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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Report and Photos

The D50 Lancias were crowd favorites
The D50 Lancias were crowd favorites

The Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 was held September 3-6 at the 7-turn, 1.5 mile Lime Rock Park road course in Connecticut. Lime Rock Park’s 34th annual Labor Day weekend event featured a strong field of more than 260 vintage race cars grouped in nine racing classes.

The honored guests at Historic Festival 34 were the dynamic duo of John Morton and Pete Brock. John Morton even brought his gear bag to pedal three cars over the weekend, a 1970 Fiat Abarth TC-1000, a 1955 Lancia D50 replica and the 1962 Lotus 23B.

Notable and interesting entrants at the Lime Rock Fall Festival 2016 included the 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa of Tony Wang; 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta of Herb Wetanson; 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza of Peter Greenfield; 1929 Bentley 4 1/2-Litre Blower George Holman; 1955 Jaguar D-Type and 1933 Maserati 4CM of Dan Ghose and the 1957 Maserati 300S of Camilo Steuer.

Similar to the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Historics, Sports Car Digest also documented the Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016, with photographer Michael DiPleco offering the following images from the Lime Rock road course. We split up Michael’s pictures into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, while the second gallery can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all 225 photographs.

Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery

 

1955 Jaguar D-Type- Dan Ghose.
1955 Jaguar D-Type- Dan Ghose.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1957 Maserati 300S- Camilo Steuer.
1957 Maserati 300S- Camilo Steuer.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1973 Oscella Abarth PA-1- Nick Grewal.
1973 Oscella Abarth PA-1- Nick Grewal.
1971 Chevron B19- Larry Kessler.
1971 Chevron B19- Larry Kessler.
1976 Chevron B36- Graham Adelman.
1976 Chevron B36- Graham Adelman.
1973 Oscella Abarth PA-1- Nick Grewal.
1973 Oscella Abarth PA-1- Nick Grewal.

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Two

 

1931 Bugatti T37- Sandy Leith.
1931 Bugatti T37- Sandy Leith.
1970 Ford Boss 302.
1970 Ford Boss 302.
A Pair of 1967 Ford Boss 302’s.
A Pair of 1967 Ford Boss 302’s.
Say Camaro.
Say Camaro.
1966 Ford Mustang- Mike Joy.
1966 Ford Mustang- Mike Joy.
1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z28- Tony Hart.
1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z28- Tony Hart.
1968 Chevrolet Camaro- Christi Edelbrock.
1968 Chevrolet Camaro- Christi Edelbrock.
1970 Fiat Abarth-TC-R 1000 Berlina Corsa. Revs Institute.
1970 Fiat Abarth-TC-R 1000 Berlina Corsa. Revs Institute.

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Three

 

1971 Lola T212- Mitch Eitel.
1971 Lola T212- Mitch Eitel.
1976 Chevron B36- Graham Adelman.
1976 Chevron B36- Graham Adelman.
1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce- Bradley Price.
1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce- Bradley Price.
1957 Special Wachs Porsche- William Haupt.
1957 Special Wachs Porsche- William Haupt.
1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce- Bradley Price.
1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce- Bradley Price.
1959 Lotus Cortina.
1959 Lotus Cortina.
1961 Porsche 356 Roadster- Mike Zubko.
1961 Porsche 356 Roadster- Mike Zubko.
1968 Lotus 51C FF- William Bartlette.
1968 Lotus 51C FF- William Bartlette.

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Four

 

Lancia D50’s- T1.
Lancia D50s in Turn 1.
A little lean helping out.
A little lean helping out.
1929 Bentley 4.4litre Blower- George Holman.
1929 Bentley 4.4-Litre Blower – George Holman.
Peter Giddings- Lancia D50.
Peter Giddings – Lancia D50.
1954 Lancia D50’s under the bridge.
1954 Lancia D50s under the bridge.
Historic TRans-Am Challenge Trophy.
Historic Trans-Am Challenge Trophy.
Through the Armco.
Through the Armco.
1966 Alfa Romeo GTA- Rick Jeffery.
1966 Alfa Romeo GTA- Rick Jeffery.

