Word: prix
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first thing you have to understand is that when we decided we were interested in running a Grand Prix, Watkins Glen was still in the running," says Aldenhoevel by phone from Caeser's Palace. "Our Grand Prix had nothing to do with Watkins Glen not picking it up. Conceivably, there could have been three Grand Prix in the United States this year. (A Formula One event in Long Beach, California took place in July...
Aldenhoevel says Caeser's Palace has signed a contract with FICA to run a United States Grand Prix in Las Vegas for each of the next four years. No other racing will be done at the site; the track will be torn down and reconstructed every fall...
...surprising that no other racing will take place at the track--Caeser's Palace is not a racing organization, it is a casino. The Watkins Glen Grand Prix Corporation is solely a racing organization, however, and if it is to survive it will survive by promoting auto races. Hence, this year's Indy-style event...
...Actually, this year's race was much more exciting than the past few Grand Prix have been, from a pure racing point of view," says Franzese. "Rick Mears won an awfully good event that had four or five lead changes and real good racing. But what goes on around the Grand Prix is more exciting than the race itself...
...believes that racing at Watkins Glen can survive and flourish without the Grand Prix--which he is not expecting back...