The Chairman of Lime Rock Parks Historic Festival 31, Murray Smith, today published the race group titles and descriptions for the August 30September 2 vintage racing event. More than 300 historic cars are due to compete.This year Lime Rock Park is celebrating the "birthdays" of iconic cars and marques. Historic Festival 31 celebrates the anniversaries of Aston Martin, now 100 years old; a reunion of the Cunningham marque at 60 years old (Smith says to expect an unprecedented array); the Corvette, also 60; the Porsche 911, introduced 50 years ago; as well as the Lotus Elan's 50th. In addition there will be extraordinary vehicles from the stable of Honored Collector Laurence Auriana.Race Groups for Historic Festival 31 at Lime Rock Park...

Group I, for the Lime Rock Cup: Nippy & Agile, road-going production sports and GT carsGroup 2, for the VSCCA Bowl, The Dawn of Real Performance, early sports and racing carsGroup 3, for the Anglo-Italian Ingot, Fast, Furious & Fun, Formula JuniorGroup 4, for the Chairmans Mug, Fifties & Sixties Flyers, mid-century sports racing carsGroup 5, for the Posey Plate, The Real Deal, authentic Trans-Am carsGroup 6, for Skips Challenge Award, No Holds Barred, Formula Libre single-seatersGroup 7, for Micks MagnumClassic and Sports Car Magazine Cup, Wild, Wild Horses, big-bore production sports and GT carsGroup 8, for the Litchfield Cup, Not Quite Street Legal, modified production carsGroup 9, for the Timolat Trophy Sophisticated & Specialized, post-1965 sports racing carsSince 1983, the East Coast's premier vintage racing and concours event has been the Historic Festival weekend at Lime Rock Park, held annually on Labor Day weekend. No other venue in the U.S. has three days of on-track racing sandwiching a prestigious concours event all on the same property.NB

Mick is Mick Walsh, editor of Classic & Sports Car MagazineLitchfield is Litchfield County, Conn., where Lime Rock Park is locatedTimolat is Lime Rock resident Lou Timolat, a long-time entrant in the Historic Festival vintage races and whose late daughter Stephanie worked at the track