Watkins Glen

This has been a happy hunting circuit for Lotus, as they team has won 7 consecutive US GPs here from 1961 to 1973 with four different drivers. Jim Clark bagged 3 of them. | Watkins Glen played home to the US GP for 20 consecutive years, from 1961 to 1980. | Ford has dominated the US GPs on this circuit as 11 out of 20 times the winners have used the Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8 engine. | The US Grand Prix received the Grand Prix Drivers' Association award for the best organized and best staged GP of the season in 1965, 1970 and 1972. | Before the 1971 race, the course was extended from 2.35 miles (3.78 km) to 3.377 miles (5.435 km) by the addition of four corners in a new section called the 'Boot' or 'Anvil'

Name :Watkins Glen

Country :USA

No. of Races :20

First Race :Oct 08, 1961

Last Race :Oct 05, 1980

Defending Champion:A.Jones

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Laps: 59

Circuit Lenght: 5.44 km

Race Distance: 320.66 km

Lap Record: Alan Jones - 1:34.068

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TOP PERFORMERS AT WATKINS GLEN

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This has been a happy hunting circuit for Lotus, as they team has won 7 consecutive US GPs here from 1961 to 1973 with four different drivers. Jim Clark bagged 3 of them.
Watkins Glen played home to the US GP for 20 consecutive years, from 1961 to 1980.
Ford has dominated the US GPs on this circuit as 11 out of 20 times the winners have used the Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8 engine.
The US Grand Prix received the Grand Prix Drivers' Association award for the best organized and best staged GP of the season in 1965, 1970 and 1972.
Before the 1971 race, the course was extended from 2.35 miles (3.78 km) to 3.377 miles (5.435 km) by the addition of four corners in a new section called the 'Boot' or 'Anvil'

List of Grands Prix Held

Date/Year

Grand Prix

Winner

Team

Oct 08, 1961

USA

I.Ireland

Lotus

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Watkins Glen

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List of Grands Prix Held

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