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Car number 25, Phil Compton, VDS 003 with Chevrolet V8 engine flipping over in practice, between the Uphill Turn and the West Bend. The track has since been reconfigured to help prevent the cars from flipping upside down.

Can-Am Lime Rock

  • Title Can-Am Lime Rock
  • Source Geoffrey Hewitt Photograph Collection  
  • Description Car number 25, Phil Compton, VDS 003 with Chevrolet V8 engine flipping over in practice, between the Uphill Turn and the West Bend. The track has since been reconfigured to help prevent the cars from flipping upside down.
  • Years 1983  
  • Date 1983-07-04
  • Photographer Geoffrey Hewitt  
  • City Lakeville  
  • State Connecticut  
  • Country United States  
  • People Compton, Phil  
  • Marque VDS  
  • Model VDS 003  
  • Event Can-Am Lime Rock  
  • Venue Lime Rock Park (Lime Rock, Conn.)  
  • Identifier 2012-015GHEW-BW-1983-b3_13.0_0009
  • Original Format black-and-white negatives  
  • Rights Copyright has been assigned to The Revs Institute. Although copyright was transferred by the donor, copyright in some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

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