Founded in 2015, the annual Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History is co-hosted each November by the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) and the SAH, in Watkins Glen, New York. The two-day Symposium provides a venue for professional and amateur scholars, writers, and researchers to present their work to the enthusiasts’ community, to students, and to the general public. Symposium topics encompass:
Symposium attendance is free of charge. Both days are live streamed and recorded by Gran Touring Motorsports for post-event viewing on YouTube.
The exact dates of the Ninth Annual Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History will be announced in the spring, with full details coming in May, including the Call for Presentations announcement.
The symposium is named in honor of Michael R. Argetsinger (1944-2015), race car driver, author of five books on motor sport, co-founder of the Symposium, and founding member of the IMRRC. Michael was a son of Cameron and Jean Argetsinger, who brought Formula One racing to America and founded the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course, as well as the later Watkins Glen International racetrack.
Visit the IMRRC Argetsinger website Symposium page for additional information and YouTube links for each 2022, 2023, and 2024 presentation.
Also, immerse yourself in the IMRRC website Podcast and YouTube collections under the home page “News & Events” tab.
1970 Can-Am at Watkins Glen
Jackie Stewart premiered the Chaparral 2J at the Can-Am “200” at Watkins Glen on July 12, 1970. Jim Hall is at left with his back to the camera; Chris Economaki
approaches with his microphone. Behind is car #11, the McLaren M8B of Lothar
Motschenbacher. Steward had the fastest lap of the race but neither car
finished due to brake and drive shaft failures respectively. (IMRRC, thanks to
Center Historian Bill Green)
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