The 24 Hours of LeMons

Schedule:

Friday, 23 July 2010

No Pit Access available Friday; early arrivals must park in the spectator lot until 7am Saturday Morning. 

Saturday, 24 July 2010  

7am: Paddock Gates Open

7:30-10am: Check-In (NO CHECK-INS PAST 10am)

8-10:30am: Mandatory Tech Inspection 

11:15am: Mandatory Drivers' Meeting

noon-10pm: Race Session I

Sunday, 25 July 2010 

9am: Gates open
--RACE MOTORS NOT ALLOWED BEFORE NOON!

11am: People's Curse

11:30am: Mandatory Drivers' Meeting

noon: Race Motors Allowed

12:15-5pm: Race Session II

5pm: Checkered Flag

5:30pm: Awards Ceremony

7pm: Gates Close

7:30pm: Giant carnivorous deer ticks released

THE CARS 

Lights: Headlights, taillights, and sidemarkers removed

Side and Rear Glass: Removed

Noise Limit: 92dB @ 50 feet

PITS & PADDOCK 

Overnight Camping: Friday night OK in the outer lots; Saturday night OK in the paddock.

Vehicle Restrictions in Paddock: No motorized pit bikes 

Pit Assignments: First-come, first-served

Barbecues Allowed: Not in the paddock - Spectator lot outside the paddock is fair game.

Running Water: In restrooms.

Bathrooms: Flush and run

Electrical Hookups: No

Pit Hours: Dark & quiet after midnight

Fuel Sold On-Site: No

Friday Testing: Nosireebob 

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Closest Airports: Bradley International Airport (BDL), Boston Logan Miserable Goddamn International Airport (BOS), or Providence TF Green Airport (PVD)

Weather: Probably pleasant and humid with potentially fatal afternoon thunderstorms. Wear rubber shoes

Lodging:

The Innkeeper's Place, 111 Stafford St, Stafford Springs CT 06076, 860.458.9047

Holiday Inn Express, 346 Kelly Rd. Vernon, CT 06066: 860.648.2000 (Ask for Speedway rate)

Comfort Inn, 425 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT 06066: 860.871.2432

Nathan Hale Inn, 855 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT 06268: 860.427.7888

Fuel and Parts:

Speedway Getty (Fuel), 3 W. Stafford, Stafford Springs, CT

Stafford Springs Mobile (Fuel), 83 W. Stafford Rd. Stafford Springs, CT 06076

Carquest / Leonard's Auto Parts, 186 W. Stafford Rd. Stafford Springs, CT: 860.684.4208

Advance Auto Parts, 67 W. Stafford Rd. Stafford Springs, CT 06076: 860.684.1654

Maple Tire Center, 115 W. Main Street, Stafford Springs, CT 06076: 860.684.7182

Midas (Muffler), 67 Windsor Ave, Vernon Rockville CT 06066: 860.875.4940

Food and Supplies:

Thiesing's Grocery, 65 West Main Street, Stafford Springs, CT 06076: 860.684.2030

Stafford Food Center, 37 West Main Street, Stafford Springs, CT 06076: 860.684.2778

Big Y Supermarket, 152 Merrow Road, Tolland CT: 860.872.0304

First Aid:

Johnson Memorial Hospital, 201 Chestnut Hill Rd. Stafford Springs, CT 06076: 860.684.4251 

 DIRECTIONS

Stafford Motor Speedway is located at the intersection of Route 140 and West Street in Stafford Springs CT. Stafford Springs is about a half-hour north of Hartford CT, 80 minutes west of Providence RI, and 90 minutes southwest of Boston MA.

From Hartford CT: Take I-84 to Exit 70; turn left on Route 32 North; follow to Route 140 West.

From Providence RI: Take Route 44 to Route 74; follow to Route 32 North; then follow Route 140 West.

From Springfield MA: Follow I-91 South to Route 190 East (Stafford Springs Exit). Take Route 190 East to Route 140 in Stafford Springs.

From Boston MA: Take the Mass Pike to the Sturbridge/I-84 Exit. Take I-84 West to Exit 73. Follow Route 190 West to Route 140 in Stafford Springs.