Lime Rock Park located on Rte. 112 in Lime Rock CT kicks off
the summer racing season with several exciting events. The Memorial Day Race
weekend Friday, May 24, Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 (no Monday event)
will be jam-packed with top rank sports car series races topped off by a
fabulous car show.
New this year, the sports car race series will feature the
newly revitalized SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series. This is Detroit’s big “iron” that includes Mustangs,
Camaros and Corvettes going head to head with each other while fending off
advances of some of Europe’s best sports cars.
In addition to this, there will be the added excitement of heart
pounding Formula F and F2000 races.
On Sunday, May 26 one of the most popular events, the 4th
annual Royals Car Show will return to the historic Lime Rock track again this
year from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is
exciting to be able to get out on the track to view all the fantastic cars that
will be showing off. Participating
vehicles include muscle cars, tuners and imports, street rods, motorcycles,
classic cars, antiques, antique trucks, race cars, exceptional contemporary cars
and fire trucks – the list is endless.
The car show entry fees is $10 for adults, $5 for military, and kids 12
and under are free. Proceeds raised from the car show at Lime Rock Park
benefits the Wounded Warrior Project.
For tickets for the Trans-Am Races and Royals Car Show
visit http://tickets.limerock.com. For general information on Lime Rock Park http://www.limerock.comhttp://www.limerock.com. For area information www.litchfieldhills.comwww.litchfieldhills.com.
About Lime Rock Park
Dreamed up in 1956 by Jim Vaill and with the help of John
Fitch and Cornnell Aeronautical Labs, Lime Rock is 1.50 miles of up hill and
down dale, a track that looks deceivingly simple but is immensely challenging
to drive at high speeds. Its setting is in a village in the heart of the
Litchfield Hills renowned for its great natural beauty and cultural heritage.
In its 55 year existence, almost all of the sport’s greats
have raced here: Andretti, Moss, Gurney, Posey, Rodriguez, Hobbs, Hill,
Donohue, Ward, Fitch…the list of great drivers who’ve raced here is endless.
Lime Rock has also seen virtually every kind of racecar
grace its corners and straights…from ground-pounding NASCAR stock cars to
Can-Am, Camel GTP, F5000, Trans-Am and Atlantic, this list also goes on and on.
Today, Lime Rock is the leading edge of American LeMans
Series and Grand-Am with their own stars and cars that are writing history.
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