Northeast Grand Prix

Northeast Grand Prix
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Venue Lime Rock Park
First race 1958
First USCC race 2015
Duration 2 hours 40 minutes
Previous names Lime Rock Nationals,
Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prix,
Jamesway 300,
New England Grand Prix
Most wins (driver) Klaus Graf (3)
Most wins (team) Muscle Milk Pickett Racing (3)
Most wins (manufacturer) Audi (4)

The Northeast Grand Prix (until 2006: New England Grand Prix) is a professional sports car race held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States as part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Previous editions of the Grand Prix belonged to the SCCA National Sports Car Championship, the IMSA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series. The race currently has a duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes and takes place in July, previously having been held on Independence Day weekend compared to the Lime Rock Grand Prix that was held on Memorial Day weekend.

Winners

YearDateOverall Winner(s)EntrantCarDistance/DurationRace TitleReport
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1958 July 5United States Ed CrawfordUnited States Briggs CunninghamLister-Jaguar50 miles (80 km)Lime Rock National Championship Racesreport
1959 July 4United States George ConstantineUnited States Elisha WalkerAston Martin DBR250 miles (80 km)Lime Rock National Championship Racesreport
1960 July 2United States George ConstantineUnited States Kelso Auto DynamicsLister-Chevrolet?SCCA National Racesreport
1961 July 1United States Roger PenskeMaserati Tipo 6145 miles (72 km)Lime Rock National Racesreport
1962 June 30United States Roger PenskeCooper Monaco28 miles (45 km)Lime Rock Nationalsreport
1963 June 15United States Peter SachsLotus 2360 miles (97 km)Lime Rock Nationalsreport
1964 October 31United States Tom O'BrienFerrari Dino 268 SP60 miles (97 km)Lime Rock Nationalsreport
1965
-1985		 Not held
IMSA GT Championship (GT classes only)
1986 September 1United States Jack BaldwinUnited States Peerless/HendrickChevrolet Camaro2 HoursCamel GTO/GTU Grand Prixreport
1987 September 7United States Bob EarlUnited States Dingman Bros RacingPontiac Fiero230 mi (370 km)Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prixreport
1988 September 5United States Wally Dallenbach, Jr.United States Protofab RacingChevrolet Corvette138 mi (222 km)Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prixreport
1989 October 1Germany Hans-Joachim StuckUnited States Audi of AmericaAudi 90 quattro2 HoursCamel GTO/GTU Grand Prixreport
1990 September 29United States Robby GordonUnited States Whistler RadarMercury Cougar XR-72 HoursJamesway 300report
1991 September 28New Zealand Steve MillenUnited States Cunningham RacingNissan 300ZX2 HoursJamesway 300report
1992 September 26New Zealand Steve MillenUnited States Cunningham RacingNissan 300ZX1 Hour, 45 MinutesJamesway 300report
1993
-2003		 Not held
American Le Mans Series
2004 July 5Finland JJ Lehto
Germany Marco Werner		United States ADT Champion RacingAudi R82 hours, 45 minutesNew England Grand Prixreport
2005 July 4Finland JJ Lehto
Germany Marco Werner		United States ADT Champion RacingAudi R82 hours, 45 minutesNew England Grand Prixreport
2006 July 1Italy Rinaldo Capello
United Kingdom Allan McNish		United States Audi Sport North AmericaAudi R82 hours, 45 minutesNew England Grand Prixreport
2007 July 7Germany Sascha Maassen
Australia Ryan Briscoe		United States Penske RacingPorsche RS Spyder2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2008 July 12United States Scott Sharp
Australia David Brabham		United States Patrón Highcroft RacingAcura ARX-01b2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2009 July 18Brazil Gil de Ferran
France Simon Pagenaud		United States de Ferran MotorsportsAcura ARX-02a2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2010 July 24United States Greg Pickett
Germany Klaus Graf		United States Muscle Milk Team CytosportPorsche RS Spyder Evo2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2011 July 9United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Guy Smith		United States Dyson Racing TeamLola B09/862 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2012 July 7Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Klaus Graf		United States Muscle Milk Pickett RacingHPD ARX-03a2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2013 July 6Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Klaus Graf		United States Muscle Milk Pickett RacingHPD ARX-03a2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2014 Not held
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2015 July 25United States Mike Guasch
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith		United States PR1/Mathiasen MotorsportsOreca FLM092 hours 40 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2016 July 23Venezuela Alex Popow
Netherlands Renger van der Zande		United States Starworks MotorsportOreca FLM092 hours 40 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2017 July 22France Patrick Pilet
Germany Dirk Werner		United States Porsche GT TeamPorsche 911 RSR2 hours 40 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2018 July 21United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller		United States Ford Chip Ganassi RacingFord GT2 hours 40 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Official Race Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. Retrieved 2018-09-24.


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