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FORMULA LIBRE Means Free Formula and for 3 glorious years Watkins Glen hosted a most unusual gathering of F1, Sports Racing & Midget cars Held in October after the Sports Car Grand Prix, the Glen was angling to get the USGP and felt they had to show they could attract the big names to upstate New York. It worked and in 1961 the USGP came to the Glen - here is what happened in 1958 |
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Spankey didn't have the trust in
the BARCboys yet and took all the B&W shots. Spankey was famous
for putting half a car in a shot or forgetting to pan with the car or
dial in a high shutter speed. We think that's why he got us to
shoot for him in later years. Color shots are from Butch Hollenbeck - sent to Nicholas many many years ago and found only recently |
1959 Formula Libre 1960 Formula Libre |