The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational was held June 5-8, 2014 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. The inaugural Indy Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational marked the first time that a vintage racing series has ever competed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
SVRA served as the sanctioning body of the three-day Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational where more than 700 race cars competed in 12 different race groups on the 13-turn, 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) road course. The event, which also featured exhibition runs on the famed 2.5-mile IMS oval, gave race fans the opportunity to meet drivers, get close to historic race cars and speak with car owners.
Outstanding weather on Saturday enhanced the experience of a healthy turnout of race fans. Thick rows of people clamored along Gasoline Alley leading to the pit entrance to catch a glimpse of the wide variety of car classes that included examples of pre-war machines, sports cars, Formula One, Le Mans prototypes, as well as the crowd-favorite Indy 500 Roadsters from the 1950s.
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In addition to David Ferguson’s report and photos, photographer Michael DiPleco also documented the 2014 SVRA Indy Brickyard vintage car races with the following pictures that capture entrants on the famous IMS track. We split up Michael’s 180 images into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, all displayed in the full-width view of Sports Car Digest, while the second gallery can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all the photographs.
SVRA Indy Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery
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SVRA Indy Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational 2014 – Main Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)
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[Source: SVRA; IMS; photos: Michael DiPleco]
Michael well done, it must have been a tough choice as to whom to photograph, with the 700 plus entries to chose from. Yet from where I sit on the other side of the pond to you, I personally feel you did a great job of selecting your shots… Was this a closed event, as there didn´t seem to be many spectators in the background?. Once again congratulations on your fine coverage… Cheers from Sweden. Graham
Thank you Graham, it was a open event the spectators where there, spread out over the full course.
Yenko Stinger class winner is missing. Bad mistake.
With more than 700 cars entered, I’m sure a lot of cars are missing!!
I say kudos to Mr DiPleco for the excellent images that show a cross-section of the races. Well done!
Great race ……. Great photos ……. The only mistake is the last rude comment ! PR
Great pictures!!! We were there racing and you captured some wonderful images we wouldn’t have seen since we were “in the pits”. The entire weekend went very well for an inaugural event. It’ll be even better next year!!
What great color and composition. You captured the feeling, especially the old oval racers and the red, white and blue Corvette pack! Thanks for sharing.
I am the designer and builder of the 1965 koch chevy special and would like to get in touch with the current owner. I’m sure he would have some questions about the car. I think he goes by “Zots” at least in the Comments on the website about the car. Thanks for any help you can give.