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Five

 

1965 Ford Mustang- Gregory Meindl.
1965 Ford Mustang- Gregory Meindl.
West Bend freight train.
West Bend freight train.
1971 Chevron B19- Bob Gett.
1971 Chevron B19- Bob Gett.
1971 Chevron B19- Bob Gett.
1971 Chevron B19- Bob Gett.
1971 Lola T212- Mitch Eitel.
1971 Lola T212- Mitch Eitel.
1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce- Bradley Price.
1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce- Bradley Price.
Thanks course workers
Thanks course workers
Start of the "Finn’s Formula Libre Award Race"
Start of the “Finn’s Formula Libre Award Race”

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Six

 

1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1962 Lola Mk1- Michael Kaleel.
1962 Lola Mk1- Michael Kaleel.
Group 7- International Grand Touring Trophy Race.
Group 7- International Grand Touring Trophy Race.
1965 Jaguar XKE- Jack Buschj.
1965 Jaguar XKE- Jack Buschj.
1968 Bizzarrini Strada GT- John "Chip" Fudge.
1968 Bizzarrini Strada GT- John “Chip” Fudge.
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Monza- Peter Greenfield.
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza- Peter Greenfield.
Historic Trans-Am take to the Esses.
Historic Trans-Am take to the Esses.
1957 Maserati 300S- Camilo Steuer.
1957 Maserati 300S – Camilo Steuer.

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Seven

 

1955 Jaguar D-Type, Fast at Rest.
1955 Jaguar D-Type, Fast at Rest.
1961 Ferrari 250 GT, Herb Wetanson.
1961 Ferrari 250 GT, Herb Wetanson.
1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider- Andrew Male.
1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider- Andrew Male.
1972 Hawke DL9-FF- Jim Hanrahan.
1972 Hawke DL9-FF- Jim Hanrahan.
1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans Rep- Richard Morrison.
1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans Rep- Richard Morrison.
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Monza with Peter Greenfield. Need we say more.
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Monza with Peter Greenfield. Need we say more.
1933 Maserati 4CM- Daniel Ghose.
1933 Maserati 4CM- Daniel Ghose.
1929 Stutz Blackhawk- Kyle Landers.
1929 Stutz Blackhawk- Kyle Landers.

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Eight

 

Formula Fords on pit lane after their feature race.
Formula Fords on pit lane after their feature race.
1948 Lister MG Roadster- Thomas McCormack.
1948 Lister MG Roadster- Thomas McCormack.
1933 Maserati 4CM- Dan Ghose.
1933 Maserati 4CM- Dan Ghose.
1938 Morgan F-Trike- Chris Towner.
1938 Morgan F-Trike – Chris Towner.
1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans Rep- Richard Morrison.
1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans Rep- Richard Morrison.
The D50 Lancias were crowd favorites
The D50 Lancias were crowd favorites
1969 Chevrolet Camaro with pack of historic Trans Am cars.
1969 Chevrolet Camaro with pack of historic Trans Am cars.
Trio of Trans Am Camaros
Trio of Trans Am Camaros

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Nine

 

1963 Volvo Amazon- Rick Kushner.
1963 Volvo Amazon- Rick Kushner.
1965 Alfa Romeo GTA 1600- Robert Smalley.
1965 Alfa Romeo GTA 1600- Robert Smalley.
1964 Lotus 30- Bob Tkacik.
1964 Lotus 30- Bob Tkacik.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1955 Jaguar D-Type- Dan Ghose.
1955 Jaguar D-Type- Dan Ghose.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
A evenly matched Group 6, #17- Tony Wang’s 1958 Ferrari 250TR.
A evenly matched Group 6, #17- Tony Wang’s 1958 Ferrari 250TR.
1957 Tojeiro Climax- Marc Cendron.
1957 Tojeiro Climax- Marc Cendron.

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Ten

 

1957 Maserati 300S- Camilo Steuer.
1957 Maserati 300S – Camilo Steuer.
1957 Maserati 300S- Camilo Steuer.
1957 Maserati 300S – Camilo Steuer.
1959 Chevrolet EDP Special- Luca Maciucescu.
1959 Chevrolet EDP Special- Luca Maciucescu.
1964 Lotus 30- Bob Tkacik.
1964 Lotus 30- Bob Tkacik.
Group 6, 1968 Bizzarrini Strada GT.
Group 6, 1968 Bizzarrini Strada GT.
1965 Jaguar XKE.
1965 Jaguar XKE.
1973 Porsche 911 RSR- Richard Strahota.
1973 Porsche 911 RSR- Richard Strahota.
1966 Shelby GT350- Mark Gunsalus.
1966 Shelby GT350- Mark Gunsalus.

 

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2016 – Main Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)

 

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[Source: Lime Rock Park; photos: Michael DiPleco]