via Chris Dyson Racing

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (May 21, 2025) – Don’t bet against Chris Dyson at Lime Rock Park, especially if it’s a Trans Am race. Of the five times America’s longest running road racing series has visited the beautiful New England facility in the modern era Dyson has won three times. And the two times he didn’t win, he finished second.

Dyson arrives at Lime Rock Park hot off success on the Trans Am by Pirelli Series’ recent West Coast swing. At the wheel of his #16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang Dyson won at Laguna Seca earlier this month after finishing a close second the week before at Sonoma. The Sonoma race marked a successful return to the series for the three-time champion after injuries suffered in a crash at the season-opening race at Sebring that forced Dyson to miss the next race at Road Atlanta.

“Lime Rock is such a special place for our family and we have had so many memorable moments here,” Dyson said. “This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of our team’s debut race and win in the IMSA Camel GTP series. It inspired me as a boy and I’ve been fortunate to be able to enjoy lots of success here since my earliest driving days. And we always have lots of family and friends attending which only adds to the excitement.

“I can’t say enough about the facility and its recent upgrades,” Dyson continued. “This track layout just generates excitement. Like an oval it is a momentum lap and there is zero let-up here. It is maximum commitment with very little room for error. In a Trans Am car it’s sensational because with the horsepower we have, the corners come up very quickly. I can’t wait to be back racing ‘at home’ again. We have a lot of racing ahead of us this Memorial Day weekend, and I’m honored and humbled to have these opportunities.”

Brabham Back for Lime Rock

This weekend Matthew Brabham will be making his second start of the season for CD Racing. Standing in for the injured Dyson, Brabham drove Dyson’s #16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang to victory at Road Atlanta. This weekend Brabham will be piloting the team’s #21 Ford Mustang. It’s the same car Brabham drove to second place at Lime Rock in 2022.

Matos & Concord American Flagpole Look to Extend TA2 Point Lead

Rafa Matos is the defending TA2 class series champion and Lime Rock Park race winner. Matos’ victory at Laguna Seca, the first of the season for him and his #57 Concord American Flagpole Chevrolet Camaro, boosted him to the top the championship standing following 11th, 4th and third-place finishes in the first three races of the season.

“I’m grateful that Concord American Flagpole colors followed me when I changed teams for the 2025 season,” Matos said. “It was an honor to win the championship showcasing the ‘stars and stripes’ branding last year. We’ve got some real momentum building after the recent races. A win at Lime Rock on Saturday would be a big help in winning a second straight championship for Concord American.”

Matos is the TA2-class all-time race-win leader and in addition to his title last year was also the championship winner in 2021 and in 2018, his rookie year in the series. It’s a mark of Matos’s consistency that his four other TA2 seasons he has never finished lower than third in the championship standings.

Concord American Flagpole USAC Sprint Car Team Has Busy Memorial Day Weekend Schedule

CD Racing’s open-wheel short-track team is racing three times over the Memorial Day weekend. Brady Bacon will be behind the wheel of the #20 Concord American Flagpole red, white and blue liveried winged sprint car for the Bob Weikert Memorial meet at Pennsylvania’s half-mile dirt surface Port Royal Speedway.

Following the races at Port Royal the team will head west to Iowa’s legendary Knoxville Raceway for a pair of USAC non-wing races, May 30-31. Driving the #20 Concord American Flagpole car Bacon recently scored his 60th USAC sprint car feature win. That victory left Bacon just two tallies shy of the all-time USAC sprint car win record established by the retired legend Dave Darland, a mark Bacon could possibly match at Knoxville.