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What is Race Services, Inc.?
We're an organization of volunteers committed to promoting the cause of road racing enthusiasts, and promoting Watkins Glen International as a world leader in road racing.
We make up the safety team, while providing support with Flagging and Communications; Grid; Paddock; Pits; Start-Finish and Worker Support.
Want to share your excitement of racing - come on down and join our team that supports Watkins Glen International!
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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| Upcoming RSI Events |
| Updated 8/10/2020 Next four events on our 2020 schedule. Mark on your calendars:
August 22nd-23rd: BMW Genesee Valley Chapter - NEW EVENT!!
CLICK HERE to create a MotorsportReg account. CLICK HERE to sign up to work the BMW Genesee Valley Chapter event.
Registration opens 8/10
RSI Membership Meeting: Saturday, August 22nd at 7pm in the RSI Campground
August 28th-30th: NASA Northeast
CLICK HERE to create a MotorsportReg account. CLICK HERE to sign up to work the NASA Northeast event.
Registration opens 8/17
September 4th-6th: Ferrari Club of America
CLICK HERE to create a MotorsportReg account. CLICK HERE to sign up to work the Ferrari Club of America event.
Registration opens 8/24
September 9th-13th: SVRA Vintage US Grand Prix
CLICK HERE to create a MotorsportReg account. CLICK HERE to sign up to work the SVRA Vintage Grand Prix event.
Registration opens 8/24
All specialties, not just F&C are encouraged to use our event sign up website, MotorsportReg.
Please use the sign up site to let the Specialty Chiefs know you are coming!
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| More Events Canceled! |
| 08/10/2020
Announced today by WGI was a cancelation of another two events on our calendar: Ferrari Challenge and GT World Challenge weekends.
WGI Statement: "As a result of the ongoing pandemic, the Ferrari Challenge and GT World Challenge events at Watkins Glen International have been canceled. Additionally, the Hillard US Vintage Grand Prix will be run without fans in attendance.
While we are disappointed that we will not see our racing fans at The Glen this year, we must prioritize the health and safety of our attendees, competitors, and staff. "
IMSA Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen Canceled
The IMSA Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen weekend at WGI has been canceled. The series has decided to realign our event to Road Atlanta.
WGI has released this statement: "We are disappointed we won't see our fans in New York this summer, but fan safety and well-being are our top priorities."
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| NASCAR at The Glen Weekend Canceled! |
7/09/2020
The track has announced the decision has been made to cancel the NASCAR at The Glen weekend. As a result of the ongoing pandemic nationwide, our NASCAR weekend has been realigned to the Daytona International Speedway road course August 14 – 16.
WGI Statement:
“This is an unprecedented time in the history of our nation and Watkins Glen International,” said WGI President Michael Printup. “The dynamic situation we are all confronting is impacting our daily lives and activities in unimaginable ways. While we are disappointed we will not experience NASCAR in New York this year, as we look broadly at the current pandemic in our country and around the world, we must focus first on everyone’s safety and well-being as NASCAR seeks the best way to continue delivering a remarkable on-track product week after week.”
This doesn't mean our season is over, at the time of this writing we still have four club weekends in a row, starting next weekend, July 18th-19th. We still need to maintain our contract agreement with the track by providing our services. We can use all the help we can get, so please join us and help us out! |
| Event Status Reminders |
| 6/12/2020
The RSI Officers would like to remind everyone, please do not go by any social media posts or websites from sanctioning bodies regarding event statuses and only go by what RSI officers post on the Facebook page and/or on the RSI website.
While it seems official from ChampCar, WGI and RSI have yet to be informed of any cancelation and we are still on schedule to working their event on June 26th-28th. If that should change, we will announce it to the membership on the RSI website and the Facebook page.
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| Special Zoom Conference Call for RSI Members on June 17th |
| 6/03/2020
RSI leaders have sent out an email announcing of a Zoom conference call that RSI members could attend on Wednesday, June 17th at 7:00pm. We plan to bring everyone up to speed on the current status of our season. Everyone's attendance is encouraged. Details of the log in process for the Zoom conference call can be found in the email that was sent out this afternoon.
Also included in the email was to please be patient on when our season will start up. Even though June 1st has past, the WGI track remains closed. Please do not call WGI, nor please do not contact any of the RSI officers regarding an opening date. We promise to provide timely updates when we know of a confirmed start date and it will be communicated via the RSI Facebook page and the RSI website.
Thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, June 17th at 7:00pm EST for the Zoom Conference Call. If you are a current member, that has paid your 2020 dues and did not receive this email with log in instructions for the Zoom conference call, please reach out to a member of the RSI officers.
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| Snail and E-Mail |
| Are you getting emails and/or snail mail from RSI? If not, please reach out to Terry Bowdren at (315) 521-6030 or tbowdren@rochester.rr.com.
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| RSI Apparel |
| Don Logan is selling RSI apparel, and has now added white windbreakers to his menu. You can find samples and order information in the Members Only section. The file is titled Don_Logan_Apparel.pdf
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