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(Watkins) Glen Club burns down
Unfortunately, I never made it in there.
http://www.vintagemotorsport.com/show_news.asp?id=863
Looked like a hot one.
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Loud pipes save lives.
Ride hard or stay home - but, then again, the Alfa stays garaged when it rains.
1973 GTV - bought 3/06 (intend to keep forever)
1969 GTV, #AR1530021 - sold 10/72 (guess didn't intend to keep forever)
Current project: '69 Corvette bought in '73, DD '73 - '80, in storage 1989-2002, now apart (#1 on the Bucket list)
Last finished project: '75 Honda 750 bought new, DD '75 - '79 - in storage 26 years (1984 - 6/09) - an EZ resto
Favorite weapon: Browning A-Bolt .300 WM with 200 grain handloaded Noslers & a Leopold 2x7 or my Benjamin 312 with open sights.
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04-01-2007, 07:19 PM
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Wow - we were there in September 2005, when Alfa was the featured marque for the Grand Prix Festival... It was a very nice place. I hope they will be able to build a new one soon.
Best regards,
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04-01-2007, 08:02 PM
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something burning
Was this the Watkins Glen Motor Lodge ?! What a loss.
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04-01-2007, 08:06 PM
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Who's Peter Aron
And why is he thinking about where he is? Me thinks otherwise, for it is Spring, and fancy turns to MOTOR RACING.
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04-02-2007, 05:28 AM
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Is there not a history of fires at the Glenn? I seem to remember tales of peoples cars and a bus going up in smoke one GP meet. Sad to lose such a great facility though. Glad to see no one was injured.
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04-02-2007, 07:25 AM
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ReAlfisted 3/06
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Originally Posted by 1976
Was this the Watkins Glen Motor Lodge ?! What a loss.
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No, this was a facility at the track
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Loud pipes save lives.
Ride hard or stay home - but, then again, the Alfa stays garaged when it rains.
1973 GTV - bought 3/06 (intend to keep forever)
1969 GTV, #AR1530021 - sold 10/72 (guess didn't intend to keep forever)
Current project: '69 Corvette bought in '73, DD '73 - '80, in storage 1989-2002, now apart (#1 on the Bucket list)
Last finished project: '75 Honda 750 bought new, DD '75 - '79 - in storage 26 years (1984 - 6/09) - an EZ resto
Favorite weapon: Browning A-Bolt .300 WM with 200 grain handloaded Noslers & a Leopold 2x7 or my Benjamin 312 with open sights.
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04-02-2007, 07:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1976
And why is he thinking about where he is? Me thinks otherwise, for it is Spring, and fancy turns to MOTOR RACING.
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04-02-2007, 07:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Palmer
........ bus going up in smoke one GP meet.
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Yup, a lota stuff burnt that year (1974) in the bog
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Loud pipes save lives.
Ride hard or stay home - but, then again, the Alfa stays garaged when it rains.
1973 GTV - bought 3/06 (intend to keep forever)
1969 GTV, #AR1530021 - sold 10/72 (guess didn't intend to keep forever)
Current project: '69 Corvette bought in '73, DD '73 - '80, in storage 1989-2002, now apart (#1 on the Bucket list)
Last finished project: '75 Honda 750 bought new, DD '75 - '79 - in storage 26 years (1984 - 6/09) - an EZ resto
Favorite weapon: Browning A-Bolt .300 WM with 200 grain handloaded Noslers & a Leopold 2x7 or my Benjamin 312 with open sights.
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04-02-2007, 08:29 AM
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Here's some other stuff that went up that year.
Canon FTBn 1.4 Kodachrome 64
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Loud pipes save lives.
Ride hard or stay home - but, then again, the Alfa stays garaged when it rains.
1973 GTV - bought 3/06 (intend to keep forever)
1969 GTV, #AR1530021 - sold 10/72 (guess didn't intend to keep forever)
Current project: '69 Corvette bought in '73, DD '73 - '80, in storage 1989-2002, now apart (#1 on the Bucket list)
Last finished project: '75 Honda 750 bought new, DD '75 - '79 - in storage 26 years (1984 - 6/09) - an EZ resto
Favorite weapon: Browning A-Bolt .300 WM with 200 grain handloaded Noslers & a Leopold 2x7 or my Benjamin 312 with open sights.
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04-02-2007, 08:38 AM
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It's just the club house on top of the esses that burned down otherwise the track is fully functional. I was there once for a COM Club reception. Surely they can rebuild one better and bigger, charge an arm + leg to get in there :-)).
I have raced there and will be going April 23-24 ( www.comscc.com/schedule).
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04-02-2007, 09:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by StephanAlfa
Surely they can rebuild one better and bigger, charge an arm + leg to get in there :-)).
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 In my terms, they charged an arm and a leg to get in the one that burnt.
So now:
Arm
+ Leg
+ First Born
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= admittance to Glen Club
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Loud pipes save lives.
Ride hard or stay home - but, then again, the Alfa stays garaged when it rains.
1973 GTV - bought 3/06 (intend to keep forever)
1969 GTV, #AR1530021 - sold 10/72 (guess didn't intend to keep forever)
Current project: '69 Corvette bought in '73, DD '73 - '80, in storage 1989-2002, now apart (#1 on the Bucket list)
Last finished project: '75 Honda 750 bought new, DD '75 - '79 - in storage 26 years (1984 - 6/09) - an EZ resto
Favorite weapon: Browning A-Bolt .300 WM with 200 grain handloaded Noslers & a Leopold 2x7 or my Benjamin 312 with open sights.
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04-02-2007, 05:26 PM
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From that pictures it looks like it was the work of HIPPIES!!! 
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