Upcoming Daylight: Historic Festival 29 at Lime Rock Park
Murray Smith, chairman of Lime Rock Park’s Historic Festival 29, September 2-5, has confirmed that eminent neurosurgeon Fred Simeone and his fabulous Simeone Foundation Museum will be a star element at the annual vintage extravaganza this coming Labor Day weekend.
The museum, located in the heart of Philadelphia, is sending four noteworthy cars for demonstration and exhibit: A 1959 Aston Martin DBR1, a 1954 Jaguar D Type, an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spyder with unrestored and original coachwork by the house of Castagna, and a 1934 MG K3 – the most successful MG ever at Le Mans – in totally original condition virtually as it left the race track.
This famous MG came home fourth overall and won the index of performance at Le Mans in 1934, driven by Lindsay Eccles and C. Martin, as well as having many other significant wins and finishes on its “cv.” One of just 31 MG-K3s made during 1933-1934, it has a 1.1-litre supercharged engine capable of 8,000rpm, making an amazing 150 h.p. per litre.
In regard to MGs, Smith also confirmed that the august MG Vintage Racers club – 2011 is its 30th year – has made Historic Festival 29 its “Focus Event East 2011,” and that at last count more than 60 MG racers have entered, including 12 MGBs, one MGC, six Midgets, 20 MGAs, 18 TC/D/Fs and four Pre-War MGs.
In addition, the MG feature race at Historic Festival 29 at Lime Rock will be named the “Tony Roth Memorial,” in honor of the late founding father of MG Vintage Racing. Tony Roth, who passed away not too long ago, began vintage racing his MGTD in the late 70s, was a founding member of SVRA, MGVR and the Classic MG Club of Orlando, and was extremely active in a variety of MG and vintage racing activities.
