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Thursday of Race Week, May 23
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 What's on track... Trans Am load-in! 
 In the Racing World... Get ready for this weekend's Trans Am feature race, round three of the 2013 title chase! F1600, F2000 and VSCCA races, too. Seven races rain or shine on Saturday!

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Trans Am Opens LRP Season This Weekend!

Trans Am Opens LRP Season This Weekend!

It’s been a long winter, but we’re ready to fire up the engines and get things rockin’ and rollin’!  It’s the Lime Rock Season-Opener featuring Trans Am and the Sunday Royals Garage Car Show benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project, Friday through Sunday, May 24-26.Friday, May 24 is practice and qualifying, when ...

May 26 Royals' Car Show Benefits Wounded Warrior Project

May 26 Royals' Car Show Benefits Wounded Warrior Project

It’s strictly because of cool – and caring – people like you, the Lime Rock fan, that the “Sunday Royals’ Garage Car Show” has been a wonderful success over the past three years. Since the first one in 2010, more than $12,000 has been raised to benefit charities and institutions.The Fourth Annual Royals’ show is Sund...

It's Now Called 'Sam Posey Straight'

It's Now Called 'Sam Posey Straight'

It was successfully kept secret for weeks in order to surprise a racing legend; on Saturday, March 9, at the Amelia Island (Fla.) Concours d’Elegance, where this year’s honored guest was Sam Posey, Lime Rock Park owner Skip Barber announced that the track’s front straightaway is now officially Sam Posey Straight. Barbe...

‘Spikes’ Made It Happen at Lime Rock

‘Spikes’ and friends made it happen at Lime Rock Park: The car show to benefit Sandy Hook families and first responders was, by all accounts, a big success. At the “Spike’s Ride for Sandy Hook,” organizers confirmed more than 2,400 vehicles – cars, motorcycles and trucks – made their way to Lakeville this past Sat...

Autocrossing for all! Fun, safe & fast

Autocrossing for all! Fun, safe & fast

It’s the moment many of you have been waiting for... the first-ever open-enrollment Autocross Competitions at Lime Rock Park!    Click here for the full schedule!Anyone with a fun car – and we’ll let you define that – can sign-up!You’ll be driving the full autocross layout, which is eight turns and nearly a h...

Historic Festival 2013: Race Groups, Concours Classes Announced

In a year of significant motoring milestones, Historic Festival 31 Event Chairman Murray Smith has confirmed this year’s race groups for the huge Labor Day weekend vintage competition at Lime Rock Park, August 30 through September 2.At the same time, Sunday in the Park (Sept. 1) Chairman Kent Bain has confirmed the cla...

What Happens Between the Big Race Events?

Want to know who uses the track in between all the major race weekends? To see the complete 2013 Lime Rock Park track schedule, click here...

2013 Schedule

Trans-Am Championship, Memorial Day weekend, Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25   Support races TBAMay 26, Fourth Annual Sunday ‘Royals Garage’ Car ShowAmerican Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix, Thursday through Saturday, July 4, 5 and 6Support races TBAFerrari Challenge, Saturday, July 20Historic Festival 31 &am...

LRP's Online Store Has Opened

It's true... The Lime Rock Park Online Store is here!   Just in time for the upcoming Christmas and holiday shopping season.The website is limerockparkstore.com: Click here...

Grand-Am finale in 2013 at LRP again

Grand-Am finale in 2013 at LRP again

During Lime Rock Park’s Grand-Am Championship Weekend presented by BMW this past September 28-29 – which, by the way, was fantastic, if you weren’t here – Grand-Am released its 2013 race schedule.We’re pleased to tell you that again, Lime Rock will host Grand-Am’s title-deciding weekend in 2013; September 27-28, to be ...

Sunday in the Park: 2012 Concours Winners

Sunday in the Park: 2012 Concours Winners

     Historic Festival 30 presented by Jaguar featuring Sir Stirling Moss and the Sunday in the Park Concours & Gathering of the Clubs was so jam-packed with great automotive everything that it’s very hard to describe and synopsize.  Seriously, it was a tremendous weekend.  Sir Stirling M...

HF30 Complete Race Results

  Here are the top-three results from each class for each day.    Click here for complete race results, posted on MyLaps.com. Photos are by are great track shooters, Caseu Keil and Greg Clark   Friday Qualifying photos here   Saturday racing photos here   Monday racing photos here   Saturday Race Results, to...

We Interview Sir Stirling...

We Interview Sir Stirling...

