1966 GRAND PRIX of the UNITED STATES - IT IS BIG PRIZE DAY on GONP'S

After travelling this Grand Prix week to England, Long Beach, Detroit, Mosport, wanted very much to include at least one from Montreal and so much more. So many of the reels of slides, packages of negatives, albums of photos and whatever else thats been lying around for so long, another month or year isn't going to make much difference. Keep an eye out for the brother's Nemy racing. Spoiler. One becomes a Champion

For now let's spin the wheel and see where she stops.

Well, well. How appropriate to wrap up GP week. On this day of renewed hope of Formula One in the United States, lets look back at what was part of the brothers Nemy introduction to Motor sport and the need for speed.

THE 1966 GRAND PRIX of the UNITED STATES

Watkins Glen, New York
U.S.A. 

Sometimes one has to travel far to see parts of the world. This day parts of the world stopped close by.

Some things never change.

There is so much history of Motor sport in Watkins Glen, from the first races through the streets of the village to the new and old purpose built tracks, that I'm not going to even begin to write anything. All I can say that from just touring the region, attending endless races, and especially the days that my brother and I raced here, "The Glen" holds some of the fondest memories of my life.

 Call to the grid. This Lotus/BRM was piloted by the late Pedro Rodriguez(R.I.P).

 Must be some of Honda's earliest introduction to anything auto in North America. 

 Eventual winner, reigning World Champion Jim Clark's (R.I.P.) Lotus.

 Welcome Race (12 year old) Fan.

 There have been few names that have become synonymous with world class auto sport. Check today's grid in Austin and look for the McLarens. Here the driver is the man himself, Bruce. (R.I.P.)

 Here John stands behind Jo Siffert (R.I.P.) looking over his Maserati powered Cooper.

 Later in life to be knighted Sir, Jack Brabham.

 What I love about this photo is that Porsche in the background is new. If it is around today, your looking at some serious LOTTO MAX winnings price tag.

Sunday was cool, but dry, and a crowd of 75,000 included actors James Garner (Pete Aron), Toshirō Mifune (Mr. Yomura) and Jessica Walter (Pat Stoddard), as well as director John Frankenheimer, who were in the final stages of creating the movie Grand Prix.

 One of the most exciting moment of any sporting event, the standing start. Still unique to Formula One racing today. 
Also a fixture of The Glen was the starter, in his lavender suit, Tex Hopkins.  

 Still incorporated in the new circuit, the"90"

There aren't many great International stories about American racing like this one. Dan Gurney in his Westlake/Gurney.

 Joachin Rindt(R.I.P.). Cooper Maserati. 
So many things have changed for the better in this sport. In these days they didn't bother with any fancy guardrail when you had all those trees, bushes and the odd spectator to stop a wayward car.

Stolen. 

Jim Clark and Mr Lotus, Colin Chapman.

John Surtees, 3rd.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-BRM	108	2:09:40.11	2	9
2	8	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	107	Out of Fuel	9	6
3	7	John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati	107	+ 1 lap	4	4
4	19	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	105	+ 3 laps	13	3
5	17	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	105	+ 3 laps	11	2
6	2	Peter Arundell	Lotus-Climax	101	+ 7 laps	19	1
Ret	10	Innes Ireland	BRM	96	Alternator	17
NC	12	Richie Ginther	Honda	81	Not Classified	8
Ret	18	Mike Spence	Lotus-BRM	74	Ignition	12
Ret	14	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	58	Engine	18
NC	22	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	57	Not Classified	15
Ret	5	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	55	Engine	1
Ret	4	Jackie Stewart	BRM	53	Engine	6
Ret	3	Graham Hill	BRM	52	Differential	5
Ret	9	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	34	Engine	3
Ret	6	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	18	Engine	7
Ret	11	Pedro Rodríguez	Lotus-BRM	13	Retirement	10
Ret	15	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	13	Clutch	14
DSQ	16	Bob Bondurant	Eagle-Climax	5	Disqualified	16

 Some things never change.

Thanks Dad for taking us places.

To all those on and off the track.

DRIVE SAFE!