Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course, 1948–1952

Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course, 1948-1952
Location: Franklin St., NY 329, NY 409, Watkins Glen, New York
Area: 45 acres (18 ha)
Built: 1948
Governing body: State
NRHP Reference#: 02001397[1]
Added to NRHP: December 04, 2002

Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course, 1948–1952 is a historic Grand Prix auto race track located at Watkins Glen in Schuyler County, New York. It includes the public rights of way that constituted the route of the original 6.6-mile (10.6 km) Watkins Glen Grand Prix course used from 1948 to 1952. After a car left the road in the 1952 race, killing one spectator and injuring several others, the race was moved to a new location on a wooded hilltop southwest of town.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ James Warren (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course, 1948-1952". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10919. Retrieved 2009-11-10.  See also: "Accompanying 35 photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10900. 
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