Walt Hansgen: His Life and the History of Post-War American Road Racing
As a member of an American racing family, Michael Argetsinger remembers the earliest days of post-war road racing. Growing up in the race organization at Watkins Glen he graduated from mowing grass at the circuit to becoming assistant to the press director at the United States Grand Prix and later representative in Europe to the race director. His experience includes working with the Cooper Car Company during the 1966 Formula 1 Grand Prix season. After two years of service in the U.S. Army he began his own racing career in 1965 while still in college. He raced in Europe for ten years and remains an active driver in the SCCA and vintage racing. He is married and lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he heads a public relations business he founded in 1981.