The Northeast Grand Prix (until 2006: New England Grand Prix) was a professional sports car race held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States as part of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Previous editions of the Grand Prix belonged to the SCCA National Sports Car Championship, the IMSA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series. The race currently has a duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes and takes place in July, previously having been held on Independence Day weekend compared to the Lime Rock Grand Prix that was held on Memorial Day weekend. The race was removed from the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2024, however it will return in 2027 as part of the Michelin Pilot Challenge.
Winners
Year Date Overall winner(s) Entrant Car Distance/Duration Race title Report SCCA National Sports Car Championship 1958 July 5 Ed Crawford Briggs Cunningham Lister-Jaguar Lime Rock National Championship Races report 1959 July 4 George Constantine Elisha Walker Aston Martin DBR2 Lime Rock National Championship Races report 1960 July 2 George Constantine Kelso Auto Dynamics Lister-Chevrolet ? SCCA National Races report 1961 July 1 Roger Penske Maserati Tipo 61 Lime Rock National Races report 1962 June 30 Roger Penske Cooper Monaco Lime Rock Nationals report 1963 June 15 Peter Sachs Lotus 23 Lime Rock Nationals report 1964 October 31 Tom O'Brien Ferrari Dino 268 SP Lime Rock Nationals report 1965—1985 Not held IMSA GT Championship (GT classes only) 1986 September 1 Jack Baldwin Peerless/Hendrick Chevrolet Camaro 2 Hours Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prix report 1987 September 7 Bob Earl Dingman Bros Racing Pontiac Fiero Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prix report 1988 September 5 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Protofab Racing Chevrolet Corvette Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prix report 1989 October 1 Hans-Joachim Stuck Audi of America Audi 90 quattro 2 Hours Camel GTO/GTU Grand Prix report 1990 September 29 Robby Gordon Whistler Radar Mercury Cougar XR-7 2 Hours Jamesway 300 report 1991 September 28 Steve Millen Cunningham Racing Nissan 300ZX 2 Hours Jamesway 300 report 1992 September 26 Steve Millen Cunningham Racing Nissan 300ZX 1 Hour, 45 Minutes Jamesway 300 report 1993—2003 Not held American Le Mans Series 2004 July 5 JJ Lehto Marco Werner ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 2 hours, 45 minutes New England Grand Prix report 2005 July 4 JJ Lehto Marco Werner ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 2 hours, 45 minutes New England Grand Prix report 2006 July 1 Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Audi Sport North America Audi R8 2 hours, 45 minutes New England Grand Prix report 2007 July 7 Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder 2 hours, 45 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2008 July 12 Scott Sharp David Brabham Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01b 2 hours, 45 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2009 July 18 Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-02a 2 hours, 45 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2010 July 24 Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Muscle Milk Team Cytosport Porsche RS Spyder Evo 2 hours, 45 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2011 July 9 Chris Dyson Guy Smith Dyson Racing Team Lola B09/86 2 hours, 45 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2012 July 7 Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a 2 hours, 45 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2013 July 6 Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a 2 hours, 45 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2014 Not held IMSA SportsCar Championship 2015 July 25 Mike Guasch Tom Kimber-Smith PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 2 hours 40 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2016 July 23 Alex Popow Renger van der Zande Starworks Motorsport Oreca FLM09 2 hours 40 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2017 July 22 Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR 2 hours 40 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2018 July 21 Joey Hand Dirk Müller Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT 2 hours 40 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2019 July 20 Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT 2 hours 40 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2020Moved to Charlotte - COVID-19 pandemic 2021 July 17 Antonio García Jordan Taylor Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 2 hours 40 minutes Northeast Grand Prix report 2022 July 16 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 2 hours 40 minutes FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix report 2023 July 22 Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2 hours 40 minutes FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix report
References
External links United SportsCar Championship official site World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA Nationals archive World Sports Racing Prototypes: IMSA archive World Sports Racing Prototypes: ALMS archive Racing Sports Cars: Lime Rock archive Ultimate Racing History: Lime Rock archive