[Fot] Watkins Glen - September

Wed Mar 27 08:27:45 MDT 2019

Hot stuff!
Bill Dentinger

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 On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, Bill Tobin <william.tobin31 at verizon.net> wrote:

OK, full disclosure: the luckiest I got at Watkins Glen was after the '68 USGP. I was hanging out by the gate to the Kendall Tech Center where the cars were kept.

A nicely dressed couple came out and asked me if I'd like to see the cars. They handed my their pass and in I went. On the way in I helped a couple guys, crewmen, carry in some equipment. They were crew for Jackie Stewart, who had just won! They were British and friendly and we chatted for a bit. Then in walked three guys with a huge champagne bottle. It was Stewart, Ken Terrell, and Denny Hulme. I was impressed! Stewart passed the bubbly to the crewman, who in turn asked me if I'd like a sip. Of course I took a sip. Wow! Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Didn't have a camera with me, but got all their autographs. Great memories.

The next summer, I met Oscar Koveleski, and it got more interesting from there. I met a whole bunch of other people after that.

What, you think I can make this stuff up? Watkins Glen is Mecca to me. Enjoy it.

At the '68 USGP, I swore that someday I'd race there. It took 39 years, but in 2007 I did just that, at the Vintage GP. How's that for hanging in there?

Cheers, Bill

 On 3/26/2019 5:36 PM, Bill Dentinger wrote:

     Yeah, Bill 
  The camping crowd at Watkins Glen is legendary.  They've been known to have a drink or twenty.  One year their bonfire included somebody's car.  As racers, we were treated like celebrities when we would visit them at night.  But quite frankly we could not keep up with them.  I still have one of their 'Horny Heathen' decals somewhere. 
  I'm not surprised you had good luck there.  Was she conscious? 
  Bill Dentinger . 

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Bill Tobin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
 To: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
 Sent: Tue, Mar 26, 2019 1:08 pm
 Subject: Re: [Fot] Watkins Glen - September

    If some of you are camping at the track, the showers and rest room facilities are very good. As opposed to the first time I went there in 1968......... I disagree with Bill about the Rent-A Wife. I had good luck there........!!! Cheers, Bill
   On 3/26/2019 11:57 AM, Bill Dentinger via Fot wrote:

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