This year’s 30th running of the Lime Rock Park Historic Festival presented by Jaguar will honor the incredible career of racing legend Sir Stirling Moss with the 82-year-old Brit on-site to witness some of the cars he made famous still competing today.To celebrate the attendance of one of only two racing drivers knight...

Race Groups Announced for HF30

Race Groups Announced for HF30

Fans of iconic Lime Rock Park track have been celebrating the circuit’s 55th anniversary in 2012, but the upcoming Labor Day vintage weekend will provide enthusiasts with an additional insight into automotive history – the 30th running of the Lime Rock Park Historic Festival presented by Jaguar, August 31 to September ...

Take a look at Sir Stirling's website

Take a look at Sir Stirling's website

The legendary Sir Stirling Moss does not often get to America's East Coast, yet Lime Rock Park has him coming to the upcoming Historic Festival 30 August 31 - September 3. Sir Stirling has a very good website and even for those of us familiar with his outstanding career, there is a lot of good information and interesti...

Ferrari Challenge Re-cap

It was not just about the racin' With weather reminiscent of springtime in Maranello, Ferrari Challenge at Lime Rock Saturday, July 21,was a park-wide festa, Italian attitudine spilling out of the paddock and across the track’s near 400 acres. You couldn’t swing a meatball tied to a strand of spaghetti without hitting ...

Milking it for all it's worth

Picket Racing squeezes win from udder of defeat. Read all about the dramatic ALMS victory staged by the Muscle Milk HPD ARX-03a here...  

Dempsey Racing's Double Podium

Dempsey Racing's Double Podium

Dempsey, Foster Grab a Podium     In just their second outing in an ALMS Prototype 2 car, the #27 GNC Lola-Judd, Patrick Dempsey and Joe Foster finished third in class and seventh overall in the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix Saturday, July 7 at Lime Rock Park. |Dempsey Racing actually scored...

Royals' Garage Car Show Winners

Royals' Garage Car Show Winners

Impatient? Click here to see the photos...The Third Annual Royals’ Garage Sunday Car Show benefitting the Lakeville Hose Co. saw its best collection yet of an incredibly wide variety of vehicles, from rare antiques to brand new – and already modified – Camaros and Mustangs. It was cool to see a European-only Citroen CX...

Ferrari Challenge at LRP July 20, 2013

   One word is all you need... Ferrari!  Want to see fantastic Ferrari Challenge videos? Click here! Videos produced by Ben Menniges/P! Productions.

Historic F1 Cars Here for HF30

Historic F1 Cars Here for HF30

Will Sir Stirling be tempted to cadge a ride?       Lime Rock Park’s annual Labor Day weekend vintage racing event will feature for the first time a special Formula 1 race group. Historic Grand Prix (HGP), a vintage racing organization that showcases the spectacular 3-litre era of F1 – the...

A Rock on a Roll Gathers a Moss

A Rock on a Roll Gathers a Moss

“Yes, Sir!”      Do you recognize this driver?    If so, then you know how cool it is that we just confirmed this morning that one of motorsport’s most beloved icons, a man many consider the world’s best-ever race driver, will be the honored guest at this year’s Labor Day weekend...

2012 Event Descriptions

Lime Rock Park 2012 Spectator Event Schedule       May 25 – 27, 2012, Lime Rock Season Opener featuring Trans-Am & Royals Car ShowLime Rock Park’s traditional season opener, the Memorial Day Race Weekend (Friday - Sunday; no Monday this year), will once again be jam-packed with top-ran...

The Ferrari that raced here 54 years ago

The Ferrari that raced here 54 years ago

On Friday, November 11, guess what showed up at the track for some tweaking and tuning, thanks to the track-time generosity of the Lime Rock Drivers Club and PCA – CVR? A 1956 Ferrari 500 TR, s/n 0650MDTR.It’s owned by a father and son “team,” Dennis and Chris Nicotra of Fairfield County, Conn. Before the car was ...

The Kids Get Jiggy with Electricity

The Kids Get Jiggy with Electricity

All Juiced Up and 20+ Miles to Go... Students from all parts of Connecticut – and Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey – go electric at Electrathon races. Race results below. A small collection of photographs from the event can be found on Lime Rock Park’s Facebook page. A video from 2010 -- some of the same cars wer...

Brand-new Sunday in the Park video

Want to see a really interesting video about the most recent Sunday in the Park Concours? Then please click here!Dom Miliano is a freelance auto writer. His god son is a young man named Stephen Candio. Dom wrote a story a couple years ago for Forza Magazine about Stephen titled "The Making of a Car Guy." At the ti...

