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Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the town of Salisbury, in the state's northwest corner. Built in 1956, it is the nation's third oldest continuously operating road racing venue, behind Road America (1955) and Willow Springs International Motorsports Park (1953).[2] The track is owned by Skip Barber, a former race car driver who started the Skip Barber Racing School in 1975. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

Lime Rock Park
"Road Racing Center of the East"

Track layout
LocationLakeville, Connecticut, United States
Time zoneUTC−5 (UTC−4 DST)
FIA Grade2[N 1]
OwnerSkip Barber
OperatorSkip Barber
Broke ground1956
Opened1957
Major eventsCurrent:
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Northeast Grand Prix
(2015–2019, 2021–present)
Former:
Pirelli World Challenge
Lime Rock Park Grand Prix
(1992–1993, 1995–2005, 2007–2008, 2013, 2016–2018)
American Le Mans Series
Northeast Grand Prix
(2004–2013)
Rolex Sports Car Series
Lime Rock Grand Prix
(2000–2001, 2006–2008, 2010–2013)
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.530 miles (2.462 km)
Turns7
Race lap record0:43.112 ( P. J. Jones, Eagle MkIII, 1993, GTP)
Lime Rock Park Race Track
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Area325.2 acres (131.6 ha)
Built1956 (1956)
Built byJim Vaill
Architectural styleRace track
NRHP reference No.08001380[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 2009

History


The 1.53-mile Lime Rock track was originally conceived of in 1956 by Jim Vaill, who, along with John Fitch and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, built the track utilizing state-of-the-art road and highway safety principles of the time. The first race, a mix of G-Production class and an MG class, was held on April 28, 1957. The winner of the G-Production was Ted Sprigg in an Alfa Romeo Giulietta. The winner of the MG class was Charles Callanan in an MG TC. In 1959, Lime Rock hosted the Little Le Mans race, won by Charles Callanan and Roger Penske in a Fiat Abarth. In 2008, the track was re-paved and two new corner complexes were added.[3]

The track has a loyal following,[3] though it did face some resistance from the local community shortly after it opened. In 1959, the Lime Rock Protective Association, with support from the nearby Trinity Episcopal Church,[4] took the park to Litchfield Superior Court in an effort to ban Sunday racing. The court issued a permanent injunction against Sunday racing, and its decision was upheld by the Connecticut Supreme Court. While restrictive, the carefully crafted injunction was also enabling. It preserved the track's right to conduct unmuffled sports car racing on Fridays and Saturdays, plus testing on Tuesdays and other operating benefits. The injunction stands to this day.[5]

The track has featured many well-known racers including Paul Newman, who supported his own Newman-Haas team with Bob Sharp,[6] Mario Andretti, Stirling Moss, Dan Gurney, Sam Posey, and Mark Donohue.[3] Other racers have included Parnelli Jones, Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, Simon Pagenaud, Alexander Rossi, and Tom Cruise.[7] Posey and Newman have sections of the circuit named for them.[8][9]

The Rolex Sports Car Series, American Le Mans Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have used a configuration which included the chicane at turn five and West Bend.


Track


The track is a natural terrain road course, constructed over hilly terrain in the Berkshire Mountains, part of the greater Appalachian mountain range. The famous Appalachian Trail hiking route passes by the circuit on the ridge lines visible from the track a half mile to the east. The venue is somewhat unique in that it features no grandstands or bleacher seating, instead inviting fans to bring chairs and blankets and enjoy the racing from its grassy hillside areas under the shade of trees. While the venue is relatively compact, the relatively short track is renowned for its spectator experience, offering fans an up close view and close quarters racing.[10][11]

BMW M6 GT3 race car rounds Big Bend, turns 1–2, at Lime Rock Park during an IMSA GT event
BMW M6 GT3 race car rounds "Big Bend", turns 1–2, at Lime Rock Park during an IMSA GT event

For years the track was listed as being 1.53 miles in length—the story goes that right after it was built, somebody used the odometer in a Chevrolet to measure the track length—and 1.53 was taken as gospel. Following the 2008 reconstruction (see below), Lime Rock's operations people measured all four possible configurations, and as it turns out, each was 1.5 miles long, plus or minus a few hundred feet. The IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship gives the distance of the track as 1.474 miles.[12] The "classic" configuration is seven turns, while the three optional layouts are eight, nine and ten turns, respectively.


