LIME ROCK- Lime Rock Park’s Historic Festival is set to make history of its own this Labor Day weekend, August 31, 2023, through September 4, 2023, with a record-breaking number of rare automobiles and vintage race cars participating in the five-day event.
More than 400 race day and parade entries are slated for this year’s festival, celebrating Chrysler Performance and 100 years of MG. This monumental turnout marks a historical high for the festival, solidifying its reputation as one of the premier historic racing weekends in the nation.
This year, the festival will honor three featured race groups; MG, Formula Junior and Sports 2000. More than 50 cars are entered to celebrate MG’s centennial. The outstanding participation split the field into two separate run groups. The weekend will also feature the largest gathering of Formula Juniors and Sports 2000s on the east coast.
The full grids extend beyond the race track with the Historic Festival Parade presented by NBT Bank also seeing unprecedented participation. Historic Festival Chair Skip Barber hand-selected 125 of the rarest and most interesting entries for the parade, promising an exciting collection of cars touring through Northwest Connecticut.
“Fans aren’t the only ones excited to come to Lime Rock Park, drivers are too,” said Lime Rock Park President and CEO Dicky Riegel. “This year we had to turn entries away for Thursday’s Historic Festival Parade because we met the 125-car limit early. Lime Rock Park has also seen unprecedented crowds this season, and this remarkable turnout for Historic Festival 41 is a testament to the enduring passion and enthusiasm that the vintage car community also has for our track.”
The five-day festival kicks off on Thursday with the Historic Festival Parade presented by NBT Bank. The parade will take a different route this year due to the construction on Salmon Kill Bridge new. The new route will still include a 17-mile tour through…
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