And the race course is full of history. Watkins Glen International, in the grand prix set up is 3.4 miles, 11 turns with a variety of banking in turns, ranging from 6 to 10 degrees.
The very first race was run in 1948 through the streets of this picturesque village. And it ran that way until 1956 when the permanent 2.3 mile road course opened.
All the greats have raced here.
F1 raced at the Glen for 20 years, from 1961-80. Graham Hill won 3 straight here, from '63-65.
CART ran here for three years from '79 to 81. Team Penske won all three races.
NASCAR has also been running here since '86.
And Indy Car series has been racing here since 2005.
Note: This track is huge. There is camping on site and the place was filled with trailers and Winnebago's, all done up in full party mode. In the time that we had, we were only able to cover about half of the track. This was available to anyone with a general admissions ticket. General admission also got you access to 3 grandstands, on a first come, first serve basis. You could bring a cooler in with beer, as well as tail gate in the parking lot. The site lines were unbelievable, no matter where you were, you were always close to the action. All these shots were taken from the general admission areas.
Enjoy.
The Formula 2000 series race. Check out the change in elevation on this track, and this is just two corners!
Here comes the big boys, the Indy Car Series race.
Paul Tracy
Ryan Briscoe
Hideki Mutoh
Jaques Lazier, into the wall in turn one.
Brings out the yellow flag.
Action in the pits.
Raphael Mutos
The princess, Danica Patrick, by far the biggest fan favorite.
Ed Carpenter
Dario Franchitti
Tony Kanaan
Marco Andretti
Milka Duno
Robert Doornbos
Tracy's day comes to an early end.
Race winner, Justin Wilson, making it look easy.
This was Justin's second Indy Car win and team owner Dayle Coyne first win after 20 years of trying.
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