Topic: Watkins Glen when men were men

[gerhed]

The late Bob Aiken talks to his co-driver the great (arguably) Hans Stuck, Jr.
while Aiken's 962 Porche is worked on.
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[xtalon]

That is super COOL!!!

--xTalon

[derekd]

Nice !The 962'S are sweat,Hans has had a great sports car career.Thanks for the photo

[Chris Schneiter]

There you did it again! What was that shot with and when was it shot?
Chris

[heffay]

mad scientist at work again!

gerhead, you do some great work... on and off the bike.  and the fact that you share a lot of the vintage stuff shows your "experience" 

thanks.

[gerhed]

There you did it again! What was that shot with and when was it shot?
Chris

Watkins glen shot was made with a cirkuit camera of my own design--based on a Pentax Spotmatic which was butchered!
Film moves as the camera turns.--360 degree images are six inches long per 28mm lens.
I shot hundreds of pictures with this rig.---I haunted racetracks and intersections up and down the East coast throughout the 80's
and early ninties.
Glen shot was early 80's--I rode in the pace car for the start of that race, too. Hans Stuck pushed right up on our bumper in the 962 so he could jump
the start--Exciting stuff!!

[Bob Wessner]

Film moves as the camera turns.

How'd you accomplish this part?

By the way, you have me hooked-on/playing with Flash.

[750rus]

definately one of the coolest things i've ever seen 

[heffay]

gerhead... back in the day, did you ever think that you would be able to display all of these images on a little box simultaneously across the world?

maybe you did since you're a tech guy but, computers have come on so strong w/in my lifetime that if i stop and think... i'm amazed.

[gerhed]

gerhead... back in the day, did you ever think that you would be able to display all of these images on a little box simultaneously across the world?

maybe you did since you're a tech guy but, computers have come on so strong w/in my lifetime that if i stop and think... i'm amazed.

Frankly--Over the years I have subjected a lot of people to my images, but in person mostly-seminars, trade shows etc.
But you're right--the ability of the computer to bother untold numbers of people really is mind blowing and sometimes even fullfilling!

[gerhed]

Film moves as the camera turns.

How'd you accomplish this part?

By the way, you have me hooked-on/playing with Flash.

Film is advanced all the way through the camera with the lens cap on.
Then the rewind nob is hooked to a tapered dowel which along with the camera revolves around a central cylinder.
The dowel being wound with string and attached to the unmoving central cylinder.
As it turns the film moves past a slit embedded in the camera.
The taper in the dowel compensates for the fact that as you wind up the film --more film is moved per revolution.
Bob--You had to ask !

[csendker]

I've been to the Glen many, many times for camping and hiking (awesome gorge).  I went to the track a couple of times back in the 70's with my Dad.  My next door neighbor was a volunteer fireman, and he always worked a classic-car race that had 'volunteer-fireman-volunteer-officials' ("hey kid, get back from the fence...").  Well, we got some sort of 'volunteer-fireman-volunteer-official guest passes' for about $5 each, which I believe were essentially worthless.  Except that nobody actually knew what they were, but they sure looked official.  My Dad, being a self-employed businessman all his life sure can talk the smooth talk.  With his magic, these passes not only got us into the race, but up in some pit-row, right-on-the-starting-line top-shelf seats.  And after the race, we got back into the pits and just wandered around.  I remember drooling over the Ferrari's and helped push the Jaguar team cars into the semi-trailer.  Great memories, now I'll have to call Dad and reminisce some.

[Bob Wessner]

Bob--You had to ask !

Can't help myself, just a gadget freak at heart. Very clever!

[gerhed]

I've been to the Glen many, many times for camping and hiking (awesome gorge).  I went to the track a couple of times back in the 70's with my Dad.  My next door neighbor was a volunteer fireman, and he always worked a classic-car race that had 'volunteer-fireman-volunteer-officials' ("hey kid, get back from the fence...").  Well, we got some sort of 'volunteer-fireman-volunteer-official guest passes' for about $5 each, which I believe were essentially worthless.  Except that nobody actually knew what they were, but they sure looked official.  My Dad, being a self-employed businessman all his life sure can talk the smooth talk.  With his magic, these passes not only got us into the race, but up in some pit-row, right-on-the-starting-line top-shelf seats.  And after the race, we got back into the pits and just wandered around.  I remember drooling over the Ferrari's and helped push the Jaguar team cars into the semi-trailer.  Great memories, now I'll have to call Dad and reminisce some.

In more recent years I've gotten into the habit of staying at the Seneca Lodge in Watkins Glen.
Prime rib on Sunday night and right across from what may be the South entrance to the park.
And I generally don't make it up to the track.
I usually drive rapidly over to The Glen Curtis Museum in Hammondsport.
Great area!

Phil--"gerhed"

[csendker]

Next time you're at the Lodge, walk across the street and into the park.  You'll come across a big, old stone park lodge, and right behind is one of the entrance paths to the gorge.  If you haven't walked the gorge yet, you're missing something special.