«» Jean Argetsinger, the matriarch of early American road racing and a leader in the creation of the International Motor Racing Research Center, died Monday, Jan. 16.Argetsinger was a true partner to her late husband, Cameron R. Argetsinger, who is credited with the re-birth of road racing in the United...

«» Jean Argetsinger, the matriarch of early American road racing and a leader in the creation of the International Motor Racing Research Center, died Monday, Jan. 16.Argetsinger was a true partner to her late husband, Cameron R. Argetsinger, who is credited with the re-birth of road racing in the United...

How a Cornell Law Student’s Dream of Holding the First American GP Became a RealityCameron Argetsinger caught the racing bug while serving in Europe during World War II. When he returned to America in 1945, the Youngstown, Ohio native began attending law school at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., not...