A large and enthusiastic crowd enjoyed seeing more than 250 classic cars that were on display Saturday, May 14 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Celebration of Automobiles.
Many of these machines have won awards in Concours d’Elegance competition at such venues as Pebble Beach and Amelia Island.
The cars participating in the Celebration were divided into two divisions, one a general collection and the other presenting for the first time anywhere classic cars produced by the 24 manufacturers that competed in the first Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in 1911.
A team of judges revealed its choices for the best of show in several categories Saturday evening at the elegant Condon-Skelly Celebration of Automobiles dinner, where several exquisite trophies were presented to winning car owners. 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones led the judging panel, with three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford and 1985 “500” winner Danny Sullivan also serving as judges.
Over 75 vintage Indy cars were also on hand and were able to get track time on the historic speedway on Friday afternoon.
Year Make Car Name 1908 Amplex Model D-5 1911 National #17 1911 Stoddard-Dayton S48 Speed Car 1913 Mercer 1914 Peugeot 1915 Duesenberg Board Track Racer 1923 HCS/Miller 1923 winner 1926 Miller 1932 Hudson Martz Spl #29 1932 Snowberger Hupp Comet 1933 Duesenberg Jack C. Carr Spl. 1935 Miller Ford #35 1935 Rigling Pirrung Spl. 1938 Clyde Adams Woestman Spl #59 1938 Miller Miller/Offy #61 1946 Novi Governor 1948 Kurtis Kennedy Tank 1948 Kurtis-Kraft Don Lee Spl. #35 1949 Watson Granatelli Corp Spl #43 1950 Kurtis Tuffy #15 1951 Tomshe Bardahl #78 1952 Kurtis Kraft Hinkle Spl #5 1952 Kurtis Kraft Auto Shippers Spl #34 1953 Kurtis Kraft Bardahl Spl #15 1954 Watson Phillips Bob Estes Spl #16 1955 Ford Sumar Car Hauler 1956 HOW Special #1 1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G 1957 Kuzma Greenman-Casale Indy roadster 1959 Epperley Bowes Seal Fast #33 1960 (Watson) Ewing Joe Hunt Magneto Spl #76 1960 Meskowski Schmidt Spl #44 1960 Kurtis / Epperly Bowes Seal Fast Spl #5 1961 Epperley Autolite Spl #5 1961 AJ Watson Sun City Arizona Spl #2 1961 Kuzma – Sonny Meyer Jim Robbins Co. #17 1961 Chenoweth / Chevy San Diego Steel Products 1961 Elder Crawford Mirror-Glaze Spl #96 1961 Kuzma Champ car 1963 AJ Watson #46 1963 AJ Watson #39 1963 AJ Watson 1964 MG/Huffaker Liquid Suspension #53 1964 Huffaker Liquid Suspension 1965 Watson Wynn’s #4 1966 Lola #26 1966 Eisert #96 1967 Vollstedt 67B Bryant Heating & Cooling #21 1967 Gerhardt Federal Engineering Spl #10 1968 Gerhardt Autocar #26 1968 Lotus Lotus Wedge Turbine #60 1968 Gilbert #92 1970 Kuzma American Marine #14 1970 Lola Sunoco #66 1971 Brawner / McGee Gilmore Racing Team #64 1972 Eagle-Offy Sunoco Penske #66 1972 Foyt Coyote Brayton #61 1972 Eagle-Finely SPORT #92 1972 Eagle-Offy STP 60 1977 Penske PC-6 Norton-Gould #1 1978 Penske PC-6 Gould #71 1981 Eagle-Cosworth AAR Mead #49 1982 Finley Eagle Pace Electronics #36 1983 Eagle – Cosworth Coors Silver Bullet #19 1984 March 84C Miller High Life 1984 Lola Lola T-800 1986 March 86C Marlboro #20
1987 March 87C Life of Indiana #87
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