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 main race was the Grand Prix.  This 44 lap race for modified sports car was the one race you wanted to win.  The Cunningham team had a strangle hold on racing in the east until the Scarabs arrived.  But for some reason
Reventlow went home leaving the challenge to Bill Sadler and Gaston Andrey.
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58 Grand Prix
Bill Sadler's Canadian Chevy powered special challenged the Listers' but broke Sadler out on a cloudy Saturday for practice in his Corvette special Gus Andrey in the big 4.1 Ferrari
could not match the Lister's but finished a fine 3rd
Maj Gil Geitner's very pretty 2 liter
Ferrari was 1st in EM, 8th OA
The monstrous Hi Tork Special
of Rich Lyeth was a DNF
Westfield Walt's #60 Cunningham
Lister-Jag was second
Ed Crawford's #61 wins the day
at the Glen
But wait!  Crawford's Lister breaks on
the cool down lap at the hairpin
So what happens?  Al Momo takes Hansgen's #60 and he and Crawford
get their lap of honor
At the end Momo surrenders the
checker to starter Tex Hopkins
E.D. Martins' Testa Rosa was slowed
by mechanical problems and walked
to 10th place
A close look at that fabulous
pontoon fendered Ferrari TR
6 twin choke weber's sit on top
of Hugus's Ferrari V12
J Edward Hugus drove the
Reed's Race Rats Testa Rosa
Despite this spin in the hairpin
Hugus came back to 6th
Phil Cade won the Seneca cup in
this ancient Maserati GP car
Bucher drove his Cad-Allard to 2nd in the Seneca Cup before winning the Collier in Spankey's MGA Stunning shot of a practice grid with the big bore cars and Ripley's Elva
ready to head out
Jim Jeffords in the Nickey
Corvette wins the Glen Trophy race
Bob Grossman's XK150S was a bear  to drive for 12th on Glen Trophy