schools and an international distribution network. With more than 5\,000 employees\, Lancia developed a unique approach to manufacturing\, inventively bridging between craftsmanship and large-scale industrial production. \nGoldberg\, a Chicago architect and long-time Lancia Aurelia owner\, spent seven years researching the book with full access to the De Virgilio family archives. He drew on unique documents and never-seen-before images\, many of which he will show during his talk. \nThe Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the history of motorsports\, of all series and all venues\, through its collections of books\, periodicals\, films\, photographs\, fine art and other materials. For more information about the Center’s work and its programs\, visit www.racingarchives.org or call (607) 535-9044. The Center also is on Facebook at “International Motor Racing Research Center” and on Twitter at “@IMRRCatWG.” URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/fascinating-story-of-lancia-engineer-de-virgilio-to-be-told-at-racing-research-center/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/News-and-Events-2015-04-23-Author-to-Discuss-Lancia.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150418T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150418T150000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240410T010952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T021723Z UID:8229-1429362000-1429369200@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Racing in the Pacific Northwest Comes to Watkins Glen with author Martin Rudow DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (April 7\, 2015) – Martin Rudow\, author of two acclaimed books about sports car racing in the Pacific Northwest\, will speak at the International Motor Racing Research Center on Saturday\, April 18. \nThe free Center Conversations talk will start at 1 p.m. The Racing Research Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \nRudow is author and publisher of “Long Straights and Hairpin Turns\, The History of Northwest Sports Car Racing Volume 1: 1950 through 1961\,” released in 2005\, and “Weekends of Glory\, The History of Northwest Sports Car Racing\, Volume Two: 1962 through 1970\,” released in 2008. His Saturday presentation is part of three days of events heralding the\nseasonal return of racing to Watkins Glen International. \nOn Friday\, April 17\, the track will host the 11th annual Toyota Green Grand Prix\, of which the Racing Research Center is a partner. The Green Grand Prix is an amateur time-speed-distance competition that showcases motoring technology and driver skills\, all aiming for a cleaner environment. \nOn Saturday\, the Arc Grand Prix Run takes over the track for an earlymorning 3.4-mile run to benefit The Arc of Schuyler\, a not-for-profit organization providing support to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. \nWGI’s own Opening Weekend activities will be Saturday and Sunday\, highlighted by public laps around the course. The fee will be $25 per vehicle for three paced laps. The track opens to cars at 9:30 a.m. each day. The Racing Research Center and the Corning Community College Library will be the beneficiaries of the funds raised. WGI fans will be encouraged to attend Rudow’s talk and learn about the drivers and fans in the Pacific Northwest who were pioneers in their region at a time when sports car racing was thriving in places like Watkins Glen and Pebble Beach\, Calif. \n“It was a different era\,” Rudow writes in the introduction to “Long Straights\,” “one of innocence and toughness\, of friendship and fierce competition\, of slower but more dangerous cars\, of men and machines racing for nothing more than a small trophy or dash plaque. But it was glorious\, it was wonderful\, it was exciting beyond anything.” A second edition of “Long Straights” was recently published as “Vee-Lines\,” a reprint of the fascinating\, long-lost newsletters published about Formula Vee racing in the 1960s and early ’70s. \nRudow’s three books were released by his Rudow Specialty Publishing\, which also publishes Vintage Drift magazine for the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts\, SOVREN\, the Pacific Northwest’s largest and most active vintage racing club\, along with other monthly and annual publications. Born in Seattle\, Rudow’s first race as a spectator was the 1956 SCCA National at Bremerton\, Wash. His father\, Hal Rudow\, was a racer and club official\, and Rudow was present at the opening of each major track in the Northwest: Delta Park\, site today of the Portland International Raceway; Westwood in Coquitlam\, British Columbia; and Pacific Raceways in Kent\, Wash. \nRudow has spent more than 40 years in the publishing industry and also is an internationally recognized track and field coach and official. \nThe Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the history of motorsports\, of all series and all venues\, through its collections of books\, periodicals\, films\, photographs\, fine art and other materials. For more information about the Center’s work and its programs\, visit www.racingarchives.org or call (607) 535-9044. The Center also is on Facebook at “International Motor Racing Research Center” and on Twitter at “@IMRRCatWG.” URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/racing-in-the-pacific-northwest-comes-to-watkins-glen-with-author-martin-rudow/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/News-and-Events-2015-04-07-Pacific-Northwest-Racing.