WATKINS GLEN GRAND PRIX 1959 Races Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Back in the day even hotly fought ladies races. Nine events in total with the Grand Prix at 44 laps or over 100 miles. Complete results at the bottom of the page
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Harry Blanchard in the Penske RSK came from the back to beat Sessler on the last lap	The experienced Sessler simply could not hold off the charging Blanchard but had a great 4th OA finish	Fast Fred accelerates hard out of the "boot" and onto the back straight	The Kelso car was so much fun to watch and the darn car was competitive from 1958 to 1962	Charlie Kolb retired early in the 2 liter Maserati
Connell had a lot of success with the big 4.1 Ferrari, but it was not enough to handle the east coast boys	A beautiful car that sounded great ran all day and was fast.  Just what a Ferrari sports car ought to be	The big Greek drove the wheels off the Aston all season and won the SCCA title	George Constantine was perfect for these big cars and went on to drive the Kelso Chev in 1960 and kept winning	Bill Sadler hand made these "specials" and won his share of races against machinery twice as expensive
Hansgen was super smooth in the Jag making the Aston and Kelso look bad	Vestal NY's Phil Forno in #61 on Friday.  Forno was on the entry but did not drive	The knobbly's were cut up and heavily modified after 2 tough seasons of racing	Old Bud Gates tried to call this a Devin Chev but we knew it was a Corvette SR-2	Bucher drove the Mondial in the GP and was totally outclassed but still won EM
John Bishop (c) & Walt Hansgen (r) two major players in 1959	Rip Ripley congratulates Charlie Kurtz & Sandra on the win		Ed Spankey Smith (r) at race HQ. Who is he with?	E. F Spicer's 1.5 Maser.  Pretty car but no match for the Porsche's