John Fitch Archive Collection Expanded
John Fitch Archive Collection Expanded

John Fitch Archive Collection Expanded

John Fitch drives an MG-TD at the June 10, 1950 races at Linden Airport in Linden, N.J.
John Fitch drives an MG-TD at the June 10, 1950 races at Linden Airport in Linden, N.J.

The life of racer and engineer John Cooper Fitch is reflected in the myriad of items that recently were presented to the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) in Watkins Glen, New York.

The gift from Fitch’s sons, John, Christopher and Stephen Fitch, significantly enlarges the John Fitch Collection created at the Racing Research Center in 1999, when papers were donated relating to his career as a safety designer and consultant, with particular emphasis on the Fitch Inertial Barrier and the displaceable guardrail.

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