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Lime Rock Park

Scenes and Behind Them at Lime Rock Park

Posted on January 7, 2011

This was my first visit to Lime Rock Park. Actually, it was my first time at any car track. I came to follow through some stories I had been filming for Pine Pains Views and because it is a major attraction in the area.  Okay, I was also motivated by curiosity but that is why I do what I do anyway.  Once there I became fascinated by the park itself, the vintage cars and the people involved.

Seen Behind the Scenes

The Vintage Racers

A special breed.  They staked out their own camp at the park.  They may be amateurs but there were no dilettantes in this group. No Factory Team MG!  These are people who race the cars they rebuild and restore themselves. And, like George Pardee of Clearwater (yes, Florida!), would sometimes drive the car to New York or Vermont, race it, and then drive it home. Fun on all three legs!


Epilogue:  When he got back home, George was able to discover  that the problem turned out to be the plugs.

1 thought on “Scenes and Behind Them at Lime Rock Park”

  1. Peter Carlson says:
    January 17, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    Hi Stan,
    I really enjoyed the Lime Rock Park vintage racing clips as well as the stone cutting. I live 3 minutes away from the ranch in Stanfordville and am sorry to see it go, but with out use, the grounds were deteriorating very quickly. Thanks for the GREAT video work and commentary, I always enjoy time spent at Pine Plains Views.
    Peter Carlson

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I came to Pine Plains by choice, not by chance of birth.

But the small-town rural community I chose is changing. The farmers have, for the most part, sold to people from the city and fields are becoming lawns.

And, like the land, people, too, are becoming subdivided as difference breeds distance rather than discourse.

I have been making these videos to preserve and reconstitute what I can of a changing way of life and to share it with the community.

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