[Fot] 2025 Kastner Cup

[Robert Lang]

 I'm not 100% certain, but figure August 28, 2025 through September 1, 2025. Labor Day 2025 is September 1st.

No racing on Sunday, but a killer car show Sunday at the track and there's usually a race car trip from the track to downtown Falls Village on one of the evenings, probably THU but maybe FRI. The info on that will be in the registration info.

Lime Rock is a magical place. There is a lot of history there. Check out the video: Lime Rock Park: The Secret Valley of Racing here: Lime Rock Park: The Secret Valley of Racing (CLASSICS REMASTERED) - January 11, 2002

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Scott's correct regarding staying anywhere near the track that weekend, you have to plan well in advance if you want to stay anywhere within 30 minutes of the track. But I'm sure Henry and Paul will give us lots of information in the coming weeks and months.
Regards,Bob Lang

    On Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 02:21:47 PM EDT, kekjacobsen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 Dates???


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-------- Original message --------From: Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> Date: 4/21/24 10:02 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Cc: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net> Subject: Re: [Fot] 2025 Kastner Cup 
Wow, that’s exciting news!  For those of you who have never driven it, Lime Rock is a hoot.  It’s short - 1.53 miles - but requires near constant attention.  Great altitude changes - the crest of the back hill is good for a little wheelspin, and a wild sideways ride if you are still trying to turn at the crest - and some good turns.  It’s not easy to master.  There’s always a better lap (at least for me).  For those who will say - “festival event, not a lot of track time” I will say that a 20 minute session is routinely 15 and can be up to 18 laps - a really good time for me is 1:06, though I know Henry and Bob are faster. Track record, I think, is an IMSA GTP car at 43.1 seconds.  Anyway, you get  lot of laps, usually, so it doesn’t feel short.
Lime Rock is full of automotive eye candy, unlike any other east coast event, for sure.  I’ve been on track with a Maserati birdcage, raced wheel to wheel/traded places lap after lap with a 260 Cobra, sometimes there’s a preservation class - it’s amazing to see a driver in a prewar car going down the front straight at real speed, with one hand outside the car working the fuel pump.  Great place to spectate and lots of beautiful cars to look at that are just on display.
Looking forward to it!  Even my wife, who generally only comes to one event a year, says she will come for this one.
Side note - lodging is limited.  Make your lodging plans before you even register to race, if you can.
Scott JanzenGT6

On Apr 21, 2024, at 7:46 AM, yellow04 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
I am pleased to announce the 2025 Kastner Cup will be run at the Lime Rock Historic Festival, at Lime Rock Park, in the scenic northwest hills of Connecticut. The Historic Festival is one of the premier East Coast vintage racing events, and takes place over the Labor Day weekend. Skip Barber asked us "When are you guys going to bring your Kastner Cup to the Historics?", the cards just fell into place.

The event is put on by the track, and is co-sanctioned by Vintage Racer Group (VRG) and VSCCA. Track owner Skip Barber calls the shots, and his right-hand man through the whole process is the VRG event chair Paul King. Paul is also a FOT member, those of you from the east should remember his yellow GT6 running events over the past 20 years or so. I have been working closely with Paul on VRG's Driver Development program for several years now, and we realized this aligning of the stars was too perfect to pass up. Paul and I will co-chair the event with Paul managing the track side of the house, and I will manage the FOT side, with help from Curt Johnston and the Alexanders, of course.

We hope everyone will mark their calendars now and plan on being with us at Lime Rock Park in 2025!

Henry Frye
2025 Kastner Cup Co-chair
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