Sportscar Classic Racing Affiliation (SVRA) joins forces with Lime Rock Park (LRP), the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Competition and Worldwide Motor Racing Analysis Middle (IMRRC) to supply a one-of-a-kind Northeast Classic Racing Palooza this fall. Combining 4 occasions over a 10-day span, classic racers from across the nation will collect within the northeast to make the most of the quick, enjoyable, competitors and camaraderie hosted by the 4 organizations.
Kicking off with the forty third Annual Lime Rock Park Historic Competition at LRP, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, the celebration additionally contains the Mission Meals Watkins Glen SpeedTour at Watkins Glen Worldwide, Sept. 4-7, IMRRC’s Annual Cameron R. Argetsinger Award dinner on Sept. 4, and the Downtown Grand Prix Tribute Reenactment—a part of the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Competition—on Sept. 5. Racers taking part in each LRP’s Historic Competition and the Mission Meals Watkins Glen SpeedTour will obtain a free take a look at day entry at Watkins Glen Worldwide on Thursday, Sept. 4.
“We’re excited to accomplice with Lime Rock Park, the Grand Prix Competition and IMRRC to convey classic racers from throughout the nation back-to-back weekends of nice racing and sportsmanship,” mentioned Lee Giannone, CEO of Parella Motorsports Holdings, SVRA’s mother or father firm. “Between racing at two of probably the most iconic circuits within the Northeast, driving on the unique Grand Prix circuit by way of the Village of Watkins Glen, and attending to rub elbows with racing legends like Brian Redman as he serves as Grand Marshal for the Mission Meals Watkins Glen SpeedTour, this will probably be a bucket-list occasion that drivers keep in mind for years to return.”
Celebrating its forty third yr, the Lime Rock Park Historic Competition launches into motion over Labor Day Weekend with the Historic Competition Parade, a 17-mile tour by way of the realm that includes 125 classic race automobiles and sports activities automobiles. Friday, Saturday, and Monday showcase continuous on-track competitors, whereas Sunday brings the Lime Rock Concours, that includes world-class vehicles, and the Gathering of the Marques, the place almost 1,000 fanatic autos and bikes line the scenic 1.5-mile circuit.
Entrants competing at each LRP and Watkins Glen will obtain a free take a look at day at The Glen on September 4, permitting the chance to get pleasure from some monitor time earlier than heading to the Corning Museum of Glass for IMRRC’s eleventh Annual Cameron R. Argetsinger Award dinner that night. The dinner honors racing legend Brian Redman, who raced in almost each class of sports activities automobile racing, together with System 1, and notched victories in every single place from Daytona to Spa-Francorchamps in a profession that spanned the globe. The dinner kicks off a full weekend of actions for Redman, which additionally contains serving because the Grand Marshal for SVRA’s Mission Meals Watkins Glen SpeedTour.
With observe, qualifying, dash races and enduros, classic racers will tackle the twists and turns of Watkins Glen Worldwide for 3 days of on-track motion through the Mission Meals Watkins Glen SpeedTour. That includes MG and Air-Cooled Porsches, the one-of-a-kind occasion as soon as once more coincides with the annual Grand Prix Competition and downtown reenactment, which takes contributors on a drive by way of historical past as they navigate the 6.6-mile unique Grand Prix avenue course to the cheers of 20,000 spectators lining the circuit.
To make the most of the Northeast Classic Palooza, merely enter the Lime Rock Park Historic Competition and the Mission Meals Watkins Glen SpeedTour by 11:59pm ET on Aug. 1, and use promo code LR2025 to have SpeedTour’s Take a look at Day added to your order, freed from cost. Complimentary reservations for the Downtown Grand Prix Reenactment are processed throughout your Mission Meals Watkins Glen SpeedTour entry. Tickets for the annual IMRRC Award Dinner may be bought at IMRRC.com.
