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    The way I had heard it at the NARRC runoffs a month ago, was that only
    the downhill to Big Bend was to be repaved (i.e. the main straight). 
    Skippy must have gotten more of  our extra registration fee $$ to
    enable him to do the entire track.  With New England winters being the
    way they are, if he didn't dig up what was there and put in a good
    gravel base, he'll have to do it all over again in the not too distant
    future.   He should have taken a lesson from the Bahre's at NHIS and
    did it right the first time.
    
    Just my $.02 worth
    
    
    

    does that mean the pit entrance is where it use to be, or does it now
    start from just after the bridge at 10 and go through the bottom
    paddock area?
    
    jim e
    

    Information from a friend who ran the PCA event there last Thursday
    indicates that the pit entrance has not been changed.  There are some
    big drops on the shoulders, both inside and outside.  My friend was
    experimenting with the line but was able to turn a 1:00.05 lap, 0.7 sec 
    faster than his previous best.  He feels that the track will end up being
    about 2 sec/minute faster (for stiffly sprung cars) than before.
    
    Bjorn.

    I had my first chance to drive the repaved track on Saturday.  The
    bumps have been subdued and the washboard in the Left hander is gone. 
    The compression in Diving Turn is much gentler but my g-analyst showed
    that the same bumps are still there.  On a very cold day (35�F and
    cloudy) the track was faster in the Left hander and Diving Turn but no
    faster anywhere else.  I think that 1-2 sec/min is still a reasonable 
    estimate of the reduction in lap times that can be expected by 
    mid-season next year.  The shoulders had been built up, but not
    compacted, at the track outs.  Drop offs at other places were as much as
    six inches.  Since this was mostly a surface coat paving, it will be
    interesting to see if the bumps come back over the winter.
    
    Bjorn.   

	Does anybody have the '93 schedule for Lime Rock handy or the
	phone number for tickets/information???


	thanx
	-mike

    
    
    	Rep .6  THANX!!!
    
    

>Headers and extraneous other things deleted<

But the best rocker/racer story I know is one from my own flagging
experience. It was about 1986, and Meatloaf (remember him, of Bat Out
Of Hell fame?) was driving in one of the early celebrity series
dedicated to the rock-and-roll crowd, the Dodge International Star
Challenge. This was the Memorial Day IMSA weekend at Lime Rock. Bunch
of superstar-types, driving identical front-wheel-drive Dodge
Somethingorothers. You know the drill.

Anyway, Meatloaf drove a pretty decent race, and finished something on
the order of third, and even had a few straight bodypanels left on the
car at the end. Not too shabby. So the corner captain, a well known
SCCA New England Region personality and bearer of the well-deserved
reputation of being the single crudest human being ever to walk the
face of the earth, decided that it was desirable- indeed,
*imperative*- that the entire crew of Turn 5 display our appreciation
of his driving skills on the cooloff lap. And so we did. In front of
Gawd hisself, the ESPN TV crew, and the entire national audience, the
entire crew of Turn 5 _mooned_ Meatloaf en masse as he came through on
the cooloff lap.

More's the pity, they showed the race tape-delayed, and our tribute
was consigned to the cutting-room floor. 

But there was a happy ending, after all. At the end-of-the-day worker
beer and bench racing get-together, we were all having a good laugh,
and none other than Meatloaf wandered up. Turns out that he thought
that that was just about the funniest thing he'd ever witnessed, and
he decided on the spot that anybody who was crazy enough to do _that_
on national TV had to be the kind of folks that he wanted to hang
around and drink beer with. So while all the other celebs were limoing
off to the airports and doing power nouvelle cuisine dinners with
their agents, Meatloaf (he gets _really_ pissed if you call him Mr.
Loaf!) was hanging out at worker beer, getting properly sloshed with a
bunch of smelly, sweaty, sunburned corner workers. He joined New
England Region SCCA on the spot, and came out and played with us
several times after that. I've kind of lost track of many of the folks
out there since moving to the Left Coast, but that event has a very
fine place in my memory!

