United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen 1961
SCHEDULE FOR U. S. GRAND PRIX RACE DAY Sunday, 8 October 1961 1:00 P.M, DRIVERS MEETING AT PITS 27 and 28 1:30 P.M, U. S. National Anth e m 0 1:35 P.M, Cars to their grid positions. 1:50 P.M, Grid will be cleared of all but pit crews (3 only) and drivers* 1:55 P.M, Five minute gun (1st gun) 1:59 P.M, One minute gun (start engines)<> Pit crews exit grid« 2:00 P.M Race commences. 2:00:30 1».M. Stalled cars removed from grid. Official time will be that shown on the Kendall Tower Clock. George Rand, FIA Race Steward W.Fe Mi Hi ken Chief Steward (\ 3RD GRAND PR IX OF THE UNITED STATES held at Watkins Glen, New York October 6, 7, and 8, 1961 Cameron R. Argetsinger, Executive Director Watkins Glen Grand Prix Corporation P. 0* Box I48, Watkins Glen, New York, U,S<>Ao Sir: This is the final and Official Report of the race timing and lap scoring for the above event, and has been compiled from data recorded by a team of forty-eight persons during the practice periods on 'October 6th and 7th and the race itself on October 8th* Minerva split second-hand type stop watches were used for lap timing and normal stop watches for overall race times. As far as was possible, at least two independent watches and timekeepers were used to time laps for each car during the practice periods and the same practice was followed for the race timinga Prior to the event, ALL watches were checked for accuracy over a period of at least two hours against radio standard time signalso Each watch used was numbered and its deviation listedo All watches used for lap times had
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