Oct
19

My Father at 1971 Grand Prix

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Posted by Jameson Riley in Random,Riley Racing

A while ago, my father discovered YouTube, and decided that he would start searching for possible sightings of him at either Woodstock (the original) or some of the Watkins Glen Formula 1 Grand Prix from the ’70s. Sure enough, he found, well, himself. There he was, at the 1971 Watkins Glen Grand Prix at 21 years of age. Unforunately, the YouTube video disappeared, and we couldn’t find the video anywhere…

So just the other day, I did a search on Google for the video……..and found it! My father Chris Riley (boss of Riley Racing) can be found at film time :13 at the far right, just behind Jody Sheckter. He’s got dark long hair, a mustache, and a white shirt.

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  • Julia

    HAHAHA! Love it! Way to go Chris! I am sooooo showing my parents later.

  • Julia

    HAHAHA! Love it! Way to go Chris! I am sooooo showing my parents later.

  • jamesonriley

    Glad you like it!

  • http://thegarageblog.com/ Gary Grant

    That is pretty cool!

    My Dad was cleaning out his house prior to moving recently and sent me a ton of old photos and stuff from racing in the late Sixties. Cool stuff. There is a super 8 video, he doesn't remember what is on it. I'm going to be converting that to digi soon!

  • jamesonriley

    That should be cool…make sure to send a link when you post it.

  • http://thegarageblog.com/ Gary Grant

    That is pretty cool!

    My Dad was cleaning out his house prior to moving recently and sent me a ton of old photos and stuff from racing in the late Sixties. Cool stuff. There is a super 8 video, he doesn't remember what is on it. I'm going to be converting that to digi soon!

  • jamesonriley

    That should be cool…make sure to send a link when you post it.

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