Freddy Windridge leads the first lap into the chicane in the scary KelsoChev, but not for long. Holbert challenges Crawford, the Sadler Special and #91 Hi-Tork Ferrari follow.

The 2nd lap has Walt Hansgen leading. Windridge’s Lister is off the road on the right and George Constantine in the Aston is sliding past Crawford’s #61 Lister-Jag.

Gordon McKenzie's C Jag leads the last part of the field ahead of the SR-2 Corvette with Bucher's Mondial Ferrari & Bob Kahmers Lotus-Bristol coming up.

A fierce fight between Harry Blanchard in the ex-Penske RSK & Don Sessler RSK here being blocked by Ed Crawford’s Lister in the hairpin last turn.

It didn't get better than this with passing and re-passing all race long. Harry Blanchard, #6, 3rd - Don Sessler 4th in their Porsche RSK’s.

Two boomers, the V12 Ferrari & 4 liter Aston. Geroge Constantine #49 chasing Allan Connell’s #12.

George's Elisha Walker Aston was too much for the Texan's Ferrari with the Aston 2nd & Connell 5th. In this photo Constantine is about to move into 2nd overall.

Probably our favorite car-driver combination. Fast Fred Windridge in the primer black Lister Chev known as the Kelso-Chev. It was brutal with its thunderous V8 and power slides on acceleration.

Our favorite by far - Fred Windridge in the sabre toothed Lister. Who cared if it finished? Fast Fred came over to us when the car failed and bummed a cigarette from Steve Vail. He nearly fainted - Vail that is.

Walt Hansgen in the Costin Lister-Jag had it all his way in 1959. It wasn’t so easy during a long season where he and George Constantine’s Aston Martin swapped wins.

Hansgen as he passes start-fininsh and dives into the right hand corner at the bottom of the hill. Hansgen was so smooth it seemed effortless.

The Aston made a beautiful growl from its big 6 cylinder. The Flying Greek, George Constantine drove it flawlessly, but finished 2nd to Hansgen.

The BARCBOYS were able to literally stand on the apron of the course. One super shot is of George Constantine concentrating hard on staying flat out at the bottom of the hill.

Ed Crawford drove the #61 Cunningham Lister-Jaguar, but in this photo taken on a practice day, Phil Forno is at the controls.

Ed Crawford hustling the #62 Lister after taking over from Briggs.

Alan Connell’s big 4.1 Ferrari in action. The V12 sounded wonderful as it headed up the hill and out onto the long front straight.

Alan Connell drove the Big Ferrari hard, but is there any other way to tame this hairy monster? One time pushing, the next sliding. It was wonderful to watch.

Bill Sadler and his Mk IV special. Sadler built great specials and drove them well with particular success at Watkins Glen. Sadly the car would let him down.

Harry Blanchard had great success in his Carerra Speedster and was ready to move up. He bought Penske’s RSK and showed he could move to the quicker cars. He and Sessler battled the entire race with Harry passing on the last lap to win.

Don Sesslar’s RSK in practice. Sessler, from Ohio, was an early Porsche sports racing driver that had great success. Bob Holbert came along and was a bit quicker. Sessler continued, driving for the Rootes group and won the 1964 FP national championship in a Sunbeam Alpine

Bob Holbert had the fastest RSK but had problems and finished 8th.

Charlie Kolb inthe 200S Maserati. Kolb did well in anything he drove but retired early at The Glen.

Bob Grossman in his Ferrari California. The car was not homologated and Grossman had to race in D Modified. It din’t make much difference as the usually reliable Ferrari never finished.

Alan Ross’ new Lola was simply too fast for the rest of the small displacement racers in the Queen Catherine Cup. The Mk I went on to dominate this class until the rear engined Lotus 23 arrived.

E. F Spicer's 1.5 Maserati. A very pretty car but no match for the Porsche's.

Bob Kahmer’s Lotus Mk9 with a Bristol motor takes on some AMOCO race fuel.

The Ed Hugus OSCA on a neat double decker trailer. Maybe he was also going for a ride on Seneca lake after the races? He would celebrate somewhere winning H Modified.

Rich Lyeth’s 375 Ferrari with what is clearly not a Ferrari motor. Lyeth named the car the Hi-Tork Special which carried a Chrysler Hemi V8.