Race Lap Records


The fastest official all-time track record set during a race weekend is 43.112 seconds, set by P. J. Jones in a Toyota Eagle MkIII, during qualifying for the 1993 Toyota Trucks Lime Rock Grand Prix. The official race lap records at Lime Rock Park are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleDate
Grand Prix Course: 2.462 km (1957–present)
IMSA GTP45.105[13]Juan Manuel Fangio IIEagle MkIII1993 Lime Rock Grand Prix
LMP245.371[14]Ryan BriscoePorsche RS Spyder EVO2007 Northeast Grand Prix
LMP146.519[14]Marco WernerAudi R10 TDI2007 Northeast Grand Prix
Can-Am46.930[15]Jacques Villeneuve Sr.Frissbee GR31983 Can-Am Challenge at Lime Rock Park
LMPC48.480[16]Colin BraunOreca FLM092013 Northeast Grand Prix
Star Mazda48.736[17]C. R. CrewsStar Formula Mazda 'Pro'2004 Lime Rock Park Star Mazda Championship round
Formula Atlantic49.004[18]Jeff WoodRalt RT41980 Lime Rock Formula Atlantic round
Daytona Prototype49.445[19]Max AngelelliDallara DP012010 Memorial Day Classic
WSC49.963[20]Wayne TaylorFerrari 333 SP1995 Lime Rock Grand Prix
F500050.000[21]Graham McRaeMcRae GM11972 Lime Rock F5000 round
LMP90050.145[22]Jon FieldLola B2K/102001 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix
IMSA GTO50.380[23]Steve MillenNIssan 300ZX1991 Lime Rock IMSA GT round
LM GTE50.746[24]Mathieu JaminetPorsche 911 RSR-192021 Northeast Grand Prix
IMSA GTP Lights50.942[25]Parker JohnstoneSpice SE91P1992 2 h Lime Rock
GT1 (GTS)50.971[14]Johnny O'ConnellChevrolet Corvette C6.R2007 Northeast Grand Prix
GTP Lights51.260[26]Jim PaceKudzu DG-11991 Lime Rock Grand Prix
GT351.646[27]Johnny O'ConnellCadillac CTS-V.R2013 Lime Rock Grand Prix
GT1 (Prototype)51.687[28]David BrabhamPanoz GTR-11998 Lime Rock Grand Prix
TA152.162[29]Chris DysonFord Mustang2019 Lime Rock Trans-Am round
TA252.631[30]Mike SkeenChevrolet Camaro2021 Lime Rock Trans-Am round
LMP67553.151[22]Andy LallyLola B2K/402001 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix
IMSA GTU53.180[31]Dorsey SchroederDodge Daytona1988 Lime Rock IMSA GTU round
IMSA GTS53.700[32]Darin BrassfieldOldsmobile Cutlass Supreme1994 New England Dodge Dealers Grand Prix
GT454.077[33]John Capestro-DubetsPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport2022 Lime Rock Park 120
TCR Touring Car54.129[34]Michael James LewisHyundai i30 N TCR2018 Lime Rock Park Pirelli World Challenge round
Modified stock car racing54.161[35]Todd SzegedyFord stock car2010 Lime Rock 100
IMSA GTS-154.410[36]Irv HoerrOldsmobile Cutlass Supreme1995 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix of Lime Rock
GT55.580[37]Romain DumasPorsche 911 (996) GT3-RSR2004 New England Grand Prix
Stock car racing55.650[38]Matt KobyluckChevrolet Monte Carlo SS2008 Mohegan Sun NASCAR Camping World Series 200
F160055.667[39]Marc-Antoine CamirandVan Diemen RF941996 Lime Rock Canadian F1600 round
Super Touring55.892[40]Dominic DobsonDodge Stratus1996 Lime Rock Park NATCC round
GT256.131[41]João BarbosaMosler Intruder1999 Lime Rock Grand Prix
American GT56.914[42]Eric CurranFord Mustang2000 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix
IMSA GT356.997[28]Rino MastronardiMazda RX-71998 Lime Rock Grand Prix
All American Challenge57.020[43]Dan OsterholtChevrolet Beretta1990 Jamesway 300
IMSA GTS-257.253[36]Bill AuberlenBMW M3 (E36)1995 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix of Lime Rock
GTO57.344[42]Terry BorchellerSaleen Mustang2000 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix
GTU57.424[42]Bill AuberlenBMW M32000 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix
USRRC GT358.416[44]Hans-Joachim StuckBMW M31999 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix
TC58.646[45]Chip HerrAudi A42007 Lime Rock Grand Prix
IMSA Supercar1:02.244[46]Shawn HendricksBMW M5 (E34)1995 Lime Rock IMSA Supercar round

