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History is racing in Watkins Glen this week! Corvette, tied to Watkins Glen since its inception, will be the featured marque at the 23rd anniversary Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen on the village streets on Friday, Sept. 9. Friday also is the first day of racing for more than 400 cars are entered in SVRA's U.S. Vintage Grand Prix presented by Jaguar at Watkins Glen International.

Since well before I was born, Watkins Glen has been a landmark for the racing community. Racers and fans have been drawn here, at first by the brash idea of racing cars through the public roads, and then by the bold move to create an international-standard permanent road course. Years of top-level events compounded the significance of a trip here.

Watch as Executive Director Mark Steigerwald is interviewed by FLX's Miranda

Celebrating Archie Urciuoli

Meridith Croucher, chairman of the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally, has chosen the IMRRC as the caretaker for the organizational files for the annual rally along the challenging forest roads around Wellsboro, PA.

The collections of the International Motor Racing Research Center grow almost every day. Whether a single race program or 40 boxes of a lifetime’s career in motorsports, each addition to the collections strengthens the history preserved here and enhances our research capabilities.

The Dec. 12 date to draw the winning ticket in the International Motor Racing Research Center’s annual car raffle is just a few weeks away.

The International Motor Racing Research Center is partnering in October with the International Motor Sports History Section of the Society of Automotive Historians for an academic symposium on road racing.

The International Motor Racing Research Center has begun a nationwide search for an executive director.

A group of insiders from the glory days of CanAm 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