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Purpose:
An interactive panel discussion with selected racing legends of the Glen.
For a quick overview, here is a small pictorial sample of a previous year's event.
Location:
Lafayette Park, 4th St., Watkins Glen.
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 pm
Cost: No Cost
The Speakers:
Legends speakers are all experts about racing and will enjoy sharing their insights with you, so join us at Lafayette Park on Fourth Street, at 3:00 p.m.
The Legends Speak 2024 - All You Ever Wanted to Know About MG... and More!
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An integral part of Friday’s Vintage Festival is the popular Legends Speak program, sponsored by the International Motor Racing Research Center. The event takes place from 3:00-4:00PM in the gazebo in Lafayette Park, and as the name suggests allows fans the opportunity to see and hear from the “legends” of Watkins Glen in a relaxed, “up close and personal” setting.
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Join us for an entertaining hour of MG at the gazebo in Lafayette Park. Our panel of enthusiasts includes:
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Glen Moore - MG historian, racer, writer, and owner of the Bob Fergus MGTD that raced at The Glen in 1952
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Denny Cornett - son of Denver Cornett, noted MG racer who infamously rolled his MG off the Stone Bridge into the Hidden Valley creek in the inaugural 1948 race
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Roger Linton - son of legendary racer, Otto Linton who also competed in the 1948 race... and for many years beyond
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It will be a Mighty Great time – don’t miss it!
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Previous participants in the program have included Bill Milliken, Otto Linton, Oscar Koveleski, Hurley Haywood, Brian Redman, Al Unser Jr. and other notables associated with the rich, exciting history of racing at Watkins Glen. In 2018, David Hobbs and Davy Jones shared memories of their storied careers and racing at Watkins Glen in an extremely entertaining program.
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The International Motor Racing Research Center
(IMRRC) is honored to host the annual “Legends Speak”
program as part of the Grand Prix Festival. The program will
run from 3-4PM in the gazebo in Lafayette Park located one
block east of Franklin St. between 4th and 5th Streets. It’s an
hour well spent for any racing enthusiast.
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DAVE WARD & RICK HUGHEY – MODERATORS
A life long motorsports fan, Dave Ward’s 35 year professional career was spent teaching at the University of Pittsburg, Johnstown. Dave also ran the Watkins Glen Racing Museum for almost 20 years. Dave will be moderating the Legends Speak program for the 7th consecutive year.
Rick Hughey was born on a race weekend here at Watkins Glen, and that's a great start for someone who went into radio. Becoming the anchor for the Glen Racing Network coverage of Formula 1. He then joined MotorNet radios coast to coast daily program as the road racing editor. Rick worked for Tyrrell racing as a go-fer from 1972-98. He attended the Skip Barber and Jim Russell schools and started racing with SVRA in 1992 with a Formcar Formula Vee. Rick currently works with the IMRRC on the SCCA archive. He is a 50 plus year member of the Glen Region of SCCA.
- The Legends Speak is sponsored by the International Motor Racing Research Center, 610 S.
Decatur St., Watkins Glen.
For more specific information, contact:
Kip Zeiter at 607-535-9044 or email
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