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Club at Lime Rock Park Introduces Associate Membership

THE CLUB AT LIME ROCK PARK INTRODUCES ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIPS

For Those That Love the Idea but Need an Alternative Solution


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Lakeville, CT (20 March 2008) – Track President, Skip Barber, and board members of The Club at Lime Rock Park have unveiled Phase Two of The Club memberships, an alternative solution for prospective members. To date, a full Founding Membership has been the only option available at $110,000 ($100,000 initiation fee plus $10,000 Connecticut Dues Tax). However, for those that love the idea but want another financial option, they can now become an Associate Member - a ten-year membership that allows drivers ten track dates per season, as well as several Club amenities. The $27,500 ($25,000 initiation fee plus $2,500 Dues Tax) Associate Membership can be re-sold or credited at any time towards a full Membership.

"Many potential members have told us they really want to join the Club but can’t make a large outlay now,” states Barber. “The Associate Membership allows them to start in a modest way, still getting a lot of track time and then upgrading their membership when they’re able.”

Membership Information and Benefits:

Full Founding Member Fee + CT Dues Tax $110,000 Associate Member $27,500
Term of membership 50 years 10 years
Track Time (per year/per member)60 of 60 dates 10 of 60 dates
Qualified Driver Guests Unlimited with fee None
Non-Driver Guests Unlimited Unlimited
Tickets to Lime Rock Park Public Events 4 VIP 2 VIP
Clubhouse Access Yes Yes
Vehicle Storage Yes Yes

Club Member, Matt Meehan – who also serves on the Member Board – notes, “I’ve spoken with many prospective members who would love the Club at Lime Rock Park experience, but need another option to a full Founding Membership. I believe this new Associate Membership addresses their need.”

To date, The Club at Lime Rock Park has 118 member commitments. Revenue from memberships is being used to fund a series of track improvements, which include additional new course options, while at the same time preserving its classic footprint by smoothing the surface and improving safety. Lime Rock Park is scheduled to break ground on track upgrades this spring and re-pave the road course in June.

The Club at Lime Rock Park www.limerockclub.com is an exclusive, members-only motorsports club for automotive enthusiasts. The Club caters to drivers of high-performance vehicles who use the track for pleasure as well as business.

Lime Rock Park is nestled comfortably in the lush green foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful and historic road racing facilities in North America. A perfect setting for a motorsports club, Lime Rock Park has the only club currently open in the Northeast.

For more information, please contact Stephan Condodemetraky at: 860-435-5005, or visit www.limerockclub.com

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I was just wondering about the changes to the road course. There were plans to have a longer road course( the outline can still be seen through the old growth trees) I wonder if the changes will be inside the present course or outside.
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I was just wondering about the changes to the road course. There were plans to have a longer road course( the outline can still be seen through the old growth trees) I wonder if the changes will be inside the present course or outside.
Good thread about LRP and what it might have been
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Re: Lime Rock Extension....

don't know where this came from, I found it on an Audi board....
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don't know where this came from, I found it on an Audi board....
wow, thanks Roger, very interesting. Not sure they need to kink 4 like that tho
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no prob Doug.... I hear ya bout T4, but like the email said, it seems as if the REAL LRP configuration will live on. It makes sense on paper. Less big impact chances for the clubbers, and those harder braking corners, especially with no- name being straightened out, sure seems to make soom passing oportunities for the ALMSers and such. Also, what ya think bout that pit in at west bend??? Be interesting how pitlane speeds work out with pitlane being HALF the distance of the track total.. LOL... Maybe a "stepped" speedlimit..?? Pretty exciting stuff...
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I made some gifs from the pdf (expand pics to full view in browser - text will be legible)

Turn 4

Uphill

West Bend

Downhill
(paved runoff, thank you )

all added to track maps in Stuff / Links section
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but like the email said, it seems as if the REAL LRP configuration will live on.
Huh?!? From the looks of the diagram the Uphill, West Bend, and the Downhill will all be altered significantly.
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T4, Uphill and West Bend proposed changes are more dramatic than Downhill. Drawing date March 12, 2008, I wonder if they are taking revisions this far?

If the existing course is to be off limits thru those corners, that would be very unfortunate.
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Huh?!? From the looks of the diagram the Uphill, West Bend, and the Downhill will all be altered significantly.
Revenue from memberships is being used to fund a series of track improvements, which include additional new course options, while at the same time preserving its classic footprint by smoothing the surface and improving safety.



while at the same time preserving its classic footprint by smoothing the surface and improving safety.


It means what it SOUNDS like it means .. right???? I sure hope so... Is'nt LRP nothing WITHOUT the uphill and downhill???

OK.. If you view the PDF in 180% or so, you can read all the notes on the map and gather further insight into the direction and vision of the changes. verryyy interesting.


If you look at Doud's gif of west bend you can clearly see 2 different paths for pit in. One for the EXSITING circiut. So it seems no one has lost their minds completely.

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The original footprint will absolutely remain intact and the entire track is being repaved. The uphill, westbend, and turn 4 additions will be added options to the original footprint that can be mixed and matched for multiple configurations. The downhill grass and dirt runoff area that usually meant a guaranteed trip to the tire wall will now be paved (Like turn 1 at the Glen) so there is more chance for recovery and/or scrubbing speed. They can't move the stream so there isn't any way to push the tire wall back but pavement should reduce the carnage. And imagine westbend without that berm and tire wall waiting to snag you with a flat runoff area instead! The switchback at turn 4 will also (as mentioned by rcote) create a brake zone passing opportunity that never existed before.

Good point about pit lane speed but whatever they work out will be infinitely safer than the old configuration. No more hairy downhill moments running up on slow or oblivious pit-iners. No chance for a repeat performance of a Newgarden type near miss either. I say Bravo and a good use for that unused land on the inside of the downhill. (It will make it more interesting for the flaggers and instructors down there though.)

