THE UBIQUITOUSNESS OF RACING!
Quiz Time: What do these people have in common: Susan B. Anthony, George Eastman, Mark Twain, Dr. Konstantin Frank, Rod Serling, and Danica Patrick?
They’re all highlighted in “Finger Lakes…Just the Right Touch”, a column appearing in the Official 2007 News York State Travel Guide. For the record, Ms. Anthony is a noted women’s suffrage movement leader from Rochester. Dr. Frank began the vinifera grape wine revolution in NY while at Cornell University in Ithaca. Mr. Serling, originally from Syracuse, is perhaps best known for his “Twilight Zone” series. Mr. Eastman is considered the Father of Modern Photography and centered his work in Rochester. Mr. Twain authored his famous Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer masterpieces from his study in Elmira, which is now located on the campus of Elmira College, just south of Watkins Glen.
Which brings us to Danica Patrick, who needs no introduction except to say she does not hail from the Finger Lakes!
Each entry for the first five notables ends with a web site listing for readers to obtain additional information about the lives and careers of these persons. However, the listing for Patrick gives the Watkins Glen web site for race and ticket information.
But most interesting to me was the fact that Patrick’s entry headed the list of these highlighted individuals from the Finger Lakes region. Which demonstrates once again that, despite F1 leaving the US racing scene, motorsports is BIG BUSINESS (as Mike and I have emphasized repeatedly whenever asked) in the United States.
Also, while vacationing this past week in Montreal, the official calendar of events in Canada for 2007 highlighted the upcoming Busch race outside Montreal.
Glad to be back to racing this next weekend.
Jon