[fieldodreams79]

I mentioned in another thread that I'm a little under the weather ABD don't feel like working. Found this while slacking off this morning and love this thread so thought I'd share it. Goes along with some previous posts of mine about "The Bridge":

A little more info on the track:
https://bringatrailer.com/2022/10/22...at-the-bridge/

Neat old track map:
https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content...size=620%2C477

Great video of the Cam-Am race held there in 1967.
https://www.facebook.com/GLSmith9823...18292175048529

Paul Newman quote about taking a first ride around the circuit w/ Mario Andretti

"It was 1967 and Mario took me around Bridgehampton in a 427 Mustang... my first ride with a professional driver. As we approached a fourth gear,blind,down hill righthander, I thought I'd have a better chance of surviving Custer's Last Stand than this. When we stopped in the pits, I hurled myself from the infernal machine, belly down, kissed the ground, thanked my Maker, and vowed never to kick my dog or as it turned out later, his pig."

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

And at least the track itself is preserved through the park; the two tracks mentioned in the article written by the guy with the crappy Lotus, Bridgehampton and Riverside, are hardly noticeable anymore. Riverside is a mall, and Bridgehampton is a golf course. At least the golf course left some of the remnants of the old circuit.

Brigdehampton then
Bridgehampton now

It's Bridge Golf Course, Bridgehampton NY.

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Indeed, and as someone who actually enjoys playing golf, I have to admit it would kinda neat to play that course, even though it would leave me wondering how cool it would have been to see a race there. The course, in it's hay day, was something of legend; high speed and if you got it wrong, the dunes were there to bite you.

A good look at the high speed T1 section:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezbcQYdnzLM

Edit
Can Am 68:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xWMuEKfs6w