I'm told they are already going at it whole hog meaning the infield bridge and westbend berm are completely gone.

Skip Barber (the man) was able to acquire the wooded land to the left of the infield entrance road making it possible to change the entrance and do the westbend modification. It's all happening with great conviction as the paving must be done soon enough to cure and handle heavy fast traffic by the end of June and early July, not to mention rebuilding the safety barriers and infield bridge. Would be great to have a time lapse of the whole thing.

Huge changes and very exciting stuff.
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Pat, thanks for the clarification and update. Will the repaving of the original track eliminate the concrete patches too, or is the intention to retain those features?
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Have no specifics on the surface but can't imagine anyone wanting to preserve those concrete patches. They were a compromise fix when the old surface repeatedly failed under the pounding of heavy, high grip/horspower cars. The desire is to put down a surface that will be both smooth and durable.
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Have no specifics on the surface but can't imagine anyone wanting to preserve those concrete patches. They were a compromise fix when the old surface repeatedly failed under the pounding of heavy, high grip/horspower cars. The desire is to put down a surface that will be both smooth and durable.
That's what I figured, but those concrete patches served as a great set of reference points too.
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Except for Sebring (which is a veritable mosaic of ancient concrete) most tracks don't have concrete patches and we seem to find our way around them just fine.

I'm looking forward to discovering a whole new set of reference points on the old and new configurations. Everyone gets to reset the clock and start all over again. A nice problem to have given the alternative.

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Except for Sebring most tracks don't have concrete patches...
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I'm looking forward to discovering a whole new set of reference points on the old and new configurations. Everyone gets to reset the clock and start all over again. A nice problem to have given the alternative.
Absolutely DD, this will breathe a lot of new life into LRP, very exciting

(might even get some anti-Lime Rock drivers back there )
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If Skip could get enough members he would make the place completely private and that would be that. Much like many golf courses.

Does anyone out there think the changes are so the members will not dent their nice cars?


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no prob Doug.... I hear ya bout T4, but like the email said, it seems as if the REAL LRP configuration will live on. It makes sense on paper. Less big impact chances for the clubbers, and those harder braking corners, especially with no- name being straightened out, sure seems to make soom passing oportunities for the ALMSers and such. Also, what ya think bout that pit in at west bend??? Be interesting how pitlane speeds work out with pitlane being HALF the distance of the track total.. LOL... Maybe a "stepped" speedlimit..?? Pretty exciting stuff...


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Absolutely not Bob. The goal has never been to make the track a closed private club. The Club is a component of funding the upgrades.
Skip said from the beginning that the tip in costs for The Club would be used for repaving and upgrades to the track and there is no evidence to suggest otherwise. The changes are being made to keep it relevant to the ALMS and other professional sanctioning bodies.

Those changes now in process are as big as any that have happened since Jim Vail broke ground for the place. With Turn 4, the Uphill and West Bend all having alternate configurations there will be many variations possible without losing the original footprint.

The affects of the alternate corners will be more passing opportunities, better racing and lower average speeds that could net out to lower crash damage numbers for everyone. No way to know for sure until everyone has run a full season on it.

The goal is for Lime Rock Park to still be a vibrant racetrack for its 100th anniversary. Can't find anything in these changes that work against that.

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Re: Club at Lime Rock Park Introduces Associate Membership

this thread seems like the place to continue about the changes

from LRP website



27 May 2008
Starting at 8:00am Tuesday, 27 May 2008, track construction officially began at Lime Rock Park. The slowest machines to run on the Lime Rock Park circuit are making their way around the 1.53 mile course today grinding and milling the current surface. It has started with Big Bend (Turn One), the Downhill (Turn 7) and the Front Straight.



In addition to the start of track construction, the old entrance – what has been known as the Toll Booth – was knocked down at noon to make room for the Optional West Bend turn. A ceremonial occasion it was, as all of Lime Rock Park staff and former staff watched. Butch Sherwood, former Track Facility Manager for forty years, was on site to observe the episode. Butch played an instrumental roll in building and maintaining most of the buildings/structures at Lime Rock Park, including the Toll Booth.

“It only cost us about $200 and less than two days to build,” remembered Butch. “An interesting comparison when you think about the cost and time involved with the new entrance and all the current facility upgrades. We didn’t think the structure would make it through the winter, but it lasted 38 years. I guess my brother Roy and I knew what we were doing!



There has been apprehension and unease from patrons, drivers and sanctioning bodies throughout this entire process, but Skip Barber, Track President, remains confident. “Our concern for the short timeframe, the pavement mixture and the skill involved in this multi-million dollar project is minimal,” stated Skip Barber. “The pavement that you see at the new entrance is the exact same mixture as the pavement that will be on the circuit. Shortly after the pavement was complete, we took core samples and preformed lab tests relevant to a race car. All preliminary tests came back with positive results.”

Lime Rock Park is slated to continue track construction throughout the entire month of June and looks forward to welcoming the first professional series to run on the optional course – the American Le Mans Series - for the Northeast Grand Prix, 11-12 July.

Stay posted to limerock.com for continuous updates throughout the process.
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When the tunnel was installed at Road America (and Billy Mitchell Bridge removed), the RA website posted a series of photos periodically of the progress. That was fun to look at to see the changes as they occurred. Is LRP considering doing something similar?
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When the tunnel was installed at Road America (and Billy Mitchell Bridge removed), the RA website posted a series of photos periodically of the progress. That was fun to look at to see the changes as they occurred. Is LRP considering doing something similar?
A visit to the LRP website today confirmed that photos of the demolition and construction can be viewed. Pretty neat.
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