Watkins Glen, Finally Some Video! Options

[wndsrfr]

My first DE outing at Watkins Glen....simply awesome...words can't describe it. I'm simply overloaded by the immersive visuals of it all. At the drivers meeting this guy offers to give coaching so I sign up with him. Turns out to be Pete Argetsinger....I drive half the session then he takes over! Whoa baby! He made Kermee dance out there...I mean point by's from GT3's! Like he dives into turn 1 in 4th and upshifts to 5th going into the esses! Flat out all the way to the bus stop and he doesn't leave any loose change there either. World class.....what a day. By the way Josh--he pats the dash & says "nice car". Way to go buddy--good work.

[carr914]

Glad you had fun. Pete & I grew up in Watkins Glen. If you don't know or I'll give others the History Lesson - Pete's Father Cam (died a couple of years ago), was a Cornell Univ (Nearby) Graduate who raced an MG-TC (I think) and after the Watkins Glen original Circuit was stopped, he designed the New Circuit up on the Hill above town. Cam was President of the Grand Prix Corporation (my GodFather was Competition Chairman) and proceeded over the Glen Glory Days of F-1, Can-Am, FIA, & Trans-Am. (The Track was later sold to Corning Glass and later to Speedway Corp (Nascar's France Family)). Cam and his Wife later opened the Watkins Glen Racing Research Center Downtown.

Pete was a Good Racer (IMSA, ALMS, SCCA) and I have worked with him for years at Skip Barber