The Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race is a

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sports car race held at the

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. The race takes place on the combined road course at the Speedway as part of the SVRA Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational event weekend. The inaugural running occurred in 2014. Beginning in 2019, the race has been part of the Vintage Race of Champions (VROC) series. The race is run on the newer, modified layout of the circuit previously used for the

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U.S. Grand Prix, and currently used by the

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for the IndyCar Grand Prix. The event is contested as a

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, with each entry having two drivers. An

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racing driver is paired with a former

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driver, and the two drivers share stints at their discretion, in the same fashion as endurance racing. The machines used in the race are from the SVRA "

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" class, which includes

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, Camaros,

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, and other selected big-bore production sports cars and sedans from 1963 to 1972. The field for this race consists of as many as 34 cars, with a traditional 33-car field owing to

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, and a 34th entry, known as "Garage 34," also included. However, some years have had smaller fields. The event takes place in the summer, at some point after the

. From 2016 to 2018 the event was scheduled for

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weekend., but for 2019, the event moved to August. For 2020, the event was scheduled to move back to June, but was cancelled due to the

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. Proceeds from the event go to local

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Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational

The Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am is part of the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational event weekend, a

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meet featuring as many as 500 race cars spanning twelve classes. The event and the Pro–Am, are sanctioned by the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA). Nearly all of the events take place on the combined road course at the

, with the exception of an oval track exhibition featuring historic Indy roadsters and machines from the 1950s-1970s that was held from 2014 to 2018. Since 2017, the event has been held in conjunction with the modern SCCA

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, where the TA2 class race is the featured event. Spec Miata has also been part of the weekend in some years. The Pro–Am takes place on Saturday, with practice sessions on Thursday and/or Friday.

Race rules

*The cars must be models of the SVRA "

" class, from 1963 to 1972, with a current preference and emphasis on domestic U.S. brands. Additional makes/models, including imports can be entered only at the officials discretion. The permitted cars include: **

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(C2) and early (C3) models. ** First generation

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and early Second generation Camaros **

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(including Boss 302), and

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*Each car is entered by an amateur driver. A former Indianapolis 500 driver is paired with each amateur, and the two drivers share driving duties during the race at their general discretion. In recent years, officials have expanded the Indianapolis driver status to include those who have participated in any oval race at the Speedway—the Freedom 100, Indiana 250, or Brickyard 400. Additional non-IMS oval drivers can and have been entered, under a "Promoter's Option" format, most notably

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. *The amateur drivers are required to start the race, and complete a minimum of three laps before turning the wheel over to the pro driver. Beginning in 2018, the car was required to be turned over to the pro driver no later than lap 10. *Each entry is required to make a mandatory 5-minute pit stop. During the pit stop, the car can be refueled, the crew can change tires, make adjustments, or make repairs, and perform the driver switch. The pit stop can come at any time during the race, but must be timed such that both the amateur driver and the pro driver complete a minimum of three laps behind the wheel before the race is over.

Race history

2014

The inaugural Pro–Am was won by the team of Al Unser Jr. and Peter Klutt, driving a 1969

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and Gary Moore finished second. Rounding out the podium in third place was Willy T. Ribbs & Ed Sevadjian. Klutt started the race in the #42C Corvette, then pitted during an early yellow to hand to car over to Unser, who drove to victory.

2015

The second annual Pro–Am was won by the team of Bob Lazier and Jim Caudle. Lazier finished 48.9 seconds ahead of the second place car, driven by

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& Scott Hackenson. The team of

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and Curt Vogt led the race early, but lost the lead when a caution came out during their pit stop. Papis crossed the line third, one second behind Dismore.

2016

For 2016, the Pro–Am was slightly retooled into a two-class race. The entries were classified into two categories, A Production (AP) and B Production (BP), based primarily on

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, and other performance criteria. Robby Unser and

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drove a 1965 Cobra CompR to win the A Production class and the overall victory. Unser drove the second half of the race, and grabbed the lead on a restart, after a yellow due to a spin by

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on lap 13. In the B Production class,

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and Gary Moore took the victory, and finished second overall, driving a 1965 Ford Mustang GT350 Tracy and Moore took the lead for good after

was black-flagged for a penalty. For Tracy, it was a long-awaited victory at the Brickyard after the controversial

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. Former

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and 2002

winner

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teamed with co-driver

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(himself a three-time winning crew chief at Indianapolis) to field the special "Garage 34" entry. The 34th car in the field was added as a gesture to the " Garage 56" concept at

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. Evernham profiled the duo's efforts on his television program ''AmeriCARna'' on

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. The car dropped out early however, due to a broken driveshaft, before Elliott could take his stint behind the wheel.

