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At Lollapalooza’s inception, festivals had become passé, with the US Festival, the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen and the Monterey Pop Festival little more than hazy memories.

You can add a few more, too, including Jenson Button's dramatic last-to-first win in Canada in 2011, and Gilles Villeneuve's annihilation of the field at Watkins Glen in 1979, for example.

I’m tempted to say Watkins Glen, home of the US Grand Prix East for 20 years from 1960-80.

Atlanta Motor Speedway and the road course at Watkins Glen in upstate New York were added to the playoffs.

So when the No. 14 rolled into Canada in early July fresh off a win at Watkins Glen and podium finishes in four of the first five races, confidence was extremely high, especially after the team won the pole.