{"id":500172,"date":"2022-11-08T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T20:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=137567"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:50:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:50:40","slug":"1973-usgp-watkins-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1973-usgp-watkins-glen\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport Moment &#8211; Emerson Fittipaldi At The 1973 USGP At Watkins Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The United States Grand Prix<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where: <\/strong>Watkins Glen <strong>\/\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Date: <\/strong>October 10, 1973<\/p>\n<p>Emerson Fittipaldi, in his Lotus 72, qualified well, but was only able to finish 6th, the last car on the lead lap, due to having flat-spotted his front tires.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-637895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/C73F3B-1-1-293x196.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photo courtesy of: <\/strong>THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION<\/li>\n<li><strong>Address: <\/strong>PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tel: <\/strong>(203) 461-9804<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fax: <\/strong>(203) 968-2970<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:info@klemcoll.com\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">info@klemcoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Web site: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.klemcoll.com\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">www.klemcoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Grand Prix Where: Watkins Glen \/\u00a0Date: October 10, 1973 Emerson Fittipaldi, in his Lotus 72, qualified well, but was only able to finish 6th, the last car on the lead lap, due to having flat-spotted his front tires. 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