{"id":460595,"date":"2005-11-01T03:02:57","date_gmt":"2005-11-01T11:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=79945"},"modified":"2023-12-15T19:54:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:54:37","slug":"posey-and-caldwell-d-7-reunited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/posey-and-caldwell-d-7-reunited\/","title":{"rendered":"Lime Rock Historic Grand Prix (2005) &#8211; Posey and Caldwell D-7 Reunited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Posey and his 1967 Caldwell D-7 were reunited for demonstration laps at the Rolex Vintage Festival Presented by BMW at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, on September 2\u20135. This was the first track demonstration of the D-7 in more than 30 years. The vehicle is currently on loan to Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, where it is on public display.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ray Caldwell, who provided commentary during Posey\u2019s demonstration run, designed the Caldwell D-7 Can-Am racecar especially for internationally renowned driver Sam Posey. The Caldwell D-7 was designed with a non-independent suspension conceived to maximize road contact for the era\u2019s newest, wider competition tires. The engine was a 365 CID Blatz Chevy with sidedraft Webers and a five-speed ZF transmission. The best finish for Posey in the Caldwell D-7 was 3rd place at Riverside and 4th place in Mexico City in 1968.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAfter all these years, driving the Caldwell is still as big a thrill as it was in the late \u201960s,\u201d said Posey. \u201cI was very pleased that so many people remembered the car and enjoyed seeing it run again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI was so excited to see Sam get this car back out on a race track,\u201d said Jeff Lane, president of Lane Motor Museum. \u201cI know the fans at the Rolex Vintage Festival received a very special experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Posey and his 1967 Caldwell D-7 were reunited for demonstration laps at the Rolex Vintage Festival Presented by BMW at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, on September 2\u20135. This was the first track demonstration of the D-7 in more than 30 years. The vehicle is currently on loan to Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, where it is on public display. Ray Caldwell, who provided commentary during Posey\u2019s demonstration run, designed the Caldwell D-7 Can-Am racecar especially for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":712085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234,11426,17207,11399,17535],"class_list":["post-460595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-sam-posey","tag-racetrack-cadwell-park","tag-lime-rock","tag-vintage-race-lime-rock-historic-grand-prix"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lime Rock Historic Grand Prix (2005) - Posey and Caldwell D-7 Reunited<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Posey and Caldwell D-7 Reunited\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/posey-and-caldwell-d-7-reunited\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lime Rock Historic Grand Prix (2005) - Posey and Caldwell D-7 Reunited\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Posey and Caldwell D-7 Reunited\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/posey-and-caldwell-d-7-reunited\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-11-01T11:02:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-15T19:54:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/n2-200511-p1-770x546-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"546\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/posey-and-caldwell-d-7-reunited\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/posey-and-caldwell-d-7-reunited\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"headline\":\"Lime Rock Historic Grand Prix (2005) &#8211; 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