-skod

-- 
Scott Griffith, Sun Microsystems Lumpyware
expatriate SCCA New England Region Flagging/Communications worker
(and driver, of anything that turns both right and left,
and can pass tech...) Return Path : [email protected]

Ok, so name names....

Russ Horton was the corner captain, and the only reason he even did it was
because he was dared to by Y.T.   As far as Russ being "the single crudest 
human being ever to walk the face of the earth", with that I take serious 
objection.  For three years running, he could only manage to place third
in the "most disgusting flagger contest" held every year during the
Mohawk-Hudson Regions race weekend.  The "Disgusting Flag" (and it was 
truly disgusting) was swapped back and forth between Y.T. and C.Hinchcliff
a number of times until "retired" in the posession of C.H, esq.

Mailed to Scott, too....

    Gee I would have put money down that it was Hincliffe - from the sound
    of it......  That was one I missed but I wish I hadn't.....
    
    jim
    

Friday, October 15

10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. -- ITB/C
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. -- NASCAR Busch North Practice
11:25 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. -- ITS/A/AS
11:55 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. -- USAC F2000 Practice
12:25 p.m. -  1:30 p.m. -- Lunch
 1:30 p.m. -  2:00 p.m. -- NASCAR Busch North Practice
 2:10 p.m. -  2:25 p.m. -- ITB/C Group 1 Qualifying
 2:25 p.m. -  2:40 p.m. -- ITB/C Group 2 Qualifying
 2:50 p.m. -  3:20 p.m. -- USAC F2000 Qualifying
 3:30 p.m. -  3:40 p.m. -- NASCAR Pre-Qualifying Warm-Up
 3:50 p.m. -  4:05 p.m. -- ITS/A/AS Group 1 Qualifying
 4:05 p.m. -  4:20 p.m. -- ITS/A/AS Group 2 Qualifying
 4:30 p.m. -  5:15 p.m. -- NASCAR Busch North Qualifying
 5:30 p.m. -  6:00 p.m. -- USAC F2000 Qualifying

Saturday, October 16

 9:30 a.m. -  9:50 a.m. -- USAC F2000 Warm-Up
10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. -- ITC Warm-Up
10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. -- ITB Warm-Up
10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. -- ITA Warm-Up
10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. -- ITS/AS Warm-Up
             11:00 a.m. -- Grid - USAC F2000
11:15 a.m. -      START -- USAC F2000 - 30 minutes
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Driver's Autograph Session at Driving Impressions
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. -- Lunch
             12:45 p.m. -- Grid - Mini Stock Sports Cars
 1:00 p.m. -      START -- Mini Stock Sports Cars Race - 20 Laps
              1:45 p.m. -- Grid - NASCAR Busch North Series
 1:15 p.m. -      START -- NASCAR Busch North Series - 50 Laps
              3:30 p.m. -- Grid - Mini Stock Sports Cars
 3:45 p.m. -      START -- Mini Stock Sports Cars Race - 20 Laps
              4:15 p.m. -- Grid - Mini Stock Consolation Cars
 4:30 p.m. -      START -- Mini Stock Consolation Race - 15 Laps

	SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

P.S. I won FREEBIES to this race!  Hah!

    Mike,
    
    Not next weekend. The one after that....
    
    Come see me in Pit Lane and say hello again.
    
    jim

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If you're a NASCAR fan in the Albany NY area this may
be of interest.
 
Greg Clark, one of the leading contenders for Penrose
Rookie Challengehonors on the NASCAR Busch North
Grand National circuit, will be the guest speaker
at tomorrow nights, Wed. Oct 6, meeting of the
Mohawk-Hudson Region Sports Car Club of America.
The meeting will be at the Holiday Inn Turf on
Wolf Road at 7:30 p.m.; there's no charge for admission.
 
Clark is supposed to be testing today at Lime Rock
Park,along with Winston Cup driver Ken Schrader, in
anticipation of the Busch North debut at the
Connecticut sports car course on Saturday October 16,
so it should be an informative presentation.
 
Greg Rickes

    
    
       Never having been to Lime Rock before, could someone give
     directions, I know its in Lakeville CT, but that all I know.
     I'd be coming from the Worcester area. What can we expect in
     the way of parking or traffic. I know this is the first time
     the BGNN boys have been there so would think there will be a
     pretty good crowd.
    
