Less than a week away, teams will start converging on NW Connecticut very soon. Load-in is Thursday, followed by a very busy schedule on Friday and Saturday.
As a public service the F2kCS and F1600CS has recently sent out an email to the competitors recommending an available social event for Friday evening.
For those looking for a good meal and some great live music, The Black Goose in the Sharon Shopping Center will be the place to be. The restaurant has been redone with new management and fairly new chef and menu. Specifically for Thursday-Friday-Saturday nights they have our favorite local band Swamp Yankee playing from 8-11PM on the Friday of our Lime Rock event.
The band does great covers of all your favorites, the place draws a local and close by younger set when compared to most of the F2kCS staff . Dancing, beer and wine [I don’t think they have a full bar]. If your eat dinner at the restuarant there is no added cover charge. If you go there just for the music, it’s a $5 dollar cover.
Great food, great music, a great way to spend your Friday evening in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut after qualifying and before Saturdays races. Rand has even promised to come out of his normal race weekend shell and be in attendence, probably because Tracy will be also in attendence.
For the Series staff and any racers staying at the Sharon Country Inn, the restuarant is walking/stumbling distance from the motel. OBTW, the Sharon Country Inn is the former Sharon Motor Lodge, but has been completely renovated. http://www.sharoncountryinn.com/