The Skip Barber School that calls Lime Rock home is an institution in driver training. Some schools will teach you how to maximize a particular vehicle or formula of racing, but Barber goes deeper. They teach you the fundamentals and skills to understand the physics of any size vehicle and how to safely throw it around a road course or autocross. And this was all done in a beautiful setting, in a format that fostered community and new connections. As Walter Irvine noted, “We love partnering with OEMs and facilities like Larz Anderson where you can bring people, and drive your own cars, and feel excited.” He continued, “This experience should be for everyone. To give them a motorsports experience, but also to give confidence when they leave the track, and that can also save their lives.” Lime Rock Park is excited to be working with the Larz Anderson Auto Museum on future events, and expanding AutoX with even more rental spec Miatas for the day. Whether you visit as a spectator for an IMSA race or Historics weekend, or take part in a hands-on event like this, Lime Rock Park is a fantastic facility that’s worth a trip, even for the drive through the rolling hills of the Berkshires. “Driving today is like a chore for many people between what they need to get done,” Irvine noted. “Fewer people are driving for the pure enjoyment. The drive is the destination.” For an event like AutoX, the rewarding drive out to the facility only gives way to even more fun on the track. Irvine concluded, “Driving…just the act itself is beautiful.” Whether it’s on a back road or on a closed course, we could not agree more.
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