Motor racing author Michael Argetsinger dies at 70 - FOXSports.com
WATKINS GLEN, N. Y. (AP) Michael R. Argetsinger, a founder of the International Motor Racing Research Center and an award-winning motorsports author, has died. Argetsinger was a member of the steering committee that in 1997 began planning for the Racing Research Center, an archival and research library dedicated to the preservation of the history of motorsports. ''Michael was a wonderful man, friend and passionate supporter of all things motor racing and particularly, Watkins Glen,'' said former open-wheel driver Bobby Rahal, chairman of the research center's governing council. Argetsinger was the son of the late Cameron Argetsinger, who started the road-racing tradition at Watkins Glen in 1948 and brought Grand Prix racing to Watkins Glen for 20 years beginning in the early 1960s. Michael Argetsinger's lifelong passion... He also raced for nearly 45 years, competing in more than 400 races at 54 different circuits in seven countries, including nine circuits that have hosted World Championship Formula One Grand Prix. Source: www.foxsports.com