John Kelley captures work on the Kelso-Chev Lister with Cunningham’s crew working on #62 and the small bore production race forming on the grid.

BARC memeber Chuck Dietrich’s emerald Elva Mk IV is torn apart. They got it fixed and Dietrich was 2nd behind the Lola. Drum brakes in front and the starter laying in the grass.

Old Bud Gates tried to call this a Devin Chev but we knew it was a Corvette SR-2. Radical looking the car was a dnf.

Gates in the Corvette SR-2 in practice. The fin was a very early attempt at aero similar to the D Jags.

Bob Bucher drove this 2 liter Mondial Ferrari to first in EM and 14th overall.

Endicott’s Jim Forno owned a sports car dealership on the Vestal Parkway that the BARCBOYS often visited. Jim in a rare and gorgeous Cisitalia.

Closeup of Forno as he negotiates his way up the hill. The Cisitalia was a dnf.

These were the good old days. Roy Tuerke and his gang piled into his Glen Trophy Cup winning Corvette. Today, we don’t even get a checkered flag lap much less a chance to take somebody with us.

L.D. Morrisett’s Corvette leaves some dust in the middle of the chicane. He would have a fierce race to finish 4th.

Basically out powered in 1959, J. Loman's 300SL was quick enough to beat most the Vette's and win CP with a 6th overall.

Frank Dominianni always entertained the crowd and usually smashed his Vette. Frank wore coke bottle bottom glasses and we swore he was blind. A wonderful man and a great racer.

BARCBOY and racer Bruce Cargill tossed this XK120 Jag around to a 14th place finish and 5th in CP. Cargill later went on to fame in small sedans winning the Car & Driver Challenge.

Bob Grossman in what looks like a used car off the lot XK150S. White wall tires on the rear and the sticky back numbers are coming off.

Better suited to boulevard driving, Dean McCarthy took this coupe to 2nd in CP behind the Loman 300SL. McCarthy would soon switch to a 250GT Berlinetta.

BARC and Jakes Stable driver Charlie Kurtz waits on the false grid. Charlie would win DP and the Harold Jacques memorial but was DQ’d for having filed butterfly’s in the carbs on the AC Bristol.

Charlie & Sandra after winning the race get the checkered flag and congratulations from Millard Rip Ripley.

Charlie and Sandra were great mentors and role models for the young BARCBOYS and how could one not love the lines of the AC Bristol.

The false grid lineup on practice day with #144 TR3 of Allan Gross, Dick Ekland’s Austin-Healey and assorted cars ready to go.

B. A. Miske’s Frazer-Nash inherited the win when Kurtz was DQ’d.

Pierre Mion’s AC Bristol shows some contact damage on the RR fender. Mion was 2nd behind the Fraser-Nash.

Harry Carter’s AC Bristol was always quick and usually reliable, but this day the car never finished.

Hank VanDusen’s twin cam ran both the Collier Cup and the FP Dix Cup. He was 3rd in the Collier and 4th in the Dix Cup.

Dave Nicholas rides on John Kelley’s Jeep as they totally disrupt the start of the Collier Cup race. 17 year olds hiding in plain sight.

Spankey Smith gives one of his boys a glance standing in front or what was a very up-to-date race tower.

John Bishop (short sleeves) has a talk with Walt Hansgen (hat) at the start finish line. These men were giants in the SCCA and road racing.

An unusual site for 1959. The Team Roosevelt transporter for their Fiat-Abarth team. A very successful race squad, the Abarths never did sell very well.

Al Chamberlin's Porsche had a good day to finish 7th in FP.

Bob Bucher did double duty on the weekend driving his Lotus 11 Club to 4th in GM before stepping into the Ferrari Mondial later that same day.

Don Auray in his Cooper FIII car gives a look at John Kelley, who took this photo. Auray was just getting started and finished 5th in FIII.

Ed Gelder’s Ferrari Monza gets a jump start from his Dodge Station Wagon. Wagons were the popular tow vehicle of the day. In back, the D & E production race forms on the start grid.

GoodYear and Firestone supported the SCCA at the Glen. This race was the grandaddy of them all and one of the most popular.

Sandy Mac Arthur’s new and unusual Stanguellini Formula Junior. The person on the left is simply gawking at the car. Juniors were first sanctioned in October 1958 as an inexpensive training ground for young drivers.