Thule Mounts Lime Rock

Thule Mounts Lime Rock

Roof racks for race cars? No. Well, not yet, anyway...LAKEVILLE, Conn. - You know those really trick Thule ski racks, aerodynamic roof carriers and zoomy bike racks that you see mounted on everything from Pintos to Pininfarinas?Yes? Okay, so how cool is this...From now on, those Thule products, and others, will have be...

Marine Motivated to Get Back Into His Z

Liam Dwyer of Southbury, Conn., is a member of C.A.R.T., the Connecticut Autocross and Rally Team club that rents track days at Lime Rock Park. He's also a Marine  sergeant who lost his left leg in Afghanistan in May. But watch him in this NBC 30 segment produced yesterday and you will know he's going to be back i...

A Penny for your Thoughts....

A Penny for your Thoughts....

Todd Szegedy wins "66/99" presented by Town Fair Tire    Click here for a bunch of great shots from Saturday at Lime Rock Park Mrs. Griffin’s Penny Helps Szegedy Win the Town Fair Tire “66/99”LAKEVILLE, Conn. (Sept. 17) – One of the duties of a star in any racing championship is the PR meet and greets wi...

Sunday in the Park 2011 Concours Winners

It was a truly great collection of cars...High-resolution photos of the cars and event are available by contacting Rick Roso directly at rick@limerock.comA small sample of low-resolution photos can be found hereOne of the best collection of concours cars in recent years made up the 2011 Sunday in the Park Concours at L...

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Partners

Lime Rock Park comes to life with the help of partner companies such as BMW, Town Fair Tire, Hankook Tires, Clear Channel Communications, Harpoon Brewery, Big Y, Crystal Rock, Mohegan Sun and more.

BMW North America
BMW established itself in the U.S. in 1975. Today, the BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a strategic design consultancy in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley; and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., in South Carolina is part of BMW Group’s global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 138 BMW motorcycle retailers, 105 MINI passenger car dealers, and 36 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Visit the BMW Group in North America, and you can see the BMW vehicles at www.bmwusa.com

Town Fair Tire
Every racer will tell you that tires can be the most important performance and safety factor, no matter what you are driving! With the lowest prices, instant credit and free tire maintenance, nobody beats Town Fair Tire. And when it comes to the widest selection of custom wheels...Nobody beats Town Fair Tire – NOBODY! Town Fair Tire retails Hankook Tires, another Lime Rock Park Partner. Find out more at www.townfairtire.com

Hankook Tires; Driving Emotion
The Hankook Tire group, based in Seoul, South Korea, is the eighth largest tire company in the world. Established in 1941 as the Chosun Tire Company, it was renamed Hankook Tire Manufacturing in 1968. Hankook Tire remains at the forefront of cutting-edge track & race tire development by combining state-of-the-art computational designs with the latest materials, all of which are produced in highly sophisticated tire manufacturing plants. Hankook Tire strives, every day, to be recognized around the globe as one of the best tire manufacturers in the world. Hankook’s racing tires first were produced and introduced in the U.S. in 2003, with the introduction of the Ventus RSS Z211 R-Compound racing tire. Hankook Tire's involvement and investment in motorsports has steadily increased, bringing with podiums and victories. Hankook means "Korea" in Korean. Click here for more information.

Harpoon Brewery
At Harpoon, they have always worked hard at two things: Brewing great beer and welcoming their customers to the breweries. Their beer styles were created to provide you, their beer-drinking friends, with fresh, fun and interesting choices. They draw on numerous brewing traditions to make their beers, but they always add their own “interpretation” of how the styles can be best matched to their – and your - tastes. www.harpoonbrewery.com

Crystal Rock
In 1914, Crystal Rock started delivering water from a horse-drawn cart to homes in lower Fairfield County Connecticut. Although transportation methods have changed, Crystal Rock continues to provide pure, great-tasting premium bottled water to homes and offices throughout the Northeast. In 2001 Crystal Rock and Vermont Pure merged to become the Northeast's leader in total refreshment for home and office. Together, Crystal Rock and Vermont Pure offer pure water, fresh brewed coffee, snacks, candy, juices, soups, and even vending machines. www.crystalrock.com

