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SUMMARY:Land Speed Records of the 1960s
DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (March 14\, 2014) – Motorsports journalist George Webster will discuss the daring and exciting undertaking of driving for land speed records this month at the International Motor Racing Research Center. \n \nThe free talk will be on Saturday\, March 22\, at 1 p.m. Upcoming Center Conversations talk topics include model car collecting on April 12; Formula 5000 racing\, featuring legendary Sam Posey as the honored guest\, on May 10; vintage car event organizer Murray Smith in June; Cary Agajanian\, son of great racing team owner and race organizer J.C. Agajanian in July; and the Milwaukee Mile in October. \nDetails will be announced as they are finalized. \n“The Battle for the Land Speed Record in the 1960s: Campbell\, the Arfons and Breedlove” will cover one of the greatest eras of this never-ending quest by man to move faster.\n“My interest in the land speed records came from my role as editor of a small publication called Motor Miniatures in the early 1970s\,” Webster said.  Given that I was editor of a magazine devoted to model cars\, primarily 1/43rd-scale cast models\, I thought I need to become a collector myself. I picked land speed record cars as my field to collect\, mainly because so few models of these cars were on the market that I could have a nearly complete collection without filling my house with models.” \nWebster\, a retired high school teacher from Oakville\, Ontario\, has been working part-time as a motorsports writer and photographer since the mid1970s. He has covered road racing\, NASCAR and CART racing for publications including Autosport Canada\, PRN Ignition\, National Speed Sport News and the website goracing.com. \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 famed driver Mark Donohue; Bobby Rahal\, driver and team owner; and the\nlate John Fitch and Bill Milliken\, both legendary figures in road racing. \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/land-speed-records-of-the-1960s/
LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holland International Speedway Talk
DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (Jan. 29\, 2014) – Western New York’s Holland International Speedway will be the subject of a talk Feb. 8 at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen. \nThe 1 p.m. free talk is part of the annual Center Conversations speaker series that offers insider presentations on a wide variety of topics in racing. \nUpcoming Center Conversations talks will include land speed record competition\, Formula 5000 racing and the Milwaukee Mile. Details will be announced as they are finalized. \nHolland International Speedway\, located in Erie County south of Buffalo\, is one of NASCAR’s longest-sanctioned tracks. Known as “Thunder in the Hills\,” Holland is the subject of a recently released pictorial-format book from Arcadia Publishing as part of its NASCAR Library Collection. \nBook authors Tim Bennett and Larry Ott will be joined in their talk by champion driver George Skora III. The presentation will include showing many of the 200 photos included in their book. \nBennett is general manager at Holland\, which was co-founded in 1960 by his father\, Ronald Bennett\, Richard Knox and Gordon Becker. Ronald Bennett continues to serve as track president. “I started my career picking up garbage at the age of 7 and worked my way  up through all positions. You name it\, I did it\,” Bennett said. \nOtt is a motorsports columnist for The Buffalo News and has covered races at Holland since 1985\, after years of attending races. He also has done motorsports television work for various networks\, including Time Warner Cable. \n“Over the last few years I have gained a great deal of respect for the mission of the Racing Research Center and the tremendous effort and devotion of the staff\,” Ott said. “I look  forward to the Conversation series event. I am truly honored and proud to have been invited to speak at this one-of-a-kind research facility.” \nHolland is home track for Skora\, who won the won the 2013 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Modified division championship there. The title followed his 2012 NASCAR Late Model division championship at Lake Erie Speedway in North East\, Pa. The division was discontinued at Lake Erie at the end of 2012. \nHolland was built in 1960\, originally as a one-third-mile dirt oval with a seating capacity of 1\,200. It was expanded to three-eighths-mile in 1964. In 1968\, the speedway was converted to asphalt and now has capacity for more than 7\,000. \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 famed driver Mark Donohue; Bobby Rahal\, driver and team owner; and the\nlate John Fitch and Bill Milliken\, both legendary figures in road racing. \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/holland-international-speedway-talk/
LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center Conversation
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SUMMARY:Bill Green Starts 2014 with Talk on Vanderbilt Cup Races
DESCRIPTION:WATKINS GLEN\, N.Y. (Jan. 11\, 2014) – Center Historian Bill Green will discuss the George Vanderbilt Cup races of 1936 and 1937 in the first Center Conversations talk of 2014. The free talk will be on Saturday\, Jan. 18\, at 1 p.m. \nGreen will speak about the short\, two-year run of the George Vanderbilt Cup competition at Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island. Other Center Conversations talk topics during 2014 will include the history of Holland International Speedway in western New York; land speed record competition; Formula 5000 racing; and the Milwaukee Mile. \nDetails will be announced as they are finalized. \nThe international W.K. Vanderbilt Cup races were conducted on Nassau County\, NY\, streets and on a closed circuit from 1904-10. The races moved to other states for the next six years. The George Vanderbilt Cup races were at the then-new facilities at Roosevelt Raceway for just two years in 1936 and 1937. \nAnother 20 years would pass before a Vanderbilt Cup was again awarded in the United States. The Cornelius Vanderbilt Cup was run at Roosevelt Raceway in 1960 as a Formula Junior event\, and in 1965\, 1967 and 1968 the Bridgehampton Sports Car Races were billed as the Cornelius Vanderbilt Cup. \nGreen\, who is the Center’s historian\, is internationally recognized for his exhaustive knowledge about racing at Watkins Glen and elsewhere. His personal collection of racing materials was launched at the first Watkins Glen race in 1948 when\, as an 8-year-old\, he bought a program. The collection today comprises 3\,000-plus hard and soft cover books\, racing posters\, photographs\, motorsports magazines and full race results of Watkins Glen 1948 to present. \nSince 1948\, he has missed only two Watkins Glen race seasons: 1966 and 1967\, when he was stationed in Morocco with the U.S. Navy. He made up for the misses by attending Formula One races in England and Germany. \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 famed driver Mark Donohue; Bobby Rahal\, driver and team owner; and 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 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/bill-green-starts-2014-with-talk-on-vanderbilt-cup-races/
LOCATION:Watkins Glen Elementary School Auditorium\, 612 S Decatur St\, Watkins Glen\, NY\, 14891\, United States
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