The road race village - a photo on Flickriver

As a person that is interested in everything automotive related, when I decided to visit the Finger Lakes region in New York, I found quite interesting the fact that over there, there is a small village with huge car racing history. Watkins Glen, NY is the location where the first post WW II road race took place in the US in 1948. The village's streets were used for the original course up until 1952 when during the race a driver named Fred Wacker lost control of his car, struck the spectators injuring 10 people and killing a young boy. That was the end of the original course for this historic grand prix as in the following years the race was moved to another location outside the village. As you walk around Watkins Glen, it's impossible to not notice the car racing DNA that it has as all the pedestrian croswalks are painted like checkered flags. The marks of the original start and end of the course are still there intact and some of the buildings have beautiful road-race theme murals.

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Taken in: United States / New York / Dix / Watkins Glen (show map)

Taken on: July 22, 2020

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/8.0, 1/15 sec, 35mm (=52mm), ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5100
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Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.1 (Windows)
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