# Lime Rock Grand Prix

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Track map of Lime Rock Park

The **Lime Rock Grand Prix** (2010 name: **Memorial Day Classic**) is a [sports car race](/source/Sports_car_racing) held at [Lime Rock Park](/source/Lime_Rock_Park) in [Lakeville, Connecticut](/source/Lakeville%2C_Connecticut), United States on the [Memorial Day](/source/Memorial_Day) weekend. It had been a part of the Grand-Am [Rolex Sports Car Series](/source/Rolex_Sports_Car_Series), [SCCA National Sports Car Championship](/source/SCCA_National_Sports_Car_Championship), [USAC Road Racing Championship](/source/USAC_Road_Racing_Championship), [Trans-Am Series](/source/Trans-Am_Series), [IMSA GT Championship](/source/IMSA_GT_Championship) and [United States Road Racing Championship](/source/United_States_Road_Racing_Championship). The revived version in 2017 is for the [United States Auto Club](/source/United_States_Auto_Club) [Pirelli World Challenge](/source/Pirelli_World_Challenge).

## Winners

Year Date Overall winner(s) Entrant Car Distance/Duration Race title Report SCCA National Sports Car Championship 1957 June 9 Carroll Shelby John Edgar Maserati 300S 60 miles (97 km) Lime Rock National Championship Sports Car Races report 1958 June 15 Walt Hansgen Briggs Cunningham Lister-Jaguar 60 miles (97 km) Lime Rock National Sports Car Races report USAC Road Racing Championship 1959 June 6 George Constantine Elisha Walker Aston Martin DBR2 180 kilometres (110 mi) report 1960 —1971 Not held IMSA GT Championship 1972 May 29 Jim Locke Bob Bailey Locke Family Enterprises Porsche 911S 200 miles (320 km) Camel 200 report 1973 September 15 Michael Keyser Toad Hall Motor Racing Porsche Carrera RSR 100 miles (160 km) report Peter Gregg Peter Gregg Porsche Carrera 100 miles (160 km) 1974 September 2 Peter Gregg Brumos Porsche-Audi Porsche Carrera RSR 100 miles (160 km) report Michael Keyser Toad Hall Motor Racing Porsche Carrera RSR 100 miles (160 km) 1975 May 26 Peter Gregg ? Porsche Carrera RSR 100 miles (160 km) Schaefer 350 report Al Holbert ? Porsche Carrera RSR 100 miles (160 km) 1976 May 31 George Dyer George Dyer Porsche Carrera RSR 100 miles (160 km) Coca-Cola Lime Rock Camel GT Challenge report 1977 May 30 Al Holbert Holbert Racing Chevrolet Monza 100 miles (160 km) Coca-Cola 350 report 1978 May 29 Peter Gregg Brumos Porsche Porsche 935/77A 100 miles (160 km) Coca-Cola 300 report 1979 May 28 Peter Gregg Brumos Porsche Porsche 935/79 100 miles (160 km) Coca-Cola 350 report 1980 May 26 John Paul Sr. John Paul Jr. Preston Henn Porsche 935 K3 1 hour, 30 minutes Coca-Cola 400 report 1981 May 24 Brian Redman Preston Henn Lola T600-Chevrolet 2 hours Coca-Cola 400 report 1982 May 31 John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 935 K4 1 hour Coca-Cola 400 report 1983 May 30 Bob Tullius Bill Adam Group 44 Jaguar XJR-5 3 hours Coca-Cola 500 report 1984 May 28 Sarel van der Merwe Kreepy Krauly Racing March 83G-Porsche 1 hour Coca-Cola 500 report 1985 May 27 Drake Olson Dyson Racing Porsche 962 2 hours Coca-Cola 500 report 1986 May 26 Al Holbert Holbert Racing Porsche 962 225 miles (362 km) Camel Grand Prix report 1987 May 24 Al Holbert Holbert Racing Porsche 962 225 miles (362 km) Camel Grand Prix report 1988 May 30 Geoff Brabham Electramotive Engineering Nissan GTP ZX-T 225 miles (362 km) Camel Grand Prix report 1989 May 29 Geoff Brabham Electramotive Engineering Nissan GTP ZX-T 225 miles (362 km) Toyota Trucks Grand Prix report 1990 May 28 Price Cobb John Nielsen Castrol Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-10 225 miles (362 km) Toyota Trucks Grand Prix report 1991 May 26 Chip Robinson Nissan Performance Technology, Inc. Nissan NPT-91 2 hours Toyota Trucks presents the Lime Rock