Races





See also



Notes


  1. Lime Rock Park's Grade 2 licence expired 2 April 2022.

References


  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "The View From Lime Rock: Neighbors learn to live with the noise". New York Times. June 25, 1989. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. "About Us". Lime Rock Park. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  4. "Trinity and Lime Rock Park...and before". Trinity Lime Rock. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. Lime Rock Park Floats Idea of Renewed Sunday Racing- Lakeville Journal – December 8, 2005
  6. Crudele, John (January 18, 2011). "Newman's own will not enough to find a way". New York Post.
  7. Racer Staff (January 24, 2019). "Bertil Roos set for Lime Rock Park return". racer.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  8. "Sam Posey Straight at Lime Rock Park". 13 March 2013.
  9. "Paul Newman Straight revealed during Lime Rock Park Historic Festival". Racer. 2022-09-03.
  10. Sinclair, Adam. "From Agony To Ecstasy Robichon Recalls 2019 Lime Rock Win". Speedway Digest. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  11. Learner, Preston. "Lime Rock Park: the rescued racing venue with a rich sporting history". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  12. https://sportscarchampionship.imsa.com/sites/default/files/2016_limerock_official.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  13. "Lime Rock 2 Hours 1993". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  14. "American Le Mans Series Lime Rock 2007". Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  15. "Can-Am Lime Rock 1983". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  16. "American Le Mans Series Lime Rock 2013". Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  17. "2004 Lime Rock Indy Pro Statistics". Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  18. "Lime Rock Park, July 5 Juillet 1980". Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  19. "2010 Lime Rock Grand-Am". Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  20. "Lime Rock IMSA WSC 1995". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  21. "1972 Lime Rock F5000". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  22. "GP Lime Rock Prototype Race 2001". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  23. "Lime Rock [GT] 1991". Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  24. "2021 Northeast Grand Prix Lime Rock Race Official Results (2 Hours 40 Minutes)" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  25. "2 h Lime Rock 1992". Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  26. "Lime Rock 2 Hours 1991". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  27. "Johnny O'Connell, Jack Baldwin earn Pirelli World Challenge wins at Lime Rock". Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  28. "Lime Rock IMSA GT 1998". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  29. "2019 TA SGT GT Official Race Results" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  30. "Lime Rock Park TA2 Round 4" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  31. "Lime Rock [GTU] 1988". Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  32. "Lime Rock 1 Hour IMSA GT 1994". Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  33. "2022 Lime Rock Park 120 Race Provisional Results (2 Hours)" (PDF). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  34. "Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car 2018 » Lime Rock Park Round 6 Results". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  35. "2010 LIME ROCK 100". Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  36. "1 h Lime Rock [GT] 1995". Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  37. "American Le Mans Series Lime Rock 2004". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  38. "2008 MOHEGAN SUN NASCAR CAMPING WORLD 200". Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  39. "Lime Rock Park, July 20 Juillet 1996". Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  40. "NATCC 1996 » Lime Rock Park Round 1 Results". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  41. "Lime Rock USRRC 1999". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  42. "USRRC Lime Rock GT Race 2000". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  43. https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Lime_Rock-1990-09-29.html
  44. [racingsportscars.com/race/Lime_Rock-1999-05-31.html "USRRC Lime Rock 1999"]. Retrieved 25 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  45. "Lime Rock: Touring Car race report". Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  46. "IMSA Supercar Lime Rock 1995". Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  47. "Trans Am Racing Returns To Lime Rock Park | Lime Rock Park". limerock.com. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  48. "Trans Am - America's Road Racing Series". gotransam.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.


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