Watkins Glen Historic

Watkins Glen Historic Unofficial motorsports history at the Glen

1969 SCCA: A mix of A-Production Sports Cars, B-Production, and A-Sedan on the grid. Warren Agor of Rochester drove the ...
12/01/2025

1969 SCCA: A mix of A-Production Sports Cars, B-Production, and A-Sedan on the grid. Warren Agor of Rochester drove the no. 43 “Hoselton Hugger” Orange Camaro, sponsored by Hoselton Chevrolet. Ike Knupp drove the no. 60 AMC factory-backed AMX. Flagman Tex Hopkins is standing at the back.

50 Years ago these guys were a day away from the 14th and final F1 race of the 1975 season. Ferrari had already taken ei...
10/04/2025

50 Years ago these guys were a day away from the 14th and final F1 race of the 1975 season. Ferrari had already taken eight poles, five wins, the Drivers’ Championship and the Constructors’ Championship that year, but had never won the United States Grand Prix. Nor had any driver ever won the American race in the year he claimed the title. Niki Lauda (out of frame) had something to prove.
1975 USGP: Drivers Meeting with Mario Andretti, Clay Regazzoni, Tom Pryce, (possibly Brett Lunger seated behind in 2nd frame), Jean-Pierre Jarier, Patrick Depailler, John Watson, James Hunt, Carlos Reutemann (seated on floor against door) and flagman Tex Hopkin’s arm.
📸 Unknown

Grand Prix Road: Then and now. Once the original circuit through downtown was deemed too dangerous, a second public road...
09/24/2025

Grand Prix Road: Then and now. Once the original circuit through downtown was deemed too dangerous, a second public road course was developed through and west of the farmland that would eventually be home to the permanent dedicated track.
1953 Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Seneca Cup: An Austin-Healey 100 pace car leads the pace lap heading south up Grand Prix Road prior to the race start. Following it up the hill are:
🏎️ Haig Ksayian: Alfa Romeo 8C
🏎️ George Constantine: Jaguar XK120 M
🏎️ 27 M. R. J. Wyllie: Jaguar XK120 M 🥇
🏎️ 22 Cameron Argetsinger: Jaguar XK120 M
🏎️🏎️🏎️ 3 modified MGs, including the no. 28 TD of Charles Limbacher.
📸 Alix Lafontant

Then and now.1950 Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Race cars and fans gather at the Dodge dealer service entrance on Fifth Stree...
07/09/2025

Then and now.
1950 Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Race cars and fans gather at the Dodge dealer service entrance on Fifth Street during the race weekend. Today, it’s Maguire Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram.
No. 73 Brook Stevens’ MG TC is on the left, with what looks to be a Triumph 2000 Roadster driving past.

1950 Watkins Glen Grand Prix / Seneca Cup race: View looking east down 4th street. The pace lap with the tail of Briggs ...
04/20/2025

1950 Watkins Glen Grand Prix / Seneca Cup race: View looking east down 4th street. The pace lap with the tail of Briggs Cunningham’s 1950 Cadillac Series 61 Le Monstre pace car rounding the corner onto Franklin Street, followed by no. 98 Erwin Goldschmidt’s Allard J2 Cadillac, and the rest of the field, including George Weaver’s Maserati V8RI. Spectators line the streets, windows, balconies, fire escapes, and a couple rooftops.

1960s: Franklin Street looking north towards 3rd Street. The southbound cars are possibly headed up to the track on a ra...
04/11/2025

1960s: Franklin Street looking north towards 3rd Street. The southbound cars are possibly headed up to the track on a race weekend.

1961 United States Grand Prix: Lines of cars coming down Route 14 onto North Franklin Street, heading into town for the ...
04/01/2025

1961 United States Grand Prix: Lines of cars coming down Route 14 onto North Franklin Street, heading into town for the race weekend.

1948 Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Briggs Cunningham with his Bu-Merc Special (note the personalized “BUMC” Connecticut licen...
03/25/2025

1948 Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Briggs Cunningham with his Bu-Merc Special (note the personalized “BUMC” Connecticut license plate) that he raced to a 2nd place finish, and the 3rd place Haig Ksayian driven Cunningham-owned MG TC. The cars are parked on Franklin Street in the pits area of the original road course.
📸 Rich Harman

03/22/2025

1930 Watkins Glen State Park
🎥 Travel Film Archive

03/09/2025

1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Pre-race festivities. Video taken from the courthouse yard looking west across Franklin street. Cars from the concours show drive past heading north. Cars include Jaguar XK-120s, Porsche 356s (I believe Max Hoffman was driving the red cabriolet), Aston Martin DB2s (1 black, 1 red), a Cord 810 Phaeton, the Cunningham 1950 Cadillac Series 61 “Petit Pataud” (sibling to “Le Monstre”), an Allard K2, and many more.
🎥 Travel Film Archive

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