[Fot] Early vists to Watkins Glen

[riverside at southslope.net]

Burt is  a  driver  for the Chump Car Alfa GTV that I crew for.    He is a hoot – there is no story
you can know that he does not know the best part of.    He is a pretty fair shoe, turning laps
at R/A within a tenth or two of some really good SCCA national drivers that also drive the
Alfa.  Also, he made my special Buzzard Breath Chile world famous if not exactly a 
household word.   He is old enough that I started racing a TR3 only one year before he
did.   Makes him damn old.

art de armond


From: Bill Dentinger via Fot 
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 10:55 AM
To: johnstydo at gmail.com ; rjohns at woh.rr.com ; fot at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [Fot] Early vists to Watkins Glen

John...

Burt's a long time friend, and I'm a fan.  His books, especially the first one, are special to road racing aficionados.    'The Last Open Road' is often described as Catcher in the Rye on wheels.  

If you want to develop a bad habit, get a copy of his 'Potside Companion', which is a 'coffee table/collage type book' of his many, many short stories.  But don't set it out on a coffee table.  Use it as designed.  Keep a copy right there by the toilet.  The articles are just the right length for a session.  Some of them are longer, and might keep you seated and straining longer than you should.  I think I'm developing hemorrhoids.

Bill Dentinger

PS If Burt's earthy style is too much for you, Plan B would be the same type of book, but by Peter Egan.  God I miss that guy's stuff in Road and Track.  I wish he'd come out of retirement.  I met and raced with both of these guys at Blackhawk Farms Raceway.  Both have TRIUMPH bloodlines.   



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From: John Styduhar via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: rjohns <rjohns at woh.rr.com>; Triumph 'Friends of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, Oct 4, 2018 7:57 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] Early vists to Watkins Glen


Burt Levy has written about the early days at the Glen in a few of his books.  It is entertaining historical reading of fiction and non-fiction combined.  

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:15 AM Robert Johns via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:



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  Hi guys,  I hate to pull early age rank on your early involvements at Watkins Glen, but I was at the Glen during the last two races on the original course, 1951 & 1952. 1952 was just prior to going into the Air Force. To say the Glen had a lingering affect on me, just ask me three years later while I was enjoying the Nurburgring and other courses in Europe. I am glad that you had those early experiences on the new Glen and I am proud of you.  Bob Johns 
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