Gallery: 37th LRP Historic Festival and Sunday in the Park Concourse d'elegance

Best in Show winners of the Sunday in the Park Concourse d'elegance.

Sport: Ralph Lauren's 1961 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (left)
Touring: Peter Kalikow's 1958 Ferrari 250 GT PF Cabriolet (right)

The Lime Rock Park Historic Festival is my favorite weekend of the year. It is five days long and is the equivalent of covering 3 events: a race car parade and street fair, 3 days of racing and a world-class concourse d’elegance.

It all starts on Thursday with a race car parade and street fair. The parade starts with all the participants lined up on the Sam Posey Straight. Race cars ranging from fairly common MGs to nearly priceless Aston Martins travels a 17-mile route, meandering down farm lined back roads, through the towns of Lime Rock, Lakeville, and Salisbury. The finish line is in Falls Village where the cars are all parked curbside for the enjoyment of all who came out for the street fair.

A beautiful Ferrari 250GT SWB in downtown Salisbury, CT during the race car parade.

The on-track action begins on Friday with practice and qualifying for all nine race groups. Saturday and Monday are race days with each group racing twice: once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Sandwiched in the middle of the weekend, on Sunday, the track goes quiet and is opened to one of the most premiere Concourse d’elegance and car shows in the country. The Sam Posey Straight is lined from end to end with the most exquisite examples of automotive art you may ever see and the rest of the track is lined with one of the coolest, most complete car shows.

If you have never been to the Lime Rock Park Historic Festival I can’t recommend it enough. Exquisite vintage race cars, priceless works of art and the most beautiful setting for a race track makes for one of the most unique automotive experiences in the country.

What follows is a small selection of some of my favorite photos from the 37th Lime Rock Historic Festival with a couple of behind the scenes photos thrown in. Enjoy!

The cars of the featured collectors B.Z. and Michael Schwartz.

Front row (L to R) Cisitalia Nuvolari Spyder & Stanguellini Bialbero Sport. Back row (L to R) Siata 208S Spyder, Moretti 750 Grand Sport & Siata 208 CS Balbo Coupe.

Pushing the Stanguellini in place. photo by: Joshua Sweeney | Shoot For Details

Special Olympian Brett Glaser waving the green flag. It was an honor to meet such an inspirational young man and to capture this moment for him.

Getting the shot of Brett waving the green flag. Photo credit: Chris Kasinskas.

The cars lined up for the Falls Village Street Fair.

The nuns of Nunnery from the Sharon Playhouse.

Lime Rock President and legendary driver Skip Barber.

Celebrating the 110th anniversary of the Morgan Motor Co.