Re: Adirondack Spring Tour - May 18th - 20th
Originally Posted by
bluecoupe
I may meet up with the group @ Watkins Glen...........it's about a 3 hour drive for me! If I leave @ 6 a.m. I can still stop for breakfast and be there before 11 a.m.
Last time I was at the glen was for a F1 race......Gilles Villeneuve was leading on last lap and on Ferrari team orders he allowed Jody Scheckter to pass him for the win.........The following year I saw Gilles win at Monaco...........those were the days!
The last time I was at The Glen I saw Graham Hill (BRM) win the 1965 F1 race, Jim Clark (Lotus) used both team cars in an effort to catch him and both broke down. Both broke the lap record a number of times. The Honda F1 car made its North American debut there, it finished but was way down the list.The fences around the track were ankle deep in beer cans and the site was muddy as the rain was falling off and on. Party time for the campers the night before.
Of note was the new Ford GT car sitting on an open trailer in the forecourt of a garage. No barrier or obvious guards and you could touch it and look inside. Lucas (Prince of Darkness) instruments and a UK tax disk on the windshield, it was straight off the boat from England. Ford had just failed to buy Ferrari and wanted a head start on a GT car for its entry into GT racing, the Ford Le Mans successes were but a few years away.
Last edited by onehundred80; Feb 2, 2013 at 12:32 PM.