Wealthy old farts racing rare classics @ Lime Rock - 66pics

[dutchmasterflex]

Last month I went to Lime Rock for their annual Vintage Racing Festival presented by BMW. Saw some amazing cars and took way too many photos. There were butt-loads of people getting in the way while snapping shots of these beauties. I did my best, but they were everywhere. Here are about half of what's left to be edited.

Some cool cars found in the parking areas..which was a show itself!
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BMW flew over a few cars in storage over from Germany and put them on display. Also took them around the track for a few laps.
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Niki Lauda's M1 Procar
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Original BMW Teile Schnitzer M3
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Nice Monza getting fixed
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3 Wheel Morgan
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A bunch of Alfa's were ready to race, here's two of them
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One of a few that showed up, this guy also had one prepped for racing
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A REAL GT40. If only that bald dude wasn't there.
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One of MANY Stingray 'Vettes
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Monstrous Bently
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Oh yea, some Ferrari's showed up as well ;)
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The rest of whats done can be found here:
http://www.putanginaka.net/photoalbum/2007.09.01-Vintage%20Lime%20Rock/

More to come, hopefully soon.

[sameerrao]

Lovely pics ... lovely the Bentley and the 512S? :)

[sentra_dude]

I like that green MGB in the background on the first pic. :P :D

Ohhh man, can I pleease have that GT40 pic in 1024res!? :D How great did that thing sound? That is excellent, I love that mean stance, fucking awesome dude! 8)

I love the 'Vette panning shot as well, and some nice Ferraris mixed in there too. Is that Bently a former Le Mans winner? Really nice pics, thanks for sharing, must have been a fun day. :D

I like the last pic. :mrgreen:

edit: nvm, I found the original GT40 pic on your website dutchmasterflex

[Pokiou]

oh man looked like you had a massive ball :d good work and thanks for the pictures.

[dutchmasterflex]

Lovely pics ... lovely the Bentley and the 512S? :)

It's hard to believe how big that damn Bently was. It seems all race cars from that day were HUGE. I have photos of another monster, an Alfa with a giant straight-8 which won the first race of the day.

I have no clue which is the 512S sorry :bah:


some really great pics in there. that was quite an event. was it open to the public?

that black CL amg is so sick. anyone have an idea of what those go for these days?
Yes it was open to the public, all you needed to pay was an $40 entry fee. Luckily my friend knew a guy at corporate BMW.

I have no clue what those AMG's go for... I slightly remember the owner saying that he spent a long ass time either looking for it or rebuilding it.

I like that green MGB in the background on the first pic. Razz Very Happy

Ohhh man, can I pleease have that GT40 pic in 1024res!? Very Happy How great did that thing sound? That is excellent, I love that mean stance, fucking awesome dude! Cool

I love the 'Vette panning shot as well, and some nice Ferraris mixed in there too. Is that Bently a former Le Mans winner? Really nice pics, thanks for sharing, must have been a fun day. Very Happy

I like the last pic. Mr. Green

edit: nvm, I found the original GT40 pic on your website dutchmasterflex

Yep, all photos can be found in ginormous size resolution on my site by clicking on the photo in each slide.

That chick was standing all by her self under a tent with one of the ugliest classic Ferrari's I've ever seen. So plain and blah:
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oh man looked like you had a massive ball :d good work and thanks for the pictures.

Thanks for lookin ;)

[Schwalbe]

I really like the excellent quality of your pictures. Thanks dutchmasterflex for them. :D

[Ghostbat]

some really great pics in there. that was quite an event. was it open to the public?

that black CL amg is so sick. anyone have an idea of what those go for these days?

Over here it's called SEC and the AMG-version is pretty hard to find and pretty expensive.

[chest3r]

Awesome pictures!! And a great lot of cars !!

The GT40 looks great, just like the E30 M3. And I loved that Porsche 356 8)

That chick looks really beautiful :drool:

Thanks a lot!

[gangajas]

Thanks for the pictures, lots of beauties

[Smartdriver]

Very impressive quality shots and a big number of amazing cars! :wink: :good:

[philip]

Wow! loved the Carrera RS.

[TT]

Great coverage, thanks! Can you please point out one I could use for the next contest? I'm kind lost :)