LIME ROCK PRESS RELEASE:
For Immediate Release
From Lime Rock Park
Contact: Renea Topp
Tel: 860.435.5000 x 301
Email:
renea@limerock.com
A True Celebration of Motoring and Motor Sports
LAKEVILLE, CT (23 August 2007) – The Rolex Vintage Festival presented by BMW is by far the most extraordinary arrangement of historic and vintage automobiles, both on and off the track, that the East Coast has to offer. This coming Labor Day Weekend, 31 August – 3 September 2007, Lime Rock Park will play host to classic and historic, rare and exceptional racecars that you don’t see everyday, especially on the race track.
The Rolex Vintage Festival presented by BMW at Lime Rock Park this Labor Day weekend will feature over 200 amazing cars, each with their own cherished story. They will all be strutting their stuff, both at speed and in perfect stillness, as Lime Rock Park concludes the celebration of its 50th Anniversary in 2007.
The event, which is an anniversary of its own as the Labor Day highlight marks its twenty-fifth year, opens with practice on Friday and racing on Saturday, an on-track Automotive Extravaganza on Sunday, and racing again on Saturday and Monday afternoon.
Every car has its own story, and the Vintage Festival weekend brings many historically important and exciting cars together giving the opportunity to tell their story. Here’s a sneak peek...
Masterpiece Collection – four extraordinary cars from the Northeast collection including two Le Mans Winners, a 1933 Alfa Romeo driven by Tazio Nuvolari, a Ferrari TR61 driven by Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien.
Genius of Dr. Porsche – a group of cars all designed by Dr. Porsche including one of the finest Volkswagen in the land and the prototype Porsche Turbo that ran in 1973, but never in the United States.
Plastic Fantastics – a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Lotus Elite.
Outstanding cars - a group of IMSA cars including 935 Porsches driven by an enthusiast group from the West Coast. For example, Bruce Canepa bought a Porsche new and has raced it ever since.
Among the above will also be a great selection of Rolls Royce and Bentleys along with the iconic American woody station wagons of the 30s and 40s. Not to mention the ex Vintage SCC regular, Bill Binnie, a modern pro racer who has won his class at 24 Hours of Le Mans twice including this year. He will be driving a Ford GT40.