Event Program: 2024 Indy SpeedTour

In This Program

A welcome letter from Tony Parella to all event participants, spectators and sponsors

A full run-down of when all of the weekend’s events are taking place, including: practice / qualifying / race session times, car show times and much more!

Group 1 – Recognized small displacement production sports cars, sedans

Group 1FV – Small displacement Formula Cars based on the 1963 Volkswagen Beetle. This class enhances competition by controlling costs and emphasizing driver ability

Group FST  – Formula Vee, with 1600 Dual Port engine, runs on slicks

Group 3 - Series-produced sports cars and sedans in production pre-1972

Group 4 - Limited produced sports cars, racing "specials" and GT cars built or in production prior to 1960

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

Group 2 - Formula Ford (FF), Formula Junior (FJR), Club Ford, (CF) and Post Club Ford (PCF) as specified by the SVRA Formula Ford rule book

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

Group 5 - Small bore World Sports Car Championship, prototypes as raced 1960-1972; Sports 2000, SRF’s and WSR cars

Group 7 - World Championship of Makes, on slicks; Under 2L sports cars as raced after 1972; Can-Am as raced after 1967; center-seat Can Am, SCCA ASR and BSR

Group 11 - GTP/Group C, ALMS, PSCR, WSC, Grand Am, Prototypes, SCCA P1 and P2 as raced from 1981

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

Group 6 – Select big bore production sports cars and sedans through 1972

Group 8 - Recognized series-produced sports cars and sedans in production prior to 1979, and later cars by invitation

Group 12 - Early and late model Stock Cars, mostly 3.0L

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

Group 9 - All open wheel cars on slicks from 1970 to 2014 from the early F-2 cars to modern F-1 cars and everything in between

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

Group 10 GT – Select GT sports cars, Trans-Am,; select cars raced between 1973 and 1999, Trans Am and production based contemporary cars as raced from 1999 to 5 years from today’s date or other cars as assigned

Group TA2 Club – Select GT sports cars, Trans-Am; select cars raced between 1973 and 1999, Trans Am and production based contemporary cars as raced from 1999 to 5 years from today’s date or other cars as assigned

International GT - North American racing series that includes The Stuttgart Cup, Mission Foods GT3 Cup Trophy and The Maranello Cup championships for late model Porsche Cup, Cayman and Ferrari competitors

More Info: internationalgt.net

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

Stock Cars – NASCAR Cup and Busch Series Stock Cars.

Group 10 – Select GT sports cars, Trans-Am; select cars raced between 1973 and 1999, Trans Am and production based contemporary cars as raced from 1999 to 5 years from today’s date or other cars as assigned

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

FR Americas - Formula Regional Americas Championship

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

Ragtime Racers – For 1920 and earlier race cars to provide a traveling show at various events across the U.S. showcasing these amazing machines in a historical setting.

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

BMW CCA – The largest single-marque car group in the US.  

Other cars may be accepted by invitation.

Named one of the “Top 100 Female Athletes of the 20th Century” by Sports Illustrated, Lyn St. James has set 21 speed records and was a seven-time competitor in the Indianapolis 500—earning Rookie of the Year honors in 1992.

Article: First Race at Indy

The Greatest Spectacle in Racing had been held on Memorial Day Weekend ever since 1911 except for 2020 and the war years when it was cancelled. What even most die-hard Indy fans don’t know is that the first car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was actually held in mid-August, 1909.