Bridgehampton
Race CircuitUnited States
In the pantheon of 'lost' racing circuits, Bridgehampton on New York's Long Island must rank as one of the most sorely missed. One of the most thrilling and challenging of the road courses which sprang up in the late 1950's to cater for the boom in sportscar racing, it had a chequered history of financial difficulties, before finally being swallowed up by the seemingly endless series of golf courses that proliferate the Hamptons.
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In the pantheon of 'lost' racing circuits, Bridgehampton on New York's Long Island must rank as one of the most sorely missed. One of the most thrilling and challenging of the road courses which sprang up in the late 1950's to cater for the boom in sportscar racing, it had a chequered history of financial difficulties, before finally being swallowed up by the seemingly endless series of golf courses that proliferate the Hamptons.