100S at Lime Rock Vintage Festival

[HealeyRick]

Haven't seen this info on this forum, yet so I thought I'd cross-post:
Rick

This year's Vintage Festival at Lime Rock (Lakeville, CT) will
feature a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the great Austin-Healey 100S.
Steve Earle expects there will be eight examples of the 100S at Lime Rock,
with at least three of them competing in the races. John Colgate, who in 1959
and 1960 raced both the 3000 and the Sprite Special at Sebring, Le Mans and
Nassau, will also be present for the weekend. In 1960, Colgate was part of
Donald Healey's works team at Le Mans and Nassau. He was also a regular
participant in the earliest races at Lime Rock Park. The 100S cars will be
together in an area in the main paddock and will be featured in parade laps.
The Vintage Festival is a four-day event from Friday, September
3rd through Monday, September 6. Practice and qualifying is on Friday, racing
on Saturday and Monday, and the car show and Concours d'Elegance on Sunday
Several Austin Healeys will be racing, (including 100S's) so here
is your chance to root for your favorite. Also be sure to stop by the Healey
booth in the flea market (B paddock).
Healeys will get an admission discount (one or more days or
weekend pass) if we get enough cars. Also, there will be a car corral for all
Austin-Healeys on the grass just before the descent to the B paddock. In
addition we are trying to get lunchtime track parade laps for all Healeys.
To take advantage of the discount and car corral, you will need to purchase
tickets in advance. No discounts or corral passes at the gate, and no BJ9s in
the car corral.
Contact Jim by email bluechipracing@snet.net before August 16 so he can get a
count, and provide you with further information for ordering tickets.
Also, see the website https://www.limerock.com/directory_accom.htm for
accommodations.
Jim in CT
(No financial interest, I just want to see lots of Healeys there)

 

[aeronca65t]

Jim (or Rick??):

I've been going to this event for years and it is always excellent. The Bugattis last year were amazing...the number of 100Ss this year seems just as amazing. And it's neat to see Phil Hill, John Fitch and others.
One of the big Healey racers at last years event had the same last name as me (McCabe) but I never got a chance to chat with him...talked with lots of other neat folks though.
I would dearly like to run my vintage-legal Sprite at this event but the cost is beyond me. I'm not blaming Mr. Earle or the SVRA....I guess they have plenty of takers: but I can run 2 or 3 local club events for less money and get far more track time.
I ran one of my cars at Lime Rock in the Spring and I'll have the Sprite there later in the Fall (at an EMRA event...we actually get a fair number of vintage stuff at EMRA races):
www.emraracing.org
I've seen just one 100S (at the AH Encounter in Princeton in 02). I don't recall seeing any at LR last year.
I'll be there this year (but in an M2 Miata).
Anyway, here's some '03 shots we took:

 

[bighly]

Just returned from the Monterey Historics and was able to cheer the Healeys on. 100S, 3 100Ms, Bugeye and the Huffaker Healey. I will be posting lots of photos and a few videos. You guys are in for a treat as many will continue on to Limerock. Wheeeee !!!!