Parella Motorsports Holdings and Lime Rock Park have introduced plans for a SpeedTour All-Star Race, which is able to convey collectively motorsports legends to race on the historic Connecticut circuit, July 19-20. Gathering icons from System 1, NASCAR, IndyCar and IMSA, the SpeedTour All-Star Race will pair all-star drivers with opponents from the Trans Am Sequence introduced by Pirelli’s CUBE 3 Structure TA2 Sequence to compete as co-drivers in a 60-minute race that may air dwell on MAVTV.
“We’re actually excited to debut the SpeedTour All-Star Race,” mentioned Tony Parella, CEO of PMH. “The idea attracts off the Classic Race of Champions (VROC) format that we featured pre-COVID, however by utilizing the spec TA2 automobiles and pairing the legend drivers with our present TA2 drivers, it would take this occasion to the subsequent degree. Lime Rock Park has been a implausible accomplice for a few years, and the followers in New England have been nice supporters of our SpeedTour occasions, so I’m excited to convey this present to them and look ahead to seeing everybody in July.”
“Lime Rock Park is thrilled to proceed to construct its collaboration with PMH to convey this wonderful new SpeedTour All-Star Race occasion to followers all through the Northeast,” mentioned Dicky Riegel, president and CEO of Lime Rock Park. “With our decades-long historical past of Trans Am racing right here at ‘The Park,’ the brand new All-Star format will shine an excellent brighter mild on the automobiles and stars that make TA and TA2 racing such a fan favourite. We anticipate that this would be the largest occasion of 2024 at Lime Rock.”
With 16 legends already dedicated to race, the sector contains Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 champions, IROC winners and drivers who’ve stood atop the rostrum on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Nurburgring, and Daytona. The sector represents practically 6,000 NASCAR begins, 47 Indianapolis 500 begins, 50 F1 begins, 88 IROC begins, seven Rolex 24 At Daytona victories, 4 24 Hours of Le Mans wins and two 24 Hours of Nurburgring triumphs. In complete, they’re accountable for eight NASCAR championships, an IndyCar championship, 11 highway racing championships, an IROC champion, three USAC championships and 4 Rallycross championships. The present record:
Greg Biffle – 2004 Daytona 500 Pole winner, 2002 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence Champion, 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Champion
Geoff Brabham – 4-time IMSA GTP Champion, 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, 1981 Can-Am Champion, 1997 Bathurst 1000 winner, 10 Indianapolis 500 begins, two-time IROC winner
Ron Fellows – Three-time American Le Mans Sequence Champion, 2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona winner, two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner, 20 Trans Am Sequence race wins
Davey Hamilton – Two-time INDYCAR Vice Champion, 11-time Indianapolis 500 starter
Ron Hornaday – 2018 NASCAR Corridor of Fame inductee, four-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Champion
Davy Jones – 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, 1990 Rolex 24 at Daytona winner, five-time Indianapolis 500 starter
Bobby Labonte – 2020 NASCAR Corridor of Fame inductee, 2000 NASCAR Cup Sequence Champion, 1991 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence Champion, 2001 IROC Sequence Champion
Pippa Mann – 2021 24 Hours of Nurburgring winner, seven-time Indianapolis 500 starter
Paul Menard – 2011 Brickyard 400 winner, two-time Trans Am Sequence race winner
Ryan Newman – 2008 Daytona 500 winner, 2014 Brickyard 400 winner, 1999 USAC Silver Crown Sequence Champion, 2023 SRX Champion
Max Papis – 2004 Rolex Grand-Am Sports activities Automotive Sequence Daytona Prototype Champion, two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner, 5 24 Hours of Le Mans podiums, seven F1 begins
Boris Mentioned – 2004 Rolex Grand-Am Sports activities Automotive Sequence GT Champion, two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner, 2005 24 Hours of Nurburgring winner, 2002 Trans Am TA Champion, 100+ Trans Am begins (18 wins)
Ken Schrader – Two-time USAC Champion, 984 begins in NASCAR’s top-three collection, 4 NASCAR Cup Sequence wins, 18 ARCA wins
Mike Skinner – 1995 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Champion, 1997 NASCAR Cup Sequence Rookie of The Yr, 1997 Daytona 500 Pole winner
Scott Velocity – 28 F1 begins (together with a top-10 end at Monaco), four-time Rallycross Champion, three-time X Video games Gold Medalist
Danny Sullivan – 1985 Indianapolis 500 winner, 1988 CART Champion, 1998 Rolex 24 at Daytona class winner, 15 F1 begins (together with a top-five end at Monaco)
Combining all-star drivers with immediately’s stars of the CUBE 3 Structure TA2 Sequence, the duos will staff up within the TA2 spec automobiles for a 60-minute race. The all-star driver will qualify and begin the race earlier than a mid-race five-minute pit cease permits for a driver change, giving the wheel to immediately’s TA2 Sequence star. All automobiles will go by customary tech to make sure a good taking part in subject within the spec racecar. Drivers is not going to solely be racing for a trophy, as a $50,000 winner-takes-all prize may also be on the road for the race-winning staff.
The motion begins Friday, July 19, with all-star drivers taking to the observe for a 30-minute apply session, adopted by qualifying that afternoon. Saturday, July 20, can be all in regards to the followers, as drivers will take part in a bunch autograph session at 10am ET, adopted by a fan stroll and pre-race ceremonies on pit highway at 12pm ET. The SpeedTour All-Star Race will go inexperienced at 12:30pm ET.
Along with the SpeedTour All-Star race, the two-day occasion will embrace racing from Sportscar Classic Racing Affiliation (SVRA), Prototype Dash Sequence Affiliation introduced by Hankook (PSSA), Canada’s Nissan Sentra Cup, and F1600 Canada.
