 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuburikidza neakawanda e1961, Ulmann akanyorwa semusimudziri weUSGP, uye akaonana nevagadziri muMiami naBill France weDaytona International Speedway asi akakundikana kusvika pazvibvumirano. Muna August, mutsigiri wemakwikwi anonzi Cameron Argetsinger, Executive Director weWatkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course iri munharaunda yepakati yeFinger Lakes kuchamhembe kweNew York, akapa chikwata chake kuAutomobile Competition Committee for the United States ACCUS kuti chiite Grand Prix. Akabudirira uye Watkins Glen yaizogamuchira United States Grand Prix kwemakore 20 akatevera. Munguva iyi, chiitiko chacho chakava tsika pakati pevateveri sezvo mapoka akavimbika aiungana mumatsutso ose pamakomo akapararira eUpperstate New York. Yakanga iri imwe yemitambo yakakurumbira yemwaka pamwe nezvikwata uye vatyairi zvakare, vachigamuchira mubairo weGrand Prix Drivers Association kune yakanakisa yakarongeka uye yakanakisa yakarongedzwa Grand Prix yemwaka muna 1965, 1970, uye 1971. Nzvimbo iri yoga yenzira yacho yakapa mugariro worudzi rwokuzorora. Watkins Glen ine rekodhi refu kwazvo yekugamuchira chero mujaho weAmerican Formula One; iyo nzira yakazozivikanwa se Mecca yemakwikwi emugwagwa weAmerica uye yakazopedzisira yazvipinza mutsika yeEuropean Grand Prix. 