Lime Rock Group, LLC (April 2021–present) Skip Barber (1984–April 2021)
Operator
Lime Rock Group, LLC
Broke ground
1956
Opened
27 April 1957; 67 years ago (1957-04-27)
Major events
Current: Trans-Am Series (1967–1974, 1981, 1985–1989, 1992–1993, 1995–1999, 2002–2003, 2010, 2012–2015, 2019, 2021–present) International Race of Champions (2024) Former: IMSA SportsCar Championship Northeast Grand Prix (1958–1964, 1986–1992, 2004–2013, 2015–2019, 2021–2023) Pirelli World Challenge (1992–1993, 1995–2005, 2007–2008, 2013, 2016–2018) Rolex Sports Car Series Lime Rock Grand Prix (2000–2001, 2006–2008, 2010–2013) NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (1993–2010)
Website
https://limerock.com/
Grand Prix Circuit (1957–present)
Surface
Asphalt
Length
1.530 miles (2.462 km)
Turns
7
Race lap record
0:45.105 ( Juan Manuel Fangio II, Eagle MkIII, 1993, IMSA GTP)
Lime Rock Park Race Track
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Show map of Connecticut
Show map of the United States
Area
325.2 acres (131.6 ha)
Built
1956 (1956)
Built by
Jim Vaill
Architectural style
Race track
NRHP reference No.
08001380[1]
Added to NRHP
October 16, 2009
Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the town of Salisbury, in the state's northwest corner. Built in 1956, it is the nation's third oldest continuously operating road racing venue, behind Road America (1955) and Willow Springs International Motorsports Park (1953).[2] The track was owned by Skip Barber from 1984 to April 2021, a former race car driver who started the Skip Barber Racing School in 1975. Now, it is owned by Lime Rock Group, LLC.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^Libov, Charlotte (June 25, 1989). "The View From Lime Rock: Neighbors learn to live with the noise". New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
^"New Ownership Group for Lime Rock". April 7, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
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Global Information
Juan Manuel Fangio II, Eagle MkIII, 1993, IMSA GTP)
