# old track cruise on sunday at the glen. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 28, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734 "2008-06-28T11:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/1 "2008-06-28T11:36:27Z")
i was just wondering if any one would be down with taking a cruise around the old Watkins Glen track that ran though the town. i would be in if you guys would be down. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/2 "2008-07-02T21:02:11Z")
lol :highfive: What’s the “old track”? I don’t know of it. ---
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/3 "2008-07-03T09:52:12Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > lol :highfive: > > What’s the “old track”? I don’t know of it. [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/NY/images/glen/1963.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/NY/WatkinsGlen.html&h=476&w=805&sz=12&hl=en&start=25&tbnid=stCMzjftgweL9M:&tbnh=85&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwatkins%2Bglen%2Bold%2Bcourse%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/NY/images/glen/1963.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/NY/WatkinsGlen.html&h=476&w=805&sz=12&hl=en&start=25&tbnid=stCMzjftgweL9M:&tbnh=85&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwatkins%2Bglen%2Bold%2Bcourse%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) ![http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/NY/images/glen/1948.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/1/01dee4b1ecc04b742b6fbcc8c514b290e815d049.gif) the old track ![http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/NY/images/glen/1953.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/e/ce7ca78a754cec2f82c1b907ee01394a28515072.gif) where the old track is compared to the “new” track ---
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/4 "2008-07-03T10:18:20Z")
i am leave today so if u guys want to do the old track tell me while we are there it will be kinda of honnoring past of raceing ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/5 "2008-07-03T10:46:18Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > lol :highfive: > > What’s the “old track”? I don’t know of it. Newb. It’s only one of the biggest pieces of road racing history in the USA.:spank: ---
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/6 "2008-07-03T10:49:12Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > Newb. > It’s only one of the biggest pieces of road racing history in the USA.:spank: thank you! sorry to hate on you fry but it is the first road racing track that was ever in the united states. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/7 "2008-07-03T10:55:00Z")
When men were men and road racing was road racing. ---
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/8 "2008-07-03T11:03:42Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > When men were men and road racing was road racing. and when Cameron Argetsinger saw a sleepy little town that was a great place for a race track ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/9 "2008-07-06T21:27:55Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > When men were men and road racing was road racing. and tires were 1/3 the width they are now and racers drove off that cliff all the time ---
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/10 "2008-07-07T14:52:44Z")
> [@Coldaccord](#): > > and tires were 1/3 the width they are now and racers drove off that cliff all the time only one person was kill during the events though ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/11 "2008-07-07T14:53:39Z")
i think he was just referencing the old times of racing. Where winning was first, and safety was second ---
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-track-cruise-on-sunday-at-the-glen/50734/12 "2008-07-07T17:12:18Z")
edit: > [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > i think he was just referencing the old times of racing. Where winning was first, and safety was last