With the 2016 NASCAR  season under way. Watkins Glen International (WGI) President Michael Printup will be at the podium at the International Motor Racing Research Center this Saturday, February 27th.

It's a free talk and it begins at 1pm. It's part of the IMRRC's Conversations monthly speaker series. The Racing Research Center is located at 610 S. Decatur St., Watkins Glen, and all are welcome.

He'll discuss the famed race track's $12 million repaving project and the upcoming season. He also will look to the historic facility's future. WGI's Opening Weekend is April 15-17.

For 20 years, Watkins Glen was the home of the United States Grand Prix, and today it boasts record crowds and television viewership for its annual NASCAR competition.

Last year, Watkins Glen International was selected in a USA Today readers' choice on-line poll as the best NASCAR track in the nation.

The Racing Research Center is an archival library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the history of motorsports, of all series and all venues, through its collections of books, periodicals, films, photographs, fine art and other materials.

For more information about the Center's work and its programs, go here.

 

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