Bridgehampton Road Rallye 2007 (Part 1)

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Bridgehampton Road Rallye 2007 Racing History -Why We Rally in Bridgehampton. As many autophyles know, the Bridgehampton area is steeped in racing history. Beginning in 1915, the Firemen sponsored street races as part of their summer carnival. Those races ran laps over a circular course that went east on Main Street, south on Halsey Lane, east on Paul's Lane, and back up Ocean Avenue to the monument. Homemade and modified cars piloted by local note-worthies like John Ambrose, Moosie Thompson, Court Rodgers and Norris Hopping put pressure on visiting racers as they reached speeds of up to 50mph. These early races continued through 1921. Racing revived in 1949 when Bruce Stevenson, inspired by the first Watkins Glen race in 1948, organized a similar event in Bridgehampton. Predominately European racing cars reached speeds in excess of 100mph on a 4.5 mile road course that ran clockwise up Ocean Avenue, across Sagaponac Road, down Sagg Main Street, and back along Bridge Lane. 1953 saw both the last Bridgehampton race and the end of open road racing in New York State. However, during those 5 years the likes of Briggs Cunningham, Tommy Cole, George Huntoon, Freddie Wacker, the Collier brothers, Bob Grossman, John Fitch, television personality Dave Garroway and many others raced at Bridgehampton in the greatest races of the era. In 1957 the soon to be world famous Bridge Race Track opened on 500 acres of open land just north of the village. For over 35 years races of <b>...</b>

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Bridgehampton, Road, Rallye, Automobiles, Classic, Roadster, Navagator, Cars, Antique, Packard, VVHTV, Hamptons, TV

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