Cameron R. Argetsinger designed the original road race circuit in Watkins Glen, a challenging 6.6-mile course with varied corners and surfaces that was used for the first post-World War II American road races held in the village on October 2, 1948. Franklin Street in front of the Schuyler County Court House was the location of the start-finish line for the premier Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix, where race officials waved green and checkered flags from the first race in 1948 through 1952. Drivers raced through the village, around the gorge in Watkins Glen State Park, and over rural roads before finishing there. The inaugural race began a long history of motorsports in Watkins Glen and the surrounding area, but a tragic accident at the start of the second lap of the 1952 Grand Prix killed seven-year-old local boy Frank Fazzary and injured 12 other spectators on the crowded village route. The next year the road course moved outside the downtown to rural town-maintained roads, and in 1956 a purpose-built track, now known as Watkins Glen International, opened four miles outside Watkins Glen. From April to October, the track hosts car club events, drivers' schools, product testing, and professional and amateur competitions, with annual racing series including Can-Am, Trans Am, Formula Libre, Formula 5000, NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, SCCA, and SVRA. The United States Grand Prix, part of the international Formula One series, ran there from 1961 to 1980 and featured drivers including Mario Andretti, Jackie Stewart, Stirling Moss, Phil Hill, Mark Donohue, Francois Cevert, and Emerson Fittipaldi.