Historic cars run at US GP

INDIANAPOLIS - A few hundred yards from the pit garages housing the cutting-edge, multimillion dollar technology of today's FIA Formula One World Championship cars, a group of avid racing enthusiasts will tune F1's best machinery from the 1960s, '70s and '80s for two days of high-speed demonstration runs at the SAP United States Grand Prix.

Twenty-eight vintage Formula One cars will drive on the 2.606-mile road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 5-5:15 p.m. (EST) Friday, Sept. 28 and 3:50-4 p.m. (EST) Saturday, Sept. 29. The Historic Grand Prix group is comprised of more than 50 owner-drivers that tune and drive vintage F1 cars from the FIA's 3-litre engine formula of 1966-83. The cars, when not running, will be parked in an open-air garage area in the east parking lot of the Speedway's Hall of Fame museum and can be viewed by the public.

Included in the entry list are an Elf Team Tyrrell car driven by Jackie Stewart during his 1971 World Championship season, as well as the Lotus 79/4 "John Player Special" driven by Mario Andretti in his triumphant 1978 World Championship campaign.

Cars formerly driven by other Formula One legends such as Dan Gurney, Jochen Rindt, Graham Hill, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter and others also will turn laps.

The second running of the SAP United States Grand Prix, the 16th of 17 events in the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship, is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. (EST) Sunday, Sept. 30.

Tickets for the SAP United States Grand Prix are available by calling (800) 822-INDY or by downloading a ticket form at www.usgpindy.com.

HISTORIC GRAND PRIX CARS AT INDIANAPOLIS DURING U.S. GRAND PRIX: <pre> Car No. Color(s) Year Car Driver/Entrant Original Driver 36 Blue 1967 Eagle AAR104 Miles Collier Dan Gurney 3 Green 1967 Brabham Repco BT-24 John Dimmer Jochen Rindt 15 Red 1967 Ferrari 312/007 Todd Morici Chris Amon 21 Aqua 1970 Brabham BT-33/3 Bob Baker Jack Brabham 9 Blue 1971 Tyrrell 002 John Delane Francois Cevert 1 Blue 1971 Tyrrell 004 John Dimmer Jackie Stewart 12 White/Orange 1971 McLaren M-19A/2 Chris McAllister Denis Hulme 12 White/Red 1973 Shadow DN-1/3A David Rose Graham Hill 28 White/Blue 1974 Penske PC-1 Penske Restorations Mark Donohue 7 White 1975 Brabham BT-44 Murray Smith Carlos Reutemann 9 Orange 1975 March 751-3 Robert Blain Vittorio Brambilla 28 White/Red 1975 Penske PC-3/01 Doug Mockett John Watson 17 Black 1975 Shadow DN-5 Howard Katz Jean-Pierre Jarier 9 Orange 1976 March 761 James King Vittorio Brambilla 10 White/Red 1976 March 761 Howard Cherry Ronnie Peterson 1 Red 1976 Ferrari 312-T2 Chris MacAllister Niki Lauda 17 Black 1976 Shadow DN-8/1A Phil Gumpert Tom Pryce 20 Blue/Gold 1977 Wolf WR-4 Maurice McCaig Jody Scheckter 30 White/Red 1977 McLaren M-23/14 Dan Baker Brett Lunger 8 White/Red 1977 McLaren M-26/3 Don Breidenbach James Hunt 16 White 1977 Shadow DN-8 Tom Claridge Riccardo Patrese 17 White 1977 Shadow DN-8/5A Grant Beath Alan Jones 5 Black/Gold 1978 Lotus 79/4 Duncan Dayton Mario Andretti 4 Blue 1979 Tyrrell 009 Jim Busby Didier Pironi 3 Blue 1979 Tyrrell 009 Bill Karges Jean-Pierre Jarier 22 Red 1979 Ensign MM-10 Bud Moeller Derek Daly 2 Red 1980 Ferrari 312/T5 Bud Moeller Gilles Villeneuve 1 White/Green 1983 Williams FW08/C Erich Joiner Keke Rosberg

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