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150330 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240410T001957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T001957Z UID:8213-1427414400-1427673599@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:2nd Annual Model Car Show at IMRRC DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (March 23\, 2015) – The International Motor Racing Research Center is hosting its 2nd Annual Model Car Show Friday through Sunday\, March 27-29. \nOscar Koveleski\, co-creator of Auto World\, the beacon for model car hobbyists of all ages in the 1960s\, ’70s and ’80s\, will speak at 1 p.m. on Saturday\, March 28. \nAdmission to the show and to the talk is free. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The Racing Research Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \nUpwards of 30 exhibitors are expected\, with some exhibits changing each day. \nA new feature this year is People’s Choice Awards\, organized by Keystone Cards of Sayre\, Pa. Owner Rich Chernosky is moving the awards and his annual Model Car Concours d’Elegance from the September Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival to the Racing Research Center’s spring show. Koveleski’s Saturday talk will focus on Auto World\, the mail order company he co-founded in 1958\, after growing up in his father’s Scranton\, Pa.\, hobby shop and model manufacturing business. Koveleski says the first catalogs\, in\n1959\, were produced by him and his wife\, Elaine\, on their kitchen table and an ironing board. \nThe annual Auto World catalogs are vividly and fondly remembered by subscribers. \n“They were filled from cover to cover with slot cars and go-fast parts\, as well as model cars\, supplies\, and full-length articles on everything from tuning slot cars to detailing plastic models\,” Kurt Ernst wrote for Hemmings Daily last year. “The 30th edition of the catalog\, issued in 1978\, featured stories on how to build an HO-scale replica of Watkins Glen and how to craft HOscale car bodies out of heavy-duty aluminum foil\, ideal for those seeking added rubbing-is-racing realism.” \nUntil the last catalog was published in 1991\, Koveleski was the go-to guy on slot cars\, model cars and radio-controlled cars as he promoted events all over the United States and internationally. That is\, when he wasn’t earning victories in racing series such as Can-Am. Koveleski’s talk is presented as part of the Racing Research Center’s Center Conversations series. \nUpcoming talks include Martin Rudow speaking on April 18 about racing in the Pacific Northwest. He is author of “Long Straights and Hairpin Turns\, The History of Northwest Sports Car Racing” and publisher of Vintage Drift magazine for SOVREN\, the Pacific Northwest’s largest and most active vintage racing club. \nOn Sept. 12\, Koveleski returns with acclaimed motorsports reporter Pete Lyons and Jack Deren to headline a daylong program celebrating Can-Am racing. Deren was chief mechanic for Koveleski’s Team Auto World McLaren. \nThe Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the history of motorsports\, of all series and all venues\, through its collections of books\, periodicals\, films\, photographs\, fine art and other materials. For more information about the Center’s work and its programs\, visit www.racingarchives.org or call (607) 535-9044. The Center also is on Facebook at “International Motor Racing Research Center” and on Twitter at “@IMRRCatWG.”\n# URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/2nd-annual-model-car-show-at-imrrc/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation,Model Car Show ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/IMRRCmodelcarHIRES.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240410T001538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T001538Z UID:8212-1424505600-1424538000@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Racing Insider Vickio Speaking at IMRRC DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (Feb. 10\, 2015) – Tony Vickio has spent great deal of time on track as a race-car driver. He’s also spent hours as a pace-car driver. He’s a track sign painter\, and he’s a promoter of the sport. On top of all that\, Vickio is a community leader\, concerned about his neighbors in Watkins Glen\, N.Y. \nVickio will speak about growing up in Watkins Glen and his diverse career in motorsports at the International Motor Racing Research Center on Feb. 21. The talk\, sponsored in part by the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce\, is part of the 2015 Center Conversations series. It will be at 1 p.m. and is free and open to all. The Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \nIn November\, Vickio launched his memoirs\, “Shifting Gears\, Tales of pistons\, paint cans & personalities\,” with a party at the Racing Research Center. The book is published by