     Also, where is the best place to sit, how much of the track
    can you see from any one place, can/should we bring chairs and sit
    on the grass? Or any other information that would be helpful.
    
   thanks...-Dennis
                       

For info on the BGNN test at Lime Rock see note 8.1705 in TMAGNO::NASCAR

    Dennis,
    
    Get there early!!! We have BGN- north, USAC and SCCA folks going so the
    crowds will be big.
    
    Take the Mass Pike to exit 2, then follow signs for Rt7 south. You will
    stay on rt7 into Connecticut. Follow 7 until you see signs for Rt112.
    The track is on Rt112 about a mile to two after you get on RT112.
    
    Note: As you get off the pike, you'll be on Rt102 for a short time in
    Stockbridge. Just follow signs for Great Barrington, etc.
    
    I'm headed down that Thursday night. I have the SCCA radios and can't
    be late......
    
    I'll be in the pits all weekend, seeing how I'm pit marshall for SCCA
    here...
    
    jim
    

    
    thanks for directions Jim, hope the weather holds out.
    
    never been to a road course race before, looking foward 
    to it. 
    
    -Dennis

    For those who want a GOOD place to watch the action....  you can join
    SCCA via the temporary membership at $20. This should cover you for 10
    days - which means you can work NHIS next Sunday at our Racing Against
    Leukemia race.
    
    You can work the pits with me, grid or go flag on a station. If you are
    interested in doing this, send me mail.
    
    It's probably cheaper than the ticket to get in......
    
    jim
    

    It was a fun and strange weekend at Lime Rock. USAC and NASCAR really
    are different than SCCA. NASCAR allows smoking in the pits, sitting on
    the wall, you name it. Glad Nascar didn't want SCCA workers in the
    pits...  We did pits for USAC, but their stewards get to sit on the
    wall when the cars are out.
    
    Got Richard Petty's signature on my racing jacket. He was at Grid when
    I was heading down to help at station 12. I was standing next to Johnny
    Rutherford as well.
    
    King Richard was in the back of a convertible that was suppose to be at
    the back of the pack for the first pace lap and somehow his driver
    pulled into the middle of the pack!!! Glad nobody bumped his car going
    around the track....
    
    WHile at 12, got to help push a BGN car out of the grass. Suckers are
    heavy, and noisy. They were running near 120 db.
    
    For you SCCA types, we did have an emergency in pit lane. Trish Blethen
    was wearing her bi-focals and mis-judged the small armco. She tripped
    and fell hard while the cars were coming in the pits after practice. I
    had to jump in front of her so she didn't get run over. Couldn't move
    her given her condition.....  she took a ride to the hospital and was
    back at the end to see Ray drive. Her crew busted her buns by "tripping
    in unison" over the armco and rolling in pit lane. It hurt when she
    laughed. I was using a broom handle as a white cane. If you see her
    this weekend at NHIS, tell her it's tough to get old.....  we all
    did...  :-)
    
    
    

    Should have left her there!! (only kidding, it would have done more
    damage to any oncoming car).  Does her stunt qualify her for one of the
    NERD awards this year?  If so, she should win handily.
    
    Any news on the F2000 race, like who won?  What was the big shunt? 
    Looking especially to see how David Porter did.  He used to drive CF
    (bought our old Hawke, then traded it for the Zink he drove and sold
    this year).  How about Mike Anderson (we're currently driving his old
    PRS)?
    
    Thanks,
    
    	Barb
    

    Sorry Barb, I didn't follow who won, etc. A call to Jo-Ann and Marty
    would give you that. Then again you'll see her this weekend at NHIS.
    
