Michael S. Argetsinger

Michael Argetsinger, lawyer, council member of the International Motor Racing Research Center, Watkins Glen, NY.

Michael R. Argetsinger is returning to his home town of Watkins Glen to celebrate the publication of his book, "Walt Hansgen, His Life and the History of Post-War American Road Racing."

Argetsinger will discuss his book and legendary driver Hansgen at the Saturday, April 1, Center Conversations at the Racing Research Center.
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In this exciting, fast-paced biography author Michael Argetsinger shows how Walt's life encompassed the conflict between amateur and professional racing, the extraordinary advances in technology, and the joyful ambition of his era. The result is a vivid account of the remarkable history of post-war American road racing," according to the publisher's notes.

"Through painstaking research and extensive interviews with Walt's family and dozens of his friends, colleagues, and competitors, author Michael Argetsinger creates a compelling biography of Hansgen with an insider's perspective on the vibrant history of post-war American road racing."
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Michael Argetsinger, left, and J.C. Argetsinger are with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Trophy at its unveiling last year.
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Michael and J.C. are the sons of Cameron, Racing Research Center president and founder and first organizer of racing in Watkins Glen.
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Michael and J.C. also are members of the Research Center's Council.
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Council member Michael R. Argetsinger, principal in Michael Argetsinger Communications, a Chicago public relations firm, was appointed secretary.

Michael R. Argetsinger is returning to his home town of Watkins Glen to celebrate the publication of his book, "Walt Hansgen, His Life and the History of Post-War American Road Racing."

Argetsinger will discuss his book and legendary driver Hansgen at the Saturday, April 1, Center Conversations at the Racing Research Center.
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In this exciting, fast-paced biography author Michael Argetsinger shows how Walt's life encompassed the conflict between amateur and professional racing, the extraordinary advances in technology, and the joyful ambition of his era.The result is a vivid account of the remarkable history of post-war American road racing," according to the publisher's notes.

"Through painstaking research and extensive interviews with Walt's family and dozens of his friends, colleagues, and competitors, author Michael Argetsinger creates a compelling biography of Hansgen with an insider's perspective on the vibrant history of post-war American road racing."
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Michael Argetsinger, left, and J.C. Argetsinger are with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Trophy at its unveiling last year.
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Michael and J.C. are the sons of Cameron, Racing Research Center president and founder and first organizer of racing in Watkins Glen.
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Michael and J.C. also are members of the Research Center's Council.

Argetsinger will discuss his original research into the accident and its aftermath.
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A member of a motor racing family, Michael Argetsinger has been involved in the sport from his childhood.His father, Cameron, was a major figure in post-World War II road racing in America, and the person who brought the sport to Watkins Glen in the late 1940s.For more than 40 years, Michael Argetsinger has himself been a racing driver.He raced in Europe for ten years and has competed at 53 race circuits in nine countries.

At Watkins Glen Argetsinger worked in various departments of the Grand Prix Corporation.Later, while living in Europe, he was a special emissary for the Race Director of the United States Grand Prix and helped coordinate organizational and logistical matters with the principals of the Formula One teams.Argetsinger is a member of the board of directors of the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) at Watkins Glen.

In addition to his own book on Hansgen, Argetsinger has edited five books on motor racing.

Argetsinger will discuss his original research into the accident and its aftermath.
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A member of a motor racing family, Michael Argetsinger has been involved in the sport from his childhood. His father, Cameron, was a major figure in post-World War II road racing in America, and the person who brought the sport to Watkins Glen in the late 1940s. For more than 40 years, Michael Argetsinger has himself been a racing driver. He raced in Europe for ten years and has competed at 53 race circuits in nine countries.

At Watkins Glen Argetsinger worked in various departments of the Grand Prix Corporation. Later, while living in Europe, he was a special emissary for the Race Director of the United States Grand Prix and helped coordinate organizational and logistical matters with the principals of the Formula One teams. Argetsinger is a member of the board of directors of the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) at Watkins Glen.

In addition to his own book on Hansgen, Argetsinger has edited five books on motor racing.

Written by Michael Argetsinger
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Michael Argetsinger has written a towering biography of Walt Hansgen.
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Mike Argetsinger's father was the founder of the races at Watkins Glen and the author sets Walt's spectacular career against the background of the development of the governance of top line U.S. road racing, from its revival at Watkins Glen as a purely amateur endeavor, until Hansgen's death, by which time it had been completely professionalized.

This is an insider's view of both Walt's life and the development of our sport in the U.S.A.This period is supposedly within my area of expertise, but Argetsinger has dug deeper here than anyone before him.

Michael S. Argetsinger