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May 17, 2018 | By Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Four short-track stars who climbed to the Indianapolis 500 – Davey Hamilton, Johnny Parsons Jr, Jimmy Kite and Donnie Beechler – again will compete in the Indy Legends Charity Pro-Am on Saturday, June 16 during the SVRA Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Parsons, the son of 1950 Indianapolis 500 winner Johnnie Parsons, earned great success with 12 Indianapolis 500 starts and best finishes of fifth in 1977 and 1985. He is a highly decorated sprint and midget driver and was voted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1994. Hamilton, renowned for his mastery of super-modified racing, competed in 11 Indianapolis 500s with three top-10 finishes, including a fourth place. He finished in the runner-up spot twice in the IndyCar Series season championship and in 2014 raced in Robby Gordon’s Stadium Super Truck Series. Hamilton also was founder of the “King of the Wing” sprint car series and has been active as an IndyCar owner. This year he is driver coach and consultant at the Carlin Verizon IndyCar Series race team, which is in its first year in that series. A five-time starter in the Indianapolis 500, Kite first qualified for the big show in 1998. He made his name driving midgets and sprint cars and grabbed the attention of the motorsports world in 1997 by winning one of short-track racing’s biggest trophies – the USAC Silver Crown Copper World Classic. In addition to his 34 starts in IndyCar competition, Kite also has ventured into ARCA stock car and NASCAR truck racing. Beechler is a four-time starter in the Indianapolis 500, driving for A.J. Foyt in his final appearance in the race. He had 36 career starts in IndyCar races, finishing on the podium twice. Beechler is a long-time midget and sprint car driver competing in the USAC Silver Crown series and at prestigious events such as the Chili Bowl midget car classic. Beechler was inducted into the Springfield, Illinois, Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. The Indy Legends Pro-Am is the Saturday feature event of the Brickyard Invitational. The Indianapolis 500 veterans will be in 1963 to 1972 vintage Corvettes, Camaros and Mustangs of SVRA “Group 6” A and B Production. The professionals will be paired with amateur drivers, splitting their stints at the wheel. Additional Indy 500 drivers will be announced as they enter in the coming weeks. In addition to the Pro-Am, there will be a festival of other activities at the Brickyard Invitational, including the Sunday, June 17 feature race by the professional Trans Am series headed by 2017 champion Ernie Francis Jr. The weekend also presents the Hagerty Insurance “shine and show” car corral, vintage motorcycle racing, and 500-plus vintage racers ranging over 100 years of automotive history racing in Sportscar Vintage Racing Association Groups 1 through 12. An oval exhibition featuring a race car show of judged competition for the A.J. Watson and Sir Jack Brabham trophies led by track historian Donald Davidson will also take place. Also, the Pre-1920 Race Exhibition cars will be on track along with a paddock area full of in-period equipment displays. The National that finished seventh in the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911 will be driven at speed. Visit IMS.com to buy tickets or for more information about the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational.