{"id":491734,"date":"2011-03-01T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=35773"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:07:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:48","slug":"f1-at-the-glen-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/f1-at-the-glen-again\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 at The Glen, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With F1 about to try another comeback in the U.S., next year in Texas, our minds inevitably reach back half a century to the first such noble experiment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_571560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571560\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-571560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-571560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was 1959 when promoter Alec Ulmann staged the inaugural United States Grand Prix (USGP) on the old airport course at Sebring, Florida. A youthful Bruce McLaren won aboard a Cooper. For 1960, Ulmann brought the circus west to the new road course at Riverside, California. Stirling Moss came first with a Lotus\u2014yours truly was privileged to bear witness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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