NECC AT LIME ROCK - 1980s

Lime Rock, Connecticut.  Photos from some of our earlier days at Lime Rock Park Raceway in the 1980s.  Lots of Corvairs and Corvair-powered buggys!  side of this page to explore our photo gallery.  Click on a photo to see a larger image.  These photos are from Allan Lacki's collection. Can you identify some of the people and cars in these photos?  If so, email Al Lacki at redbat01@verizon.net

Bob Marlow leads a Mazda RX-7 and two other Corvairs through the Esses.

A silver '62 Spyder racing down the Front Straight.

A 64 Corvair coupe in the tech inspection lane.

A 1965 Corvair Corsa coupe waits for timed laps in the false grid.

A snapshot taken from the old Lime Rock control tower.

Pete Frailey's 1966 Corvair with aluminum block Olds V8.

A lovely 1963 Corvair sedan leads the line up of cars waiting for timed laps.

A Corvair-powered fiberglass open-wheel special, based on a VW Beetle chassis.

Here, underneath the wing, you can see the Corvair 140 hp powerplant.

This appears to be John Ryall in his mid-engine Corvair-powered Deserter GS.

George Welty's 110-hp 4-speed Corvair coupe with exhaust headers.

After a day at the Lime Rock track, we had a very popular Corvair show at the Interlaken Inn.

The Corvair show at the Interlaken Inn attracted a large crowd!

Pete Frailey's V8 Corvair and Lauren Farese' Corvair aka LeHeap!

Here is a snapshot of the Lime Rock paddock taken from the control tower.

Bob Marlow owned this nice 1961 Corvair sedan for a few years.

Acccidents are rare at NECC events, but sometimes they occur.