Out of all the competitors who raced at that very first 1948 road race at Watkins Glen, there are perhaps only five living: Bill Milliken, Cam Argetsinger, Haig Ksayian, Denver Cornett and Otto Linton. VRJ’s John Wright caught up with Otto Linton and his friend, Denver Cornett, recently at the Zippo Vintage Weekend at the Glen. Denver and Otto were there at the first road race of the long and storied history of Watkins Glen in 1948 and they were…

Start of the “Junior Grand Prix”, Watkins Glen 1948.
Photo: Watkins Glen Research Library