2017

The 2017 Pro–Am was held Saturday June 17. The event was run as a two-class race, A Production (AP) and B Production (BP).

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was named the event grand marshal. A full field of 34, consisting of 33 Indy 500 legend drivers, and a Garage 34 featuring a Brickyard 400 legend driver, were entered. The car of Jody O'Donnell/

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took the lead at the start and led the first seven laps. On lap 8, O'Donnell lost traction in turn one, and the car of Ed Sevadjian/ Willy T. Ribbs slipped by for the lead. Sevadjian dominated the race over the next many laps, until pitting to hand the car over to Ribbs. Still out on the track, O'Donnell led once again, with the car of Rick Blaha/

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now in second. Ribbs came back out in third, but neither first place nor second place had pitted yet for the driver change. Ribbs was charging and set the fastest lap of the race (1:37.823), and effectively would become the leader once the pit stops were completed. With Ribbs behind the wheel of the #36 Duntov 1969 Corvette, it appeared he was in position to drive to victory. Second place Rick Blaha pitted and handed the car over to

. Furthermore, race leader Jody O'Donnell in the #46A Corvette never pitted, and he and

were disqualified. Willy T. Ribbs re-took the lead but with just minutes left in the race, the engine threw a rod and came to a stop out on the track. Sarah Fisher benefited greatly from the resulting full-course caution, and was able to complete the team's driver switch under the yellow. Fisher drove to victory, winning by a full lap over the car of Peter Klutt/ Al Unser Jr. Fisher became the first female driver to win an automobile race of any kind at the

. In the "B" Production, the car of Curt Vogt/

was the class winner, finishing third overall. After suffering a broken driveshaft in the 2016 race, the team of

finished third in the "A" production class and fourth overall. The #3 Camaro of Sam LeComte/ Jaques Lazier threw a rod as it was being driven the grid, and the team scrambled to find a back-up car. Jaques Lazier instead took over the seat of Bob Lazier and co-drove with Jim Caudle. Jaques Lazier drive the #27 Corvette to a third-place finish in the "B" class, but was disqualified in the post-race when officials determined he passed cars during the caution.

2018

The fifth annual Pro–Am race was held Saturday June 16. On a sweltering hot, 94 degree afternoon, track conditions were difficult. Several drivers were affected by the heat, while handling problems and braking issues were experienced throughout the field. Father and son swept the front row, as the car of

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/Michael Donohue qualified for pole position, and

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/Jody O'Donnell started second. At the start, however, the Matt Brabham/Donohue car lost the lead to the car of

/O'Donnell. However, that car dropped out after only 8 laps due to a rear suspension failure. The Corvette of Willy T. Ribbs/Jim Kitzmiller took the lead and dominated the middle parts of the race. However, Ribbs blew a differential on lap 14, the second year in a row dropping out while leading. The car of

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/Peter Klutt came to the lead, and appeared on their way to victory. However, Matt Brabham had climbed behind the wheel of his entry and began charging through the field. Brabham came upon second place

, who was driving an incredible race with essentially no brakes. Brabham worked his way by Papis, and set his sights on the leader. Jimmy Kite's car had failing brakes, and Brabham got by in the final few minutes. B Production Class entries swept the top three overall positions, with

/Michael Donohue winning,

/Curt Vogt second, and

third. The top A Production Class finisher was Kite/Klutt in 4th place overal

Only 23 cars started the race, down from previous years. Two Pro rookies were entered, including sports car legend

, but his car only completed 1 lap in the race. The lone Indy Legends rookie was

, also the overall winner.

2019

For 2019, the race moved from June to the first weekend in August, the weekend once used for the

. The race also became part of the new Vintage Race of Champions (VROC) series, a three-race pro–am championship with events at

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, Indianapolis, and VIR. Indy 500 veteran, and Indy Pro–Am veteran

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was named the grand marshal. Race "rookies" entered include

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, as well as

veterans

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(2000 winner), Mike Skinner,

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. The Corvette of

/Peter Klutt started on the pole and took the lead at the start. Running second in the early stages was the Corvette of Willy T. Ribbs/Ed Sevadjian. With Sevadjian behind the wheel, he caught up to Klutt and took the lead just before both cars made their mandatory pit stop and driver change. Ribbs led for the next twelve laps, until Brabham caught up and took the lead with a pass going into turn one. On lap 19, however, the Brabham/Klutt car broke an engine belt, and it lost the power steering. Brabham was forced to park the car in the pits. The Ribbs/Sevadjian car took the top spot back, and pulled out to a two-second lead over the car of

/Gary Klutt. With ten minutes remaining,

spun in turn one, bringing out a full-course caution. The field bunched up for a late restart. Ribbs got the jump on the restart, and immediately pulled away to a 2-second lead. Lyn St. James suffered a hard crash in turn 14, bringing out another full-course yellow, and the race finished under caution. After dominating the race the two previous years, and both times dropping out with mechanical problems, Willy T. Ribbs was finally victorious in the Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am. The car of Labonte/Klutt finished second, and the car of

/Jim Caudle won the B Production class, finishing third overall.

