New York. Although the Great Depression had strained his finances and slowed development of their Florida lands, the next generations of his family would continue his development work in subsequent decades. The family members participated in many sports, including motorsports, and especially road racing, which led to the sons Miles and Sam founding the Automobile Racing Club of America in 1933, renamed in 1944 as the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). Miles, Cameron Argetsinger, and Briggs Cunningham were instrumental in founding the Watkins Glen racing facility, near one of their summer retreats. Juliet worried about the risks of racing and tried to influence her sons against it; Sam would indeed die in a racing accident at Watkins Glen in 1950. Briggs's renowned automobile collection was purchased by a member of the Collier family, and is now part of the Revs Institute for Automotive Research in Naples, Florida, which is open to the public. The Collier County Public School System named Barron Collier High School in honor of Barron Gift Collier, Sr. References Gene M. Burnett, Florida's Past, Volume 3, Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, 1991 External links American businesspeople American motorsport people Auto racing executives Collier County, Florida People from Memphis, Tennessee Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) 1873 births 1939 deaths