On June 5 RaceDayCT reported that it was likely that the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series would schedule a race at a Connecticut track for the 2025 season.
On Monday RaceDayCt reported that sources were indicating that would indeed be happening.
Now, multiple sources are indicating that NASCAR will announce today that the Craftsman Truck Series will visit Lime Rock Park in Lakeville in 2025.
The event will mark the first NASCAR national series race in Connecticut since 1970. The NASCAR Cup Series ran three races at Thompson Speedway in 1951, 1969 and 1970. Bobby Isaac won the last Cup Series event at Thompson on July 9, 1970.
NASCAR is expected to announce schedules for its Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series this afternoon.
Representatives from NASCAR and Lime Rock Park were not available for comment Thursday.
This morning Lime Rock Park posted on their social media announcing a 1:05 pm announcement today with the caption: “You won’t want to miss this one!”
The 1.53-mile Lime Rock Park road course opened in 1957. Lime Rock Park hosted the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (formerly Busch North Series) 18 times from 1993 to 2010. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour raced at Lime Rock Park twice, in 2010 and 2011.
Andrew Ranger won the last series K&N East Series event at the track on July 3, 2010. Dale Quarterley (2010) and Todd Szegedy (2011) won the Whelen Modified Tour events at Lime Rock Park.
Over the years Lime Rock Park has regularly hosted the top levels of sports car divisions in North America including the Trans Am Series, the IMSA Sports Car Championship, the Pirelli World Challenge and the Rolex Sports Car Series.
NASCAR Trucks at Lime Rock Park June 28, 2025!!