Long ago, visitors reached Watkins Glen by railroad, steamboat, and horse-drawn wagon. They came to stay in the grand resorts, watch automobile racing in the streets, stroll through the countryside, attend Grange fairs, and ride an early trolley. Today the grand resorts are gone, but millions still come seeking spectacular gorges, the inland sea of Seneca Lake, vast vineyards, fine wineries, and Grand Prix racing.

Shave lap times or find a faster line through your favorite set of S-curves with professional race driver Ross Bentley as he shows you the quickest line from apex to apex! With tips and commentary from current race drivers, Bentley covers the vital techniques of speed, from visualizing lines to interpreting tire temps to put you in front of the pack. Includes discussion of practice techniques, chassis set-up, and working with your pit chief.

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This history-rich guide includes five self-guided tours in and around the village. Walk through historic downtown, hike the gorge trail or the Finger Lakes Trail, drive one of America's first road racing courses, and visit one of Seneca Lake's many wineries.

The war was won, the Depression was over, and Americans were back on the road. From all across the nation, sports car drivers converged on Watkins Glen to race through the gorges, hills, and village streets of western New York. Over the years, the course has evolved from its humble beginnings on streets lined with hay bales to the modern closed track that plays host to NASCAR today. Through vintage photographs, primarily from the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen Racing chronicles the history of the track with early drivers, like Cameron Argetsinger, Phil Walters, and Dave Garroway, vintage cars, hairpin turns, and death-defying races.

Excerpt from Guide Book of the Watkins Glen: Near the Village of Watkins, Head of Seneca Lake, Schuvler Co;, N. Y. And Its Romantic Surroundings First in order, a short general description of the Glen and its surroundings may be interesting to the reader. Watkins - named after its founder, Dr. Samuel Watkins, a native of England - was embraced through its entire length of more than three miles, in the "Watkins and Flint purchase." This tract was obtained from the Indians, nearly a century ago, and covered a "large tract of country" around the head of Seneca Lake. The idea of unsealing this mysterious "Book of Nature" and opening its successive pages to the eyes of the "outer world," was conceived in 1863, by one M. Ells, a journalist and resident of Watkins, who deserves great credit for the measures he took to carry out his plan, by the construction of pathways and railings; building staircases, bridges, and a miniature chalet on the site of the present one (the Swiss Cottage), called the "Evergreen," and by announcing through the press of the surrounding country that on and after the 4th day of July, 1863, Watkins Glen would be open as a Summer Resort for Visitors, and a claimant for a share of the favors annually bestowed upon Niagara, Saratoga, the White Mountains, the Catskills, the Thousand Islands, Mammoth Cave, &c., &c. The popular response far exceeded the most sanguine expectations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.