Northeast Grand Prix

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.

Northeast Grand Prix
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
VenueLime Rock Park
First race1958
First USCC race2015
Duration2 hours 40 minutes
Previous namesLime 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)

Winners
YearDateOverall Winner(s)EntrantCarDistance/DurationRace TitleReport
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1958 July 5 Ed Crawford Briggs CunninghamLister-Jaguar50 miles (80 km)Lime Rock National Championship Racesreport
1959 July 4 George Constantine Elisha WalkerAston Martin DBR250 miles (80 km)Lime Rock National Championship Racesreport
1960 July 2 George Constantine Kelso Auto DynamicsLister-Chevrolet?SCCA National Racesreport
1961 July 1 Roger PenskeMaserati Tipo 6145 miles (72 km)Lime Rock National Racesreport
1962 June 30 Roger PenskeCooper Monaco28 miles (45 km)Lime Rock Nationalsreport
1963 June 15 Peter SachsLotus 2360 miles (97 km)Lime Rock Nationalsreport
1964 October 31 Tom O'BrienFerrari Dino 268 SP60 miles (97 km)Lime Rock Nationalsreport
1965
-1985		 Not held
IMSA GT Championship (GT classes only)
1986 September 1 Jack Baldwin Peerless/HendrickChevrolet Camaro2 HoursCamel GTO/GTU Grand Prixreport
1987 September 7 Bob Earl Dingman Bros RacingPontiac Fiero230 mi (370 km)Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prixreport
1988 September 5 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Protofab RacingChevrolet Corvette138 mi (222 km)Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prixreport
1989 October 1 Hans-Joachim Stuck Audi of AmericaAudi 90 quattro2 HoursCamel GTO/GTU Grand Prixreport
1990 September 29 Robby Gordon Whistler RadarMercury Cougar XR-72 HoursJamesway 300report
1991 September 28 Steve Millen Cunningham RacingNissan 300ZX2 HoursJamesway 300report
1992 September 26 Steve Millen Cunningham RacingNissan 300ZX1 Hour, 45 MinutesJamesway 300report
1993
-2003		 Not held
American Le Mans Series
2004 July 5 JJ Lehto
Marco Werner		 ADT Champion RacingAudi R82 hours, 45 minutesNew England Grand Prixreport
2005 July 4 JJ Lehto
Marco Werner		 ADT Champion RacingAudi R82 hours, 45 minutesNew England Grand Prixreport
2006 July 1 Rinaldo Capello
Allan McNish		 Audi Sport North AmericaAudi R82 hours, 45 minutesNew England Grand Prixreport
2007 July 7 Sascha Maassen
Ryan Briscoe		 Penske RacingPorsche RS Spyder2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2008 July 12 Scott Sharp
David Brabham		 Patrón Highcroft RacingAcura ARX-01b2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2009 July 18 Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud		 de Ferran MotorsportsAcura ARX-02a2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2010 July 24 Greg Pickett
Klaus Graf		 Muscle Milk Team CytosportPorsche RS Spyder Evo2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2011 July 9 Chris Dyson
Guy Smith		 Dyson Racing TeamLola B09/862 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2012 July 7 Lucas Luhr
Klaus Graf		 Muscle Milk Pickett RacingHPD ARX-03a2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2013 July 6 Lucas Luhr
Klaus Graf		 Muscle Milk Pickett RacingHPD ARX-03a2 hours, 45 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2014 Not held
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2015 July 25 Mike Guasch
Tom Kimber-Smith		 PR1/Mathiasen MotorsportsOreca FLM092 hours 40 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2016 July 23 Alex Popow
Renger van der Zande		 Starworks MotorsportOreca FLM092 hours 40 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2017 July 22 Patrick Pilet
Dirk Werner		 Porsche GT TeamPorsche 911 RSR2 hours 40 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport
2018 July 21 Joey Hand
Dirk Müller		 Ford Chip Ganassi RacingFord GT2 hours 40 minutesNortheast Grand Prixreport[1]
2019 July 20 Ryan Briscoe

Richard Westbrook

 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT 2 hours 40 minutes Northeast Grand Prix [2]

References[2]
  1. "Official Race Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  2. "Briscoe Claims Northeast Grand Prix Win | Lime Rock Park". limerock.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.


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