    We don't write folks up for injuries, protests, etc. THEY can write
    themselves up tho.....
    
    jim
    

    For any workers interested, Lime Rock will have the Porsche Club there
    this Friday and Saturday. All SCCA type workers are always welcome to
    participate. You may want to call Lime Rock before going though and see
    about the details. Peter Roberts NER SCCA is helping with the workers.
    
    jim
    

Article 1481 of rec.autos.sport.info:
Subject: WSC: TransAm-WSC doubleheader at Lime Rock Park
X-Copyright: Copyright 1994 by Motorsport News International and the author

reprinted with permission

Lime Rock Park To Host Largest Sports Car Race in North America

Lime Rock Park in conjunction with the Dodge Dealers Advertising
Association has announced the running of the largest sports car race in
North America. The Dodge Dealers Grand Prix at Lime Rock on Memorial
Day weekend, May 26-29 1995, will feature seven of the world's fastest
sports car racing series for a purse of over $500,000.

For the first time in US road racing history SCCA Pro Racing and the
International Motor Sports Association will featuretheir pro racing
efforts in a co-sanctioned event that will showcase over two hundred of
the world's fastest sports cars competing in a total of eight hours of
racing.

Headlining the weekend will be the SCCA's TransAm Tour and the IMSA
Exxon World Sports Car series. The weekend will include six television
programs both live and tape delayed on ESPN and Prime Networks.

The tentative weekend schedule includes: SCCA TransAm Tour, IMSA Exxon
World Sports Cars, SCCA Barber Dodge Pro Series, IMSA Exxon Supreme GT,
SCCA World Challenge, IMSA Bridgestone Super Car,and Neon Celebrity
Challenge.

Off-track activites will include the 1995 MoPar Expo, New England's
largest all-Chrysler aut show and swap meet, with over 200
Chrysler-powered vehicles on display.

For ticket information call 1800RACELRP

                  -end-
 
 
hidden in this release is some other interesting news. The Barber
Pro Series, formerly using SAAB turbos for power, will switch to the
normally aspirated Dodge V6 beginning in 1995, and the series apparently
will have an SCCA sanction instead of IMSA.
 
Greg Rickes

    Any hints on attending the WSC race on Memorial Day? (May 27th)
    
    Doug.

    Yeah, get there early and don't drink so you won't have
    to use the "facilities".

    I'll be flagging there on Friday and Saturday. Family issues prevent me
    from being their for Monday.
    
    jim

    Can someone plase list the schedule of events at Lime Rock for Memorial
    Day weekend...
    
                                                             Thanks
                                                             -mike-

    Bring a folding chair, or blanket to sit on.  Go to lime rock like
    you're going to a picnic.  I don't recall seeing any seats there.
    
    MadMike

    Nope, there are not grandstands.  Bring seating.  I understand the
    concessions have improved over the years, but I still bring my own
    chow.  The lines are long, in any event.
    
    George

I remember going to Lime Rock back in the late 70's with my Fiat 128.  The 
front seats popped out real easily so we parked the car in the infield, pulled 
out the seats and carried them to the hill overlooking the S's.  Real 
comfortable seating....

Dave

    re .30
    
    Dave,
    
    Wish I could have done that with my Fiat 850 Spyder (Red)...guess
    that's why we always took my friend John's non-stock Vega. We drove up
    in it he raced it (SCCA) them we drove home in it. But remember having
    to bring lots of oil 8-)  That Vega really could burn the oil...
    
    ...and the trips to Watkins Glen around that same timeframe..oh the
    memories. Bog it bog it...
    
                                                             -mike-

    I found the following at:
    
    http://www.imsaracing.com/events/96.lime/lime.event.sched.html
    
    This is the schedule for this weekends Lime Rock events.
    
    -Steve
    
    
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May 21-27

1996 Dodge Dealers Grand Prix
Event Schedule

Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT

Tuesday, May 21

   * Press Day at the Circuit

Thursday, May 23

   * 9:00 am - 4:00 pm In-paddock IMSA Registration & Technical Inspection
     Timing Transponders may be picked up at IMSA Registration
     Refueling Restrictors may be picked up at the IMSA Transporter

Friday, May 24

   * 8:00 am - 4:00 pm IMSA Registration (Timing Transponders may be picked
     up at Registration)
   * 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Technical Inspection (Refueling Restrictors may be
     picked up the IMSA Transporter)

