[h=2]Lime Rock Park honors Le Mans winner Richard Attwood[/h] Thursday, 15 June 2017


RACER Staff / Image by Revs Digital Library

Richard Attwood's storied racing career now includes being tapped as Honored Guest at Lime Rock Park Historic Festival 35.
Attwood, who steered a Lola Mk5a to victory in the 1963 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Junior support race, will take to the 1.5-mile Lime Rock Park course in celebration of the Historic Festival's hosting of the Formula Junior Diamond Jubilee World Tour. Upward of 40 Formula Juniors from around the world led by Formula Junior Historic Racing Association chairman Duncan Rabagliati will mark the Organization's as well as Lime Rock Park's 60th anniversaries.
Attwood will put a Holman Ford GT40 brought by Lee Holman, Holman & Moody of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the paces in demo laps over the weekend. Recently built from original mid-1960s monocoque and all-original in-period parts, the car tips its hat to Attwood and Sir John Whitmore being the sole drivers to compete in the one-off open version of the Ford GT40, which they raced at the 1965 Nürburgring 1000km.
Circuit de la Sarthe is the track most associated with Attwood who clinched the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans behind the wheel of a Porsche 917 with co-driver Hans Herrmann. He also saw success in Formula One and Formula Two outings in the 1960s.
Lime Rock Park Historic Festival 35 presented by the Prestige Family of Fine Cars brings three days of historic racing on September 1, 2 and 4; registration is open here. The September 3 Sunday in the Park Concours d'Elegance and Gathering of the Marques punctuates the annual Labor Day weekend event. Click here for further information.