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Originally Posted by Fred Douglass
....I went to as many Watkins Glen Grands Prix as possible----street venues are by far the best. Hence I love Monaco! Ah, back in the day.
. I also got a picture of Dan Gurney in a BRM (I think, if I remember correctly). Wild times.
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Dan drove the Eagle in 1967 and a McLaren in 1968 at the Glen. I have pictures of Dan in '68 grinning at our big "Dan Gurney for President" banner. Got us invited to a private party that evening by Max Muhlman, the AAR/ex-Shelby
PR guy.
Caught every pro race at Watkins (as the locals call it, never the "Glen") from June 1967 till 1980. I missed the last USGP due to business and I still regret missing that race.
Knew one the principles of McLaren and spent the GP for several years in the McLaren pit. Used to roam the grid pre-race getting lotsa good photos. A buddy who is big time Lotus guy won a Lotus club photo contest with a picture I gave him. Colin Chapman with his "teddy-boy" cap and a turtleneck giving me a very unusual look. Asked how I got the photo, I repleid he was asking me "What the bloody He!! do you think you are doing"........prompted by his discovering me seated upon Emerson Fittipaldi's left front tire on race grid.......................