Preston Woods Publishing. “This book started because I was always telling everyone about the exciting\, funny and unbelievable tales I’ve experienced\,” Vickio says. “I don’t know of many other people who have jumped into two careers at the same time\, with hardly any training in either one\, and went full throttle with both. Is that determination? Stupidity? I’m not sure\, but it worked. Through auto racing and through sign painting\, I have quite a unique tale to tell.” \nVickio was a regional stock-car racer and is a pace-car driver for Watkins Glen International. His work as a racing sign painter has taken him to tracks across the country\, including Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. In the local community\, Vickio is committed to the well-being of his neighbors as a founder and president of Spirit of Schuyler\, an organization dedicated to helping improve the quality of life in Schuyler County. \nUpcoming Center Conversations include Martin Rudow speaking on April 18 about racing in the Pacific Northwest. He is author of “Long Straights and Hairpin Turns\, The History of Northwest Sports Car Racing” and publisher of Vintage Drift magazine for SOVREN\, the Pacific Northwest’s largest and most active vintage racing club. \nOn Sept. 12\, Oscar Koveleski and Jack Deren will headline a program celebrating Can-Am racing. Deren was chief mechanic for Koveleski’s Team Auto World McLaren. \nThe popular Center Conversations program has long been a cornerstone of the Racing Research Center’s educational outreach and oral history initiative. Noted authors\, race historians\, drivers\, team owners and track officials have taken listeners behind the scenes of every race series over the years. Speakers have included Donald Davidson\, historian at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Doug Nye\, writer and historian; David Donohue\, racer and son of the late famed driver Mark Donohue; Bobby Rahal\, driver and team owner;\nand the late John Fitch and Bill Milliken\, both legendary figures in road racing. \nThe Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the history of motorsports\, of all series and all venues\, through its collections of books\, periodicals\, films\, photographs\, fine art and other materials. \nFor more information about the Center’s work and its programs\, visit www.racingarchives.org or call (607) 535-9044. The Center also is on Facebook at “International Motor Racing Research Center” and on Twitter at “@IMRRCatWG.” URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/racing-insider-vickio-speaking-at-imrrc/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/News-and-Events-2014-11-14-Tony-Vickio-Book.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141213T170000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240410T001106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T001106Z UID:8211-1418457600-1418490000@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Carrera Panamericana Team at IMRRC DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (Dec. 1\, 2014) – The challenge of 2\,000 miles in seven days\, across mountain ranges and along serpentine Mexican roads\, has framed the resurrected Carrera Panamericana as the last great road rally. \nOn Dec. 13\, New York state residents Tom Overbaugh and Paul Wendt will speak at the International Motor Racing Research Center about their five years of grueling competition in the Panamericana at the helm of a mintgreen 1954 Lincoln. \nThe Center Conversations talk is free and open to all. The Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \nThe talk will be preceded by the drawing of the winning ticket for the Fiat 500 Abarth Turbo and trip to Italy offered as the grand prize in the Center’s annual fund-raising raffle. The ticket will be drawn by Anthony J. Specchio Sr.\, grand marshal of the 2014 Italian-American Festival in Watkins Glen. Tickets will be sold until 12:45 p.m. The winning ticket will be drawn at 1 p.m.\, and the program by Overbaugh and Wendt will begin shortly thereafter. \nOverbaugh’s first exposure to the Panamericana was as a crew member in 2007. He was behind the wheel of his Lincoln the next five years. Wendt was in the navigator’s seat for three of those years. “Every year we got farther in the race\, and every year we got better\,” Overbaugh said. \nThe men completed the 2\,000-mile rally in their last running\, in 2012. They are planning to bring the “Green Lincoln” to the Center. The exhilaration of competing in the Panamericana is matched by the camaraderie that develops among the teams of both professionals and amateurs\, Overbaugh said. \n“Everybody helps everybody\,” Overbaugh said. “There’s no money in this race. It’s just a lot of fun.” \nA field of 100 cars competes in 10 to 15 different classes\, comprising vintage vehicles from motorsports history to the newest sports car models. The original Carrera Panamericana ran from 1950 to 1954. It was organized to celebrate the completion of the Mexican section of the Pan-American Highway in 1950. \nThe first event was a nine-stage\, six-day race almost entirely along the new highway\, crossing the country from north to south for a total distance of 2\,096 