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Clark W. Nicholls -
2008
Last edited Friday, September 16, 2022
Arranged somewhat
chronologically, most recent first….
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Our good friend John Cooper Fitch is
in a bind. Please spread the word! Read all about it here
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Wow! Here is a great website full on
memories (coldplugs.com)! (here)
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Lime
Rock ALMS weekend, July 11-12, 2008 was the first professional series event on
the new track pavement. Quite the event, lots of spectators and fabulous new
areas for viewing. Photos here
and here
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Did
you hear? Lime Rock is repaved. It was shut down for repaving starting
Tuesday after the Grand Am weekend May 27, 2008 and reopened Saturday July 5,
2008 for the Jaguar/VSCCA event. ALMS is scheduled to appear July 11-12, 2008.
What do I think? I think it is GREAT!
Something new, exciting and challenging. Photos at these links:
Interested in the VSCCA events (www.vscca.org):
The
Jaguar Club and VSCCA
will open the newly paved track on July
4-5 with an un-muffled event. If you can, be there!
If you are a race worker, come on and inaugurate the new track! (will they run
Lime Rock Classic or one of the several other options?)
Contact Jean Petryshyn and Steve Chisholm
if you can come! (jeanp@teesplus.com)
and let Jean know you’re coming.
860-536-3196 between 6 and 9 PM please!
And don't forget Vintage VSCCA May 2-3!
Jean Petryshyn
is the one to contact (jeanp@teesplus.com)
and let her know you’re coming.
860-536-3196 between 6 and 9 PM please!
VSCCA will have the track from 1PM till 5PM on Friday and from 9AM till 1PM on
Saturday.
The Club at Lime Rock will have the track till 1 on Friday and after 1 on
Saturday.
Volunteers will work only the VSCCA sessions, track employees will work The
Club.
They hope to run a tighter schedule to give the entrants maximum track time, so
be prepared!
Track
drawing.
(this section added March 28, 2008)
This document was found on the internet at
a site (The link was widely sent all over the place). It is a preliminary drawing of the track
showing potential changes. It is not the final copy and I don’t have the final
version to share (that’s what I’m told, 2 or more revisions have been made
since then). Of note is that the pit entrances shown in the drawing are no
longer planned as shown, a single entrance starting at the bridge vicinity is
more likely.
The changes worth mentioning that are shown
include an alternate configuration for the right hander onto No-Name straight
(Station 5), alternate uphill track surface and an alternate configuration at
West Bend. Location of new No Name are
being fine tuned from what is shown.
Keep in mind that “Classic Lime Rock” will
still exist (although the newly paved track may be wider in some
sections). The pit entrance will be
moved to the bridge area (which is being re-installed as I am typing here.
Clearance from the track surface to the bridge will now be at least 4 meters)
and the grid and pits will see changes.
All
in all I think this is great! Given the fact it is going to happen. The
new alternative configurations will allow for new experiences for both the
racers and course personnel. Hey, let’s have fun! Any event will have 2 or 3
options to incorporate into the course they want to use. Here’s
the outdated 1MB PDF file
Here
is the pdf released at the press conference April 10,
2008 showing the latest plans for improvements. Again, by June there will
undoubtedly be changes to these plans. Here is the press release that goes with the
drawings (word document). Here is the press
conference audio presentation from April 10.
Of course you’ve all gone to the official Lime Rock website and seen this. Here
is the engineering drawing from www.limerockclub.com
April 21, 2008.
BTW, to clear up the question,
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