Mohegan Sun
A world at play and a world to its own, Mohegan Sun, created in 1996 by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, is one of the world's most amazing destinations with some of New England's finest dining, hotel accommodations, retail shopping, live entertainment and sporting events. It is also host to the fabulous Kids Quest/Cyber Quest family entertainment facility, a luxurious day spa, convention center and meeting facility, as well as three major entertainment venues with seating from 300 to 10,000. People from across the globe come to see live concerts with some of today's top headliners, along with major sporting events including Mohegan Sun's very own WNBA team, the Connecticut Sun. www.mohegansun.com

Network Imaging
Once you experience the level of service that the team at Network Imaging provides to their customers, you will never look for another vendor. To say it plainly, "They are very good at what they do." Zig Ziglar, founder of his renowned performance enhancement company,  said it best, "You can have everything in life that you want if you just help enough other people get what they want." Network Imaging says, “Our customers see us as their business partner. We've always got your back and look for ways to help you to reduce costs and fit you with the best solution. When you are happy, you are going to tell people about us. That's where most of our business comes from.” Network Imaging has been serving the Connecticut area since 1959. Its professional staff will work to find the very best solution to your document needs. From the best equipment available to the level of expert maintenance and repair to friendly consultation and advice, they're just a phone call away. If your business depends on documents, depend on Network Imaging.

Clear Channel Communications Connecticut Radio Stations
Do you listen to KISS 95.7, Country 92.5, The River 105.9, Fox Sports Radio AM 1410 and/or the hot, new ESPN Radio 97.9? If not, you might want to change your radio listening habits! Lime Rock Park has hooked up with these stations as Lime Rock’s official Media Partner for the season. You’ll want to tune-in to get the latest info, news, updates, exclusive driver interviews, giveaways, contests, prizes, web promos and more! You could win tickets... You could win Hot Laps... You might be chosen to wave the green flag to start the races... You might even be picked to sing the National Anthem at one of Lime Rock’s major events! All you have to do is listen to one or more of these Clear Channel stations – at home, in your car, online or with the new iHeartRadio mobile app for your iPhones and Android devices – and you’ll not only get the latest news from Lime Rock Park, you might win cool stuff. Clear Channel will also bring bands to the track and do “live remotes” from trackside. Lime Rock Park and Clear Channel Media + Entertainment... making waves!

KISS 95.7; Country 92.5; The River 105.9; ESPN Radio 97.9; Fox Sports Radio 1410; iHeartRadio

Big Y World Class Markets
Big Y helps the youngest Lime Rock Park race fans have the time of their lives when they join the Big Y Kid's Club, and enjoy special privileges and activities during each of Lime Rock Park's major events. Big Y celebrates 76 years and three generations of family tradition in 2012. Go to www.bigy.com.

AAA
AAA clubs primarily provide emergency road services to members. These services, which include everything from lockouts, winching, tire changes, automotive first aid and towing, are handled by private local towing companies contracted by a state AAA club. Many offices sell automobile liability insurance, provide travel agency, auto-registration and notary services. Maps, TourBooks and travel agent services are generally free to members. AAA also offers member discounts at places such as Lime Rock Park through its "Show Your Card & Save" program. You can also buy Lime Rock tickets for a discount at participating AAA locations. www.aaa.com

Hummel Bros. Hot Dogs
Since 1933, the pride of brothers William and Robert Hummel has been the main ingredient in all Hummel products. From its original plant on Congress Avenue in New Haven to the current modern manufacturing facilities in the Long Warf Market area, the company has maintained the tradition of excellence and quality established by its founders 80 years ago. A consistent quality in a wide variety of premium quality products, cleanliness and dependable service has kept Hummel Brothers in a distinguished group of companies recognized as among the very best in the meat industry. The tradition of producing superior quality meat products for the food industry is matched by the continuity of family leadership in company management. Each generation has adopted their father’s and grandfather’s “shirt-sleeve” approach to business and their determination to uphold the unique character, quality and stature of all Hummel Brothers Meat Products. Hummel Bros., 180 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Conn.

VP Racing Fuels
VP Racing Fuels is the world leader in racing fuel technology.The VP fueling station in Lime Rock’s B Paddock pumps VP’s 100 Unleaded, 110 Leaded and 112 Leaded (C12) for racing competitors, as well as an unleaded 93 octane for track-day customers. “In the motorsports world, VP is clearly the leader in racing gasoline,” said Skip Barber, Lime Rock Park president. “As the Road Racing Center of the East, I wanted Lime Rock to have the world leader in race fuel technology.” www.vpracingfuels.com

More Lime Rock Park Partners:
Coca Cola
Morris Media Group - check out more at www.townvibe.com!
Viridian Energy

 

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