miles. Drivers from every type of racing and from around the world competed in a wide range of cars. Described as “tragic and exhilarating in equal measures\,” the Panamericana was abandoned because of safety concerns. Twenty-seven people died during the five-year run. \nThe Carrera Panamericana was revived in 1988 and uses some of the original course. Competitors drive upwards of 350 miles a day over the seven days. \nThe 2015 Center Conversations series will launch on Jan. 24\, when Center historian and Watkins Glen racing expert Bill Green speaks on “Racing Things: Patches\, Programs\, Credentials and Other Things.” \nThe Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation of the history of motorsports\, of all series and all venues\, through its collections of books\, periodicals\, films\, photographs\, fine art and other materials. For more information about the Center’s work and its programs\, visit www.racingarchives.org or call (607) 535-9044. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/carrera-panamericana-team-at-imrrc/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/News-and-Events-2014-12-01-Carrera-Panamericana-Talk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141126T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141126T200000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240410T000410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T000628Z UID:8210-1417023000-1417032000@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Vickio Book Launch at IMRRC DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (Nov. 14\, 2014) – Tony Vickio will release the long anticipated book about his career in motorsports on Wednesday\, Nov. 26\, at the International Motor Racing Research Center. \n“Shifting Gears\, Tales of pistons\, paint cans & personalities” is published by Preston Woods Publishing of Los Gatos\, Calif.\, owned by Watkins Glen native Gordon Cooper. \nThe book launch will be from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Racing Research Center at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen. \nVickio will sign books\, which will be available for purchase at the Center. The book presents Vickio’s story of growing up in Watkins Glen\, his time as a  race car driver and his continuing career as an insider in the world of motorsports. “The most fun about writing the book was the reminiscing\,” Vickio said. \n“Once I started writing\, I’d remember things I hadn’t thought of in a long time. I was always going back to these different things I had done.” Vickio spent four years on the project. “It would have taken four months if I knew how to type\,” he said. \nFor more information about the book launch\, contact the Racing Research Center at (607) 535-9044 or at research@racingarchives.org. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/vickio-book-launch-at-imrrc/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Social Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141108T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141108T150000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240410T000104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T000720Z UID:8209-1415451600-1415458800@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:USRRC Race Series Talk Topic at IMRRC DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (October 29\, 2014) – 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. \nMartin of Seattle\, Wash.\, will speak about the series and its crucial role in the development of professional road racing in America at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen on Nov. 8. The Center Conversations talk is free and open to all. \nThe 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. \nNone of it would have evolved without the USRRC. \n“The series\, featuring unlimited displacement\, two-seat sports cars\, brought raw horsepower and speed that captured the imagination of fans\, drivers and entrants alike. Scarabs\, Porsche RS-61s and King Cobras dominated early years to be supplanted by iconic Chaparrals\, Lola T70s and McLarens before the USRRC gave way to the Can-Am which would carry the tradition of unlimited race cars into the mid-’70s\,” said Argetsinger\, who is a member of the Center’s Governing Council. \nJohn Bishop\, SCCA executive director at the time\, and his director of professional racing Jim Kaser were the key figures in the series’ creation. Bishop was instrumental in the founding of the Racing Research Center. A review in Veloce Today describes Martin’s recently published undertaking as “an enthusiastic book which documents that exciting\, noisy\, time\, in a\nway reflecting the social changes that were taking place in the nation\, while proving that American know-how and muscle would finally prevail\, at least on the race track.” \nOffering a foreword by 1965 USRRC champion George Follmer\, the book has  more than 400 photographs\, including some by Racing Research Center historian Bill Green. \nThough he didn’t see a race until an event at Pacific Raceways in Kent\, Wash.