   * Prior to 10:00 am NO race engines may be started

   * 10:00 am - 10:20 am Practice - NATCC
   * 10:30 am - 10:55 am Practice - Barber Dodge Pro Series
   * 11:05 am - 11:40 am Practice - Trans-am
   * 11:50 am - 12:20 pm Practice - World Challenge Touring
   * 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Practice - Exxon World SportsCars/GTS-1
   * 1:25 pm - 1:55 pm Practice - Exxon Supreme GTS-2
   * 2:05 pm - 2:25 pm Practice - NATCC
   * 2:35 pm - 3:00 pm Qualifying 1- Barber Dodge Pro Series
   * 3:10 pm - 3:45 pm Practice - Trans-am
   * 3:55 pm - 4:40 pm Practice - Exxon World SportsCars/GTS-1
   * 4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Practice - Exxon Supreme GTS-2
   * 5:20 pm - 5:50 pm Practice - World Challenge Sports
   * 6:00 pm - All race engines must be shut down

Saturday, May 25

   * 8:00 am - 4:00 pm IMSA Registration

   * Prior to 9:00 am NO race engines may be started

   * 9:00 am - 9:20 am Qualifying - NATCC
   * 9:30 am - 9:50 am Qualifying - World Challenge
   * 10:00 am - 10:20 am Qualifying - World Challenge
   * 10:30 am - 10:55 am Practice - Neon Challenge
   * 11:05 am - 11:30 am Practice - Exxon World SportsCars/GTS-1
   * 11:40 am - 12:00 N Practice - Exxon Supreme GTS-2
   * 12:10 pm - 12:35 pm Qualifying - Barber Dodge Pro Series
   * 12:45 pm - 1:10 pm Qualifying - Trans-am
   * 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Exxon Drivers Autograph Session, location to be
     determined
   * 1:25 pm - START World Challenge Touring - 45 minute race
   * 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Qualifying - Neon Challenge
   * 3:15 pm - START NATCC - 30 minute race
   * 3:55 pm - 4:20 pm Qualifying - Exxon World SportsCars
   * 4:30 pm - Post-qualifying Press Conference for Exxon World SportsCar
     positions 1 and 2 in the Press Room
   * 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Qualifying - Exxon Supreme GTS-1
   * 4:50 pm - 5:05 pm Qualifying - Exxon Supreme GTS-2
   * 5:15 pm - Post-qualifying Press Conference for Exxon Supreme GT pole
     sitters, following their respective sessions
   * 5:15 pm - START World Challenge Sports - 45 minute race
   * 6:00 pm - All race engines must be shut down

Sunday, May 26

   * NO RACE ENGINES MAY BE STARTED

Monday, May 27

   * 8:00 am - 2:00 pm IMSA Registration

   * Prior to 9:00 am NO race engines may be started

   * 9:00 am - 9:05 am Warm up - Barber Dodge Pro Series
   * 9:10 am - 9:30 am Practice - Trans-am
   * 9:35 am - 9:45 am Warm up - Exxon World SportsCars/GTS-1
   * 9:50 am - 10:00 am Warm up - Exxon Supreme GTS-2
   * 10:15 am - START Neon Challenge - 20 lap race
   * 10:30 am - Mandatory drivers briefing for Exxon World SportsCar, Exxon
     Supreme GTS-1 and GTS-2 competitors in the room at the base of the
     tower
   * 11:00 am - START NATCC - 30 minute race
   * 11:55 am - START Barber Dodge Pro Series - 30 minute race
   * 1:10 pm - START Trans am - 66 lap race
   * 2:40 pm - START ATCALL presents the Dodge Dealers Grand Prix Exxon
     World SportsCar Championship/Exxon Supreme GT Series - 1 hour 45
     minute race for Exxon World SportsCars and GTS-1 cars
   * 4:50 pm - START Exxon Supreme GT Series - 1 hour race for Exxon GTS-2
     cars
   * 6:00 pm - All race engines must be shut down.
     Timing Transponders and Refueling Restrictors must be returned to the
     IMSA Transporter

     Notes: The ATCALL presents the Dodge Dealers Grand Prix is being
     televised live starting at 1:00 pm on Monday, May 27. In the
     event of any delays on Monday afternoon the schedule will be
     adjusted to accommodate the live T.V. window Schedule may be
     amended to accommodate local conditions.


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