<Tr> <Th> Turns </Th> <Td> 28 (approximately) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.theglen.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Watkins Glen International, nicknamed "The Glen", is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake . It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961--1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans - Am, Can - Am, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series . </P> <P> Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course . In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built . In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen . The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix . The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after a fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event . </P>

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