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2004 Event

This Labor Day weekend, that inseparable connection between the tradition of sports car racing and the men and machines that made it happen will be celebrated at the Lime Rock Park Vintage Festival Presented by BMW on Aug. 29-Sept. 1.

The Lime Rock Park Vintage Festival Presented by BMW is one of the largest vintage automobile celebrations in the East, showcasing a diverse field of race cars on Friday, Saturday and Monday that can span eight decades, from timeless pre-war classics to the roar of historic Trans-Am machines and exotic prototypes from the 1980s. This year the featured marque will be Bugatti.

This Vintage Festival also will pay tribute to one Lime Rock Park icon, John Fitch. John had a distinguished career in sports car racing, and helped design Lime Rock's 1.53-mile layout, serving as the track's director from 1955 to 1964.

Lined up along Lime Rock's 2,400-foot main straightaway on Sunday, Aug. 31, can be found classics, new and old, featured in the Vintage & Historic Car Show and Elite Category Concours. Sunday's activities also include the popular Show of Shelbys. A weekend-long eclectic swap meet of automotive memorabilia completes the offering and brings to the car enthusiast an unmatched level of diversity.
The Vintage & Historic Car Show attracts some of the finest foreign and domestic automobiles in the country from well known manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa-Romeo, Jaguar and MG to the harder to find makes such as Siata, Allard, Bugatti, Aston Martin, Delahaye, Delage, Citroen and DeTomaso.

The Show of Shelbys contains virtually every year and model car Carroll Shelby produced between 1962 and 1970. The Vintage Festival Swap Meet, which runs throughout the weekend, is a showcase for automotive memorabilia where fans may find anything from out-of-print shop manuals, or old racing magazines and programs to die-cast models or used cars.

It's the tradition that honors the tradition of racing - the Lime Rock Park Vintage Festival Presented by BMW Aug. 29-Sept. 1