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Book Review: I Was A NASCAR Redneck: Recollections of the Transformation of a Yankee Farm Boy to a Southern Redneck in the Golden Era of NASCAR and Beyond. By Will Cronkrite, Forward by H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler. Twinsburg, OH: 48 Hour Books, 2020. Pp. 1-611, Images and Glossary. Paperback, $39.95.

Skip McGoun 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 & recreation - and their relative roles in the creation of the class of vehicles known as "sports cars."

An American sports car designed and built by California hot rodders, the Scarab holds a unique place in American road racing history. Funded by Lance Reventlow, heir to the Woolworth fortune, and built by Troutman and Barnes, the Scarab is powered by a small block Chevy from Traco Engineering. The car’s mission was to compete and win against the best European sports cars of the era.

Belmont Abbey offers a four-year undergraduate academic program designed to prepare designed to prepare aspiring professionals and leaders for a career in the motorsport industry.

Jonathan Summers' 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.

Richard Childress, famed NASCAR team owner, will join a select group of recipients of the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports. Presented annually by the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), this year’s gala and award ceremony will be held on Aug. 18, 2023, at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel. Motorsports broadcast journalist Dr. Jerry Punch will be emceeing the evening’s festivities.

New on the grid! The 1973 BMW 2002 currently owned by Bennie Bish from Whitney Point, NY.

Gordon Eliot White has written seven books on the history of American open-wheel racing, including a history of Fred Offenhauser and the Offenhauser racing engine.

Joe Freeman's talk will cover the history of some of the earlier champion race drivers who but for a stroke of bad luck, and unfortunate last-minute mistake, or just the intervention of fate, were never able to win America's greatest race, the Indianapolis 500.

Watkins Glen’s International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) is set to host The Racing Legacy of A-Bay on Saturday, May 20. Motorsports historian (and Lime Rock Park public address commentator) Greg Rickes will host a 90 to 120-minute presentation to re-live history when they raced ‘round the houses in Alexandria Bay.