Watkins Glen NY grand prix festival Datsun/Nissan

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kemmer
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Watkins Glen NY grand prix festival Datsun/Nissan

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Watkins Glen NY grand prix festival Friday 9/9/2011
http://grandprixfestival.com
is anyone going to go?
J.T.L.
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Re: Watkins Glen NY grand prix festival Datsun/Nissan

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I started my resoration in January hoping to be done in time to drive up there in my 510 since Datsun is the featured marque this year. Unfortunately my 510 won't make it, but I'll be there at the track working as pit crew at the Vintage Grand Prix.

http://www.svra.com/SVRA/SVRAHome.nsf/w ... enDocument

We were there last year and it's a really nice event and weekend. We were busy at the track with racing events on Saturday/Sunday, but on Friday we had time to go in town to the festival and every available parking lot/ park/ lawn in town was a car show! Don't miss Friday night when they allow (flying!) laps of the old (public roads) race course through town for both the show cars and a group of race cars that parade down from the track.

And if you get bored of cars (or if you take someone else along who is less interested in cars) I can also recommend a hike of the gorge which ends up right on the main street of town. We found this one race weekend after a blown motor freed up our schedule. It's pretty spectacular, if you're into that sort of thing.
http://www.nysparks.com/parks/142/details.aspx
Within two miles, the glen's stream descends 400 feet past 200-foot cliffs, generating 19 waterfalls along its course. The gorge path winds over and under waterfalls and through the spray of Cavern Cascade.

--J.T.
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