\, when he was 16\, Martin was a race fan long before that. Collecting information about racing and writing about racing came naturally. Still a teenager\, Martin wrote his first “book” about racing – a 176-page history of the 1.5 liter Formula One years. \n“I didn’t think to try to get it published\,” Martin says. “However\, years later I discovered ‘The Formula One Record Book’ by the Formula One Register guys and realized there must be a market for this sort of thing. A seed was planted.” \nOver the years Martin had his eye on a history of Formula Two racing\, while helping other authors with their research. He switched gears in the 1990s to USRRC and dedicated 20 years to the project. When not enjoying the world of racing or researching or writing about racing\, Martin has had careers in banking\, inventory control and electronics manufacturing. \nMartin’s talk is part of the ongoing Center Conversations series. The final talk of 2014 will be on Dec. 13 on the Carrera Panamericana. Tom Overbaugh and Paul Wendt will speak about the revival of the famous Mexican race that today takes both experienced racers and novices 2\,000 miles across that nation in a week. \nThe Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation of the history of motorsports\, of all series and all venues\, through its collections of books\, periodicals\, films\, photographs\, fine art and other materials. For more information about the Center’s work and its programs\, visit www.racingarchives.org or call (607) 535-9044. URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/usrrc-race-series-talk-topic-at-imrrc/ LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/usrrc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141018T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141018T150000 DTSTAMP:20260412T051125 CREATED:20240409T235222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T000810Z UID:8208-1413637200-1413644400@www.racingarchives.org SUMMARY:Famed Milwaukee Mile Talk at Racing Research Center DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (Sept. 11\, 2014) – The Milwaukee Mile\, the oldest continuously operating auto-racing facility in the world\, will be the focus of the Oct. 18 Center Conversations at the International Motor Racing Research Center. \n \nMilwaukee Mile expert Steve Zautke will speak at 1 p.m. at the Center at 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, N.Y. The talk is free\, and all are welcome. Zautke also will speak about Road America. He recently partnered with Arcadia Publishing on a pictorial history of the challenging four-mile road course in Elkhart Lake\, Wis. \nThe Milwaukee Mile\, located in West Allis\, Wis.\, is a one-mile oval\, originally built as a privately owned horse-racing track. Records show it has been in existence since at least 1876. In 1891\, the Agricultural Society of the State of Wisconsin purchased the land to create a permanent site for the Wisconsin State Fair\, and the track has operated as part of the fairgrounds since. \nStarting in 1903\, the track has hosted at least one auto race every year\, with the exception of the World War I and II years. “During that time\, the track has seen nearly every type of motorsports competition\, from turn-of-the-century ‘speed contests’ and 24-hour endurance races to Depression- and WWII-era open-wheel car duels\, USAC stock car events\, midget racing\, and now CART and NASCAR competition. The roster of past winners at The Milwaukee Mile is a veritable ‘who’s who’ of  acing history\, including names like Barney Oldfield\, Rex Mays\, A.J. Foyt\, Al Unser and Mario Andretti\,” according to the website Savethemile.org. \nZautke\, a Milwaukee native\, was raised in the sport of auto racing. His father\, Bill\, was a movie photographer who shot racing footage at the Milwaukee Mile and other tracks in the 1960s and 1970s. Zautke’s first professional job in racing was as an emergency medical technician at race tracks. \nFor 18 years\, from 1993-2011\, Zautke worked as a videographer\, in media relations and as historian for the Milwaukee Mile. He also has worked as a reporter for several national motorsports magazines and the Harry Miller Club newsletter. \nHe co-hosts “Sparky’s Final Inspection\,” a motorsports-based radio show on a Milwaukee radio station. He is a member of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Induction Committee. \nThe next Center Conversations will be Nov. 8 featuring Michael Martin on the United States Road Racing Championship race series of the 1960s. \nThe Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the history of motorsports\, of all series and all venues\, through its collections of books\, periodicals\, films\, photographs\, fine art and other materials. For more information about the Center’s work and its programs\, visit www.racingarchives.org or call (607) 535-9044. The Center can be found on Facebook at “International Motor Racing Research Center.” URL:https://www.racingarchives.org/event/famed-milwaukee-mile-talk-at-racing-research-center/ LOCATION:International Motor Racing Research Center\, 610 S. Decatur St.\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States CATEGORIES:Center Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.racingarchives.org/assets/milwaukee-mile.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR