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SVRA Indy Vintage Race to Return in 2016

Camaro, Mustang, Camaro and Mustang head for turn one Peter Falkner
Camaro, Mustang, Camaro and Mustang head for turn one

Camaro, Mustang, Camaro and Mustang head for turn oneThe Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) announced the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational will return June 15-19, 2016. It will mark the third time SVRA will host hundreds of racers in a multi-day format that uses both the IMS 2.434-mile road course and the track’s 2.5-mile oval.

SVRA President and CEO Tony Parella said, “So many people have contacted me about plans for next year I thought it was important to confirm with race fans and our participants alike that we will be back in 2016. All I can say is stay tuned because more information will follow.”

The centerpiece of the three-day racing event is the “Indy Legends” Celebrity Pro-Am which in 2015 featured 33 veteran drivers of the Indianapolis 500. The timed 50-minute race of American muscle cars on the Speedway’s 2.434-mile road course used 1963 to 1972 vintage 355 cubic inch Corvettes, Camaros and Mustangs of the Group 6 SVRA class. The professionals were paired with amateur drivers, splitting stints at the wheel at their discretion.

Bob Lazier, father of 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier and himself a starter in the 1981 Indianapolis 500, won this year’s Pro-Am with co-driver Jim Caudle in the latter’s 1969 Corvette.

For more information, visit SVRA.com.

[Source: SVRA; photo: Peter Falkner]