2020–2022

In 2020, the race was cancelled due to the

, as were numerous events on the SVRA schedule. The Brickyard Vintage Invitational event was not held in 2021 either. For 2022, SVRA returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after a two-year hiatus. The 2022 "Indy Speed Tour", which was also held in partnership with the Vintage Indy Registry, was moved back to the familiar Fathers Day weekend date. However, the Pro-Am race was not part of the festivities.

Race results

Overall winners

*All overall winners are A Production class entries unless otherwise noted.

B Production class winners

*In 2018, for the first time, the overall winner was a B Production class entry. The highest finishing A Production entry was Gary Klutt/

(4th overall)

Event grand marshals

*''Sources:''

Drivers

The former Indy/Brickyard "legend" drivers that have competed in the Pro–Am include: * Ana Beatriz *

Éric Bachelart Éric Bachelart (born 28 February 1961) is a former race car driver and Conquest Racing team owner.Tom Bagley Tom Bagley (born December 3, 1939, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is a former driver in the USAC, CART Championship Car, IMSA, Formula Atlantic, and Trans-Am Series. He raced Indycars in the 1978-1980 and 1983 seasons, with 42 combined career start ...

Donnie Beechler Donnie Beechler (born May 18, 1961), is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He was born in Springfield, Illinois. Beechler raced in the 1998–2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings. His best career fi ...

Matthew Brabham Matthew Chase Brabham (born 25 February 1994) is an Australian-American racing driver. He competes full-time in Indy Lights, driving the No. 83 for Andretti Autosport. From 2015 to 2021, he was a regular in the Stadium Super Trucks, where he is ...

Tyce Carlson Brendyn "Tyce" Carlson (born September 23, 1970, Indianapolis, Indiana), is a former driver in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. He raced in the 1996–2002 seasons with 30 career starts, including 2 at the Indianapolis 500. His 2 career I ...

* P. J. Chesson * Wally Dallenbach Jr. *

Dennis Firestone Dennis Firestone (born 22 July 1944 in Townsville, Australia) is a former CART driver from 1979 to 1987. He was the Rookie of the year in CART 1980 season finishing in 12th in season points, his best season. His best finish in a CART race was a ...

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Larry Foyt Lawrence Joseph Roberds Foyt (born February 22, 1977) is an American former NASCAR and IndyCar driver. He is the biological grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt, and a biological cousin (and uncle by adoption) of A. J. Foyt IV. His biological m ...

* Josele Garza *

Spike Gehlhausen Daniel William "Spike" Gehlhausen (born November 19, 1954, in Jasper, Indiana), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in 11 seasons (1975–1982 and 1984–1986), with 79 combined career starts, including th ...

* Scott Goodyear *

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Pete Halsmer John Peter Halsmer (born March 3, 1944, in Lafayette, Indiana), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in 5 seasons (1980, 1982–1985), with 33 career starts, and started in the Indianapolis 500 in 1981–1982. He fini ...

Davey Hamilton David Jay "Davey" Hamilton (born June 13, 1962 in Nampa, Idaho) is a race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and Stadium Super Trucks. He has made 56 series starts and while never winning a race, finished second thr ...

* Scott Harrington *

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* Davy Jones *

* Bob Lazier *

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* Jaques Lazier *

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* Arie Luyendyk Jr. *

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* John Martin * Robby McGehee *

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* Billy Roe * Willy T. Ribbs *

* Mike Skinner * Lyn St. James *

Rick Treadway Rick Treadway (born January 15, 1970 in Indianapolis, Indiana), is a former racing driver for the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 2001 and 2002 seasons with 11 career starts, including the 2002 Indianapolis 500. Rick Treadway is the son o ...

Al Unser Alfred Unser (May 29, 1939 – December 9, 2021) was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men ( A. J. Foyt, himself, Rick ...

* Al Unser Jr. *

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* Robby Unser *

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Non-IMS oval drivers that have competed include: *

Notable amateur drivers that have competed include: *

Gallery

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External links

Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational — Official siteSVRA.com — Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational

References

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