Kid Racer School Teaches Them Young

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2007 Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen

The last two years of the U.S. Grand Prix at the Glen, Watson drove for McLaren and was sixth overall. He was sixth overall in 1979, and ninth overall in 1980. He would race for McLaren until 1983, plus one race in 1985 in the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. He finished seventh overall. Watson would win a total of five Grand Prix races in his Formula 1 career. Watson raced in the Le Mans 24-Hours seven times between 1973 and 1990. His best finish was in 1990, when he ended 11th overall with Bruno Giacomielli and Allan Burg. During the years 1972 through 1990, he had four wins in the Sports Car World Championship series. During the 1986 IMSA GTP series, he co-drove with David Hobbs in a few races in a BMW-GTP.

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Kid Racer School Teaches Them Young If you have young children with you, be sure to sign them up for the Kid Racer School, located at the Pick-AFlick/Subway plaza on Franklin Street. This fun activity is for 3- to 6-year-old children and includes a “drivers school” and an opportunity to participate in the Kid Racer Trophy Dash. Kid Racer is a project of Oscar Koveleski, one of the honorees in the day’s inductions into the Drivers Walk of Fame. Kid Racer will benefit the Penn Yan Community Center project.

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PHARMACY DELIVERS LOCALLY 506 S. Franklin St., Watkins Glen The BMW GTP of John Watson and David Hobbs is on the track at Watkins Glen for the 1986 New York 500. They were 21st overall. (photo from the William Green Motor Racing Library)

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