For its forty second version, Lime Rock Park’s Historic Competition (Aug. 30-Sept. 2) will broaden to incorporate an all-new class — the Flip of the Century World Problem.
The Flip of the Century World Problem group will showcase production-based road inventory race automobiles from the 1995-2005 period ready for SCCA World Problem. Automobiles from Motorola Cup and numerous different period-appropriate nationwide and worldwide classes may even be thought of, together with Escort Endurance, Playboy Sequence, IMSA Firehawk and different showroom stock-based competitions.
The inclusion of World Problem provides a extra up to date dynamic to Historic Competition 42, providing spectators a novel mix of traditional attraction and up to date competitors, whereas offering rivals a reunion alternative for each automobiles and drivers of a golden period of huge grids and nice racing at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park.
“The massive fan response that occasions like GRIDLIFE and MiataCon have generated reveals there’s a actual nostalgia and emotion related to a few of these automobiles from the newer previous,” stated Historic Competition Committee Chair Skip Barber. “This new class displays that, and I believe it ought to show very talked-about for followers and individuals alike. Lime Rock Park has a storied historical past with World Problem and we’re excited to reintroduce this period of racing to our followers.”
The SCCA road inventory sequence stepped up in 1990 to develop into World Problem, transferring from the membership to professional racing ranks. Within the interval between 1995-2005 the large tales have been the variety of groups who started and constructed their enterprise in World Problem that proceed to win races as we speak, together with Turner Motorsports, RealTime Racing, Bimmerworld and Blackdog Motorsports.
Drivers similar to Peter Cunningham, Invoice Auberlen, Roger Foo, Charles Espenlaub, Will Turner and James Clay minimize their skilled enamel within the sequence. Builders and tuners representing BMW, Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Volvo and others fiercely participated for total wins, and manufacturing facility supported groups from Acura, Nissan and Mazda battled for supremacy alongside privateers within the Touring Automobile class.
The primary World Problem race at Lime Rock Park was in 1992, gained by Kim Baker in a Corvette and Lou Gigliotti in a Camaro. Within the years instantly following, entries far exceeded the variety of automobiles allowed on observe, staging races by means of 2008.
Highlights through the years included Acura sweeping the respective courses in 1998, with Peter Cunningham taking T1 in an Acura NSX and Pierre Kleinubing successful T2 in an Acura Integra R; the debut of the SpeedVision World Problem with an enhanced tv package deal in 1999 with Bobby Archer successful in a Viper and; and Invoice Auberlen doubling up in 2003 for Massachusetts-based Turner Motorsport, successful each GT races in a BMW M3, and returning in 2004 and 2005 to take TC honors in a BMW 325i.
Lime Rock Historic Competition 42 launches into motion over Labor Day weekend with a 17-mile tour by means of the world on Thursday, Aug. 29 with the Historic Competition Parade introduced by NBT Financial institution. Friday, Saturday and Monday function continuous, on-track competitors throughout a various set of historic racing courses. On Sunday (Sept. 1), the Lime Rock Concours and Gathering of the Marques will show almost 1,000 fanatic automobiles and bikes organized across the Lime Rock circuit for “Sunday in The Park.”
Historic Competition 42 is now accepting competitors purposes. Registration info could be discovered right here.
