Historic Pageant 41 kicked off in a giant manner on Thursday as Lime Rock Park hosted the Historic Pageant Parade offered by NBT Financial institution. Touring 17-miles on a brand new route by means of the villages and plush tree-lined Western Connecticut streets neighboring the raceway, the parade captivated the neighborhood with 125 uncommon and classic automobiles.
Thursday set the tone for the remainder of the five-day Pageant, which is setting a brand new report with practically 300 automobiles taking part on monitor all through the weekend.
Celebrating Chrysler Efficiency and 100 Years of MG, Friday started on-track motion with 9 teams from Struggle Period to Air Cooled Porsches taking to the 1.5-mile Basic Circuit for a full day of observe. The day additionally hosted the one of many largest gathering of System Juniors and Sports activities 2000s (featured race teams) on the East Coast.
MG additionally boasted report numbers with 52 automobiles entered.
Two of the MG-driving entrants are married, arriving on the occasion from Virginia. Historic Pageant 41 marks Kevin and Heather Richards’ first time competing at Lime Rock Park collectively. Kevin, who grew up in Fairfield, Conn., drives a 1960 MG A, whereas Heather pilots a 1968 MG Midget, named Miriam, which set a time faster than her husband’s within the opening observe.
“Observe was crowded immediately, however good,” stated Heather. “I bought round each my periods and it was lots of enjoyable. The Historic Pageant was interesting to us actually due to our associates and the folks right here at Lime Rock. Everybody instructed me that I’d love driving on this monitor as a result of it’s made for automobiles like mine. They had been completely proper. It was lots of enjoyable.”
Kevin continued his spouse’s thought. “Historic Pageant is without doubt one of the final bastions of getting a classic race weekend with out it being commercialized or changed into one thing aggressive. Folks right here respect the automobiles, they respect the passion and everyone right here is for the racing.”
Friday night wrapped up with the annual Historic Pageant Rivals’ Dinner the place the Classic Sports activities Automotive Membership of America (VSCCA) offered Skip Barber with a Life Time Achievement Award, honoring his dedication to the membership as a 65-year member.
Historic Pageant 41 actions proceed on Saturday with racing from all 9 teams. The ‘Glimpse of Historic Pageant’ dwell stream, geared up with dwell timing and saying from Greg Rickes, begins at 9:00 a.m. Jap. The dwell stream is out there right here on VintageMotorsport.com and at www.limerock.com/dwell
