{"id":495304,"date":"2016-03-02T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=27207"},"modified":"2024-03-01T06:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:43:46","slug":"tin-tops-for-lime-rock-historic-festival-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tin-tops-for-lime-rock-historic-festival-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Lime Rock Historic Fall Festival (2014) &#8211; Tin Tops for Festival 34"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Festival 34 Chairman Murray Smith has announced an all-new race group for Lime Rock Park\u2019s 34th Historic Festival, scheduled for Labor Day Weekend, September 1-5, 2016. \u201cI\u2019m sounding the clarion call for owners and drivers of saloons and \u2018tin tops\u2019 to join us in early September to create a fabulous grid of pre-1970 racing sedans,\u201d said Smith. \u201cThis rare race group will be in the manner of the cars in Goodwood\u2019s St. Mary\u2019s Trophy, where Ford Galaxies, BMWs, Mini Coopers, Lotus Cortinas, Anglias, Alfa Romeo 1600s, Jaguar Mk2s, Hillman Imps and the like all race together.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, chair of Lime Rock\u2019s vintage extravaganza since 2009, says the Festival already attracts a handful of sedans sprinkled throughout existing race groups, but now he wants tin-top drivers to have a group of their own, adding: \u201cWe might be a bit relaxed this first year with regard to makes and models, but we hope to attract a wonderfully wide range of suitable cars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For complete details, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.limerockhistorics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.limerockhistorics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Festival 34 Chairman Murray Smith has announced an all-new race group for Lime Rock Park\u2019s 34th Historic Festival, scheduled for Labor Day Weekend, September 1-5, 2016. \u201cI\u2019m sounding the clarion call for owners and drivers of saloons and \u2018tin tops\u2019 to join us in early September to create a fabulous grid of pre-1970 racing sedans,\u201d said Smith. \u201cThis rare race group will be in the manner of the cars in Goodwood\u2019s St. Mary\u2019s Trophy, where Ford Galaxies, BMWs, Mini [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":538261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,16932,13063],"tags":[11372,432,16936,15234,11399,17521],"class_list":["post-495304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-festivals-shows","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-vscca","tag-events","tag-festivals-shows","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-lime-rock","tag-vintage-race-vscca-fall-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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