8th 1955 F1 Championship - 04 - United States Grand Prix

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8th 1955 F1 Championship



Circuito / Track: Watkins Glen 1967

Día de carrera / Race date: 20 de febrero de 2025 / February 20th 2025

Vueltas / Laps: 35

Área de boxes para instalaciones y actualizaciones gráficas para los circuitos de la temporada / Install and update files for this season's tracks
Descarga de la pista en Track Database / Track Database download
Información de la pista en GPL Weekly / Track info page on GPL Weekly




Normas / Rules

• Coche libre / Free car choice
  Modo pro / Pro mode
  30 minutos de calificación y, a continuación, carrera de 40-45 minutos / 30 min qualification and 40-45 minutes race
  En modo pro no es posible reiniciar / Under pro mode rules there is no [shift]+[r]
  Prohibido adelantar bajo bandera amarilla / Overtaking is not allowed under yellow flags

Sesiones de entrenamientos / Practice sessions [30 min Q + 15 min short training race]

• miércoles / Wednesday
  • FP1 - 21.30 h
    FP2 - 22.15 h
    FP3 - 23.00 h
  jueves / Thursday
  • FP4 - 21.00 h

Carrera / Race

21.55 h Encuentro en el iGOR / VROC (sala PDLR, sin contraseña), bienvenida y contraseña para entrar en el servidor / Racers meet at iGOR / VROC (chatroom: PDLR, no password), welcome and password for the race server
22.00 h - 22.30 h Calificación de 30 min / Qualification, 30 min
22.30 h - 23.15 h Carrera en modo pro larga, de 40 min a 45 min / Race: pro long mode, about 40-45 minutes

(Todas las horas son CET o, del 31 de marzo al 27 de octubre, CEST. / All times are CET or, from March 31st to October 27th, CEST)

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Watkins?

55 Training?

Yes ... 9.30 PM

[Gaizka]

Ayer, como es habitual, compartí pista con Aita. Y disfruté de todas y cada una de las vueltas. ¡Pero qué bonito es Watkins Glen!
Primera referencia: 1:16 con el setup por defecto.

First laps for me on Sunday together with Tago. Oh boy, do I like this track!
Initial reference: 1:16 (default setup).

[Clive Loynes]

Oh dear!

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No te preocupes Clive ... el resto somos humanos
Don't worry Clive... the rest of us are human beings

Ayer coincidimos en pista Quico, Xuggy y yo y nos pasamos un gran rato en pista
Quico, Xuggy and I met on the track yesterday and we had a great time

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Starting free practice in a while

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Watkins Glen 1955

Al haber hecho un buen reportaje del Glen recientemente no me parecía que podría encontrar mas material y nada más lejos de la realidad
Having done a good report on the Glen recently I didn't think I could find any more material and nothing could be further from the truth

Fuente Source 1 o bien or 2



Watkins Glen Grand Prix race winner Sherwood Johnston (#60 Cunningham Jaguar D-Type) streaks out of Townsend Corner toward start/finish while maintaining his lead over Bill Spear's Maserati 300S Photo: Alix Lafontant



The Buick Skylark pace car prepares to lead the assembled field away on its formation lap for the 11-lap Seneca Cup contest for Sports and Unrestricted cars.

1955 was the last year of racing on public roads for Watkins Glen—September 17. It was the 4.6-mile course up on the hill in Dix Township—the one with the mile and a third steep downhill straight ending in a hairpin turn. If you ran out of brakes or just weren’t careful, you could end up on the front porch of a farmer’s house, watched by the people sitting on the roof of his barn. As Cunningham driver Phil Walters noted, “it is a course for brave men.” Abarth driver John Bentley called it “crazy.” Not far from the start/finish line was a new landing field for those among the drivers or spectators arriving in private planes. This simple course actually saved racing at Watkins Glen after the fatal accident in 1952. It had been the next place to race and had gotten the Grand Prix Corporation to the 8th Annual Watkins Glen.



Early in the Seneca Cup race, Bob Bucher in the #29 Cad Allard leads the pack at dusty Townsend Corner. Following are the #222 Cheetah of John Plaisted and the Ford-Riley of George Rabe. Bucher’s car later dropped out with carburetion problems, but Plaisted finished 4th overall while winning the Unrestricted Class. Photo: Alix Lafontant

Race #1 was the Seneca Cup and the winner was Pittsburgh driver Dr. M.R.J. Wyllie, once again, in a C-Type Jaguar. He led Dan Boylan in a new Mercedes Benz 300 SL and John Knight in a Jaguar XK-120M. It was a well-deserved win for Wyllie, and his third on the course on the hill in Dix Township. John Plaisted’s “Cheetah,” a Cadillac-engined special with an MG grille, came in 4th, with 5th overall taken by Ray Saidel in what the results sheet listed as a Cad-Allard but that was actually an Oldsmobile-Allard.

[quico]

Precioso, Tago.

[Mezcua]

A través de este foro he llegado a un interesante sitio web con información y fotos de la carrera de 1955
Through ]this forum I have come across an interesting website with information and photos of the 1955 race.

Programa Program



Participantes Entry list



Un par de fotos A couple of photos

[Mezcua]

Precioso, Tago.

Watkins Glen Grand Prix 1955 youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjPjGGD0qH8

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Colección de fotos históricas de Watkins Glen por Andy Gerard Historic racing at watkins glen: the Andy Gerard collection

Estupenda colección de fotos de visita con café o cerveza muy recomendable Great collection of photos, a must visit place with coffee or beer

Por ejemplo For example

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Laptimes so far

Código: Seleccionar todo

1 	G. Lopez55 	FER 	1:16.57
2 	C. Loynes55 	LAN 	1:17.24
3 	tagomago55 	LAN 	1:17.78
4 	N. Xug 		MER 	1:19.25 

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Free practice 4 started ... drivers welcome

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Just in case

pass pdlrxx
IP = 80.32.78.254

gla!!

[Mezcua]

Great racing time at Watkins Glen



Grats Gaiz for a fine win Enrique great and tago

Thx all for racing