Lime Rock Park’s preparations for the 28th Annual Vintage Festival on the traditional Labor Day weekend are well underway. Buzz...
From West Coast Juniors comes word of a global celebration of the formula’s Diamond Jubilee that will begin next January...
On paper, Lime Rock Park seems to be an easy track to learn. There are only seven corners and the track layout is fairly straightforward. However, get behind the wheel on this thrilling 1.53-mile road course and you quickly see that this track rewards only the brave. One of the...
As we’ve said in this space many times before, thank heaven for the Internet’s ability to share one man’s obsession...
April 2011 Out of the Shadows By Roger Lane In the late 1960s, by a chance meeting, Roger Lane was...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT September 2-4, 2017 Tony Wang raced his 1957 Maserati 300S.Photo: Rich Martin Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access...
Motor racing’s senior statesman, 92-year-old John Fitch, is being threatened with the loss of his home near Lime Rock where...
Sir Stirling Moss has been confirmed as the Honored Guest at this year’s 30th renewal of the Lime Rock Historic...
More than 100 friends of John Fitch gathered at his home in Lime Rock, Connecticut, to honor him on the occasion of his 95th birthday. A number of interesting cars were on display, including the one and only Fitch Phoenix and a beautiful two-tone burgundy Cunningham C-3 Cabriolet (#5233/5441) in which...
1990 Penske PC19-Ilmor Chevrolet I first saw Roger Penske racing a Maserati Birdcage at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. He...
Jim Crawford would have turned 70 this year. After a brief stint in Formula One with Lotus he rebuilt his...
Dietrich MGTC…in Motion Dear Editor, I’d like to add something to Mark Brinker’s article on the Dietrich MGTC (January 2015). I was lucky enough to win some 8-mm film from the Suzy Dietrich auction a few years ago. One of the reels has footage from 1952 SCCA Giants Despair Hill...
As a way to thank local resident and international racing driver Sam Posey for his lifelong contributions to Lime Rock...
• Three fixtures of American racing have been inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame. Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal and...
Four competition cars from Mercedes-Benz will be the feature attractions at this year’s Lime Rock Historic Festival 33, scheduled for this coming Labor Day weekend, September 3-7. Keeping with the Mercedes-Benz theme, Festival 33’s Honored Guests will be Sir Stirling Moss himself and the M-B Classic Center’s house driver, former...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT May 5–6, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Lime Rock Park, CT October 17–18, 2003 The 1933 Ford Indy Car of Rex Barrett. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz...
Lime Rock Park’s September 1st “Sunday in the Park” Concours awarded Best of Show honors from a field of 248 entrants in 29 classes to the first Ferrari to reach American shores. The 1948 Ferrari 166 Spider Corsa, presented by Miles Collier of the Revs Institute, crossed the podium driven...
On the evening of Saturday, September 2, during Historic Festival 35 presented by the Prestige Family of Fine Cars, Connecticut’s...
This month’s featured Web site comprises a large collection of photography from East Coast road racing events in the 1960s....
Lime Rock Park, CT Sept. 1-4 The 1932 Ford Sprint car of Richard Waitec. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you...
Skip Barber, owner of Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park racecourse, has recently announced a partnership with Steve Earle and General Racing,...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT October 6–7, 2006 Austin Healey 100s celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 100-6.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco...
The Scene: The #25 factory BMW CSL is well known for its rich racing history and many race wins. Epic battles took place between this car and the Brumos Porsches driven by the late Peter Gregg (who also drove the CSL). Sam Posey, Hans Stuck, Dieter Quester and David Hobbs...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
During the years following WWII, road racing in the U.S. initially developed as an amateur sport, mostly run by the...
IMSA rolled into Lakeville, CT, and Lime Rock Park on the 15th and 6th of July to put on a spectacular show for all the spectators dotting the hills around the 1.474-mile road course. Friday morning was taken up with practice for the Michelin competitors later that day, the big...
A widespread series of infrastructure improvements at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park have begun according to the track’s management team. Some...
This weekend’s Lime Rock Historic Festival 33 has expanded its list of attractions by adding a 1908 Mercedes Brooklands, the...
Lime Rock Park general manager Garrett Mudd has announced that Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd. (HSR) will now share sanctioning duties for the Lime Rock Vintage Festival with the Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA). Mudd emphasized that, contrary to rumors, VSCCA is not being “removed” from the annual Labor...