From Hemmings.com
" Two Lime Rock Parks for the price of one
John Fitch, Skip Barber and Sam Posey broke ground on a host of improvements at Lime Rock on April 10.
A new chapter in the history of Lime Rock Park was written on Thursday, April 10, as the track celebrated its groundbreaking of “Two Lime Rock Parks,” a multi-million dollar plan for track upgrades and repaving.
“The plan was to make the track safer, smoother with repaving and slow it down a little, particularly the downhill, without changing its character. We’re going to do better than that,” Track President Skip Barber said.
The plan is to improve the traditional Lime Rock race course by repaving it and adding better runoff areas. Meanwhile some new or optional track surface will be added alongside the existing course which will slow speeds down slightly. There will be three wide, slower corners with better passing opportunities, a wider and straighter back straightaway and additional runoff areas.
“There is nothing Mickey Mouse — no chicanes — about the optional Lime Rock Park,” Barber said. “Rather, it is a layout for the present — for the fast, high-tech American Le Mans Series cars — and for any other group that chooses it. It is also a layout for the future as cars and tires continue to develop. With the new optional corners, there are actually eight possible track configurations. It will be easy to switch from one course to another.” For more information about the improvements, check out Lime Rock’s Web site. "
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- By Mike McNessor