Grand Prix report 1992 May 25 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers Eagle Mk III-Toyota 2 hours Toyota Trucks Lime Rock Grand Prix report 1993 May 31 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers Eagle Mk III-Toyota 2 hours Toyota Trucks Lime Rock Grand Prix report 1994 May 30 Eliseo Salazar Giampiero Moretti Momo Ferrari 333 SP 2 hours New England Dodge Dealers Grand Prix at Lime Rock report 1995 May 29 Wayne Taylor Momo Ferrari 333 SP 1 hour, 45 minutes Dodge Dealers Grand Prix at Lime Rock report 1996 May 27 Giampiero Moretti Max Papis Momo Corse Ferrari 333 SP 1 hour, 45 minutes ATCALL presents the Dodge Dealers Grand Prix report 1997 May 26 Antônio Hermann Andrea Montermini Moretti Racing Ferrari 333 SP 1 hour, 45 minutes Connecticut Lottery presents the Dodge Dealers Grand Prix report 1998 May 25 Butch Leitzinger James Weaver Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford 1 hour, 45 minutes Dodge Dealers Grand Prix report United States Road Racing Championship 1999 May 30 Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Doran Lista Racing Ferrari 333 SP 2 hours, 15 minutes Dodge Dealers Grand Prix report Grand American Road Racing Championship 2000 May 29 Butch Leitzinger James Weaver Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford 150 miles (240 km) Dodge Dealers Grand Prix report 2001 May 28 Butch Leitzinger James Weaver Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford 40 minutes Dodge Dealers Grand Prix report Butch Leitzinger James Weaver Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford 45 minutes Trans-Am Series 2002 May 27 Boris Said ACS Express Racing Panoz Esperante 100 miles (160 km) Mohegan Sun presents The Lime Rock Park Grand Prix report 2003 May 26 Johnny Miller Rocketsports Racing Jaguar XKR 100 miles (160 km) Mohegan Sun presents The Lime Rock Park Grand Prix report 2004 —2005 Not held 2006 May 29 Andy Lally R.J. Valentine Marc Bunting The Racer's Group Pontiac GTO.R 250 mi (400 km) Rolex GT Series Challenge report 2007 May 28 Leighton Reese Tim Lewis Jr. Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R 2 Hours, 30 Minutes Grand-Am GT Classic report 2008 May 26 Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R 250 mi (400 km) Grand-Am GT Classic report 2009 Not held 2010 May 31 Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor SunTrust Racing Dallara DP01-Ford 2 hours 30 minutes Memorial Day Classic report 2011 May 31 Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor SunTrust Racing Dallara DP01-Chevrolet 2 hours 45 minutes Memorial Day Classic report 2012 Sept 29 Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor SunTrust Racing Corvette DP 2 hours 45 minutes Championship Weekend report 2013 Sept 28 Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP 2 hours 45 minutes Championship Weekend presented by BMW report

## External links

- [World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA Nationals archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20100603122858/http://wsrp.ic.cz/nationals.html)

- [World Sports Racing Prototypes: IMSA archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20100802070043/http://www.wsrp.ic.cz/imsa.html)

- [World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20100802071315/http://www.wsrp.ic.cz/usrrc.html)

- [World Sports Racing Prototypes: Grand-Am archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20081012205920/http://wsrp.ic.cz/grandam.html)

- [Racing Sports Cars: Lime Rock archive](http://www.racingsportscars.com/track/archive/Lime%20Rock.html)

- [Ultimate Racing History: Lime Rock archive](http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist3.php?trackid=295)

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