Watkins Glen Grand Prix 1958

The 10th anniversary of racing at the Glen and the 3rd year
at the new course.  It was also the first year for BARC
and we were there in force.
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The Collier Cup was an all MG race named for Sam Collier a pioneer road racer who was killed at the Glen in '50.  Two future BARC members staged one of the most epic battles in MGA history.  Today a Bucher-Decker trophy is awarded the fastest pushrod MGA at the Watkins Glen Vintage Car Collier Cup Page 2 of
58 Grand Prix
2 laps from the end Bucher passes Valentine (105) and Paveling (115) for the lead One lap to go and Sherm Decker has
caught Bucher in the last turn
Middle of last corner and Bucher
is totally sideways.. Decker starts a
spin to avoid hitting him
100 feet later both cars are in
a drag race to the finish which
Bucher wins by inches
Victorious 029 sits among the spoils after a brilliant race.  The car was prepared by Sherm Decker..
Big Jake out in practice in the
029 MGA.  He won in 1957 and
was out for a repeat performance
Jordan King ran into something
and still finished 6th in his AC Bristol
Archie Means won the Dix cup in
his gorgeous AC Bristol
Here Archie speeds past the pits
on his way to victory
The infamous Ray Henley more famous for the Henley conduit rollbars we all used in our MGA's
Start of the Queen Catherine with Porsche's leading Bob Holbert in a 550RS Porsche won
the Queen Catherine cup & was 4th in the Grand Prix
Rip Ripley's Elva was fast but
DNF'd both Queen Catherine and
the Grand Prix
Frank Baptista's Elva was 6th in the Queen and 8th in the Grand Prix Chuck Dietrich's Elva MkII was 4th
OA & 2d in GM in Queen Catherine
   
Doc Wylie's Lotus DNF'd the Queen
but finished 12th in the GP
Peters on the track drove to 8th
OA and 4th in GM
Don Peters #172 GM Elva drives
through the paddock