The Vintage Indy Registry cars running at Road America June 8, 2024 during Indy Car weekend.

July 1, 2024

During the Indy Car weekend at Road America, the Vintage Indy Registry cars come along and run some track sessions.

It's always fun to see these beautiful cars that don't get enough track time unfortunately. They usually run the first and last session of the day so a lot of fans miss seeing them on track but they are on display all day to look at.

It's good to learn the history of our sport and learn about the beautiful sounds they make. The woosh of the Lotus STP turbine car is something to hear as it is hot exhaust from kerosene that it is using for fuel. Makes for an interesting photo if caught right and I've got a couple here..

Al Unser Jr. was our usual pace car driver but in a beautiful orange Corvette this year rather than the usual Mini Cooper S.

Enjoy a look at the cars during one of the few dry sessions of the weekend. They won't run in the rain because it would be a lot of work to dry these old cars out. I even went through two pairs of shoes and got soaked!!

Next blog will be the present day Indy Cars running in the rain during this race weekend.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The Vintage Indy Registry cars at Road America on June 18th, 2023.

July 10, 2023

This year I only made it to the Road America Indy Car weekend for one day, Sunday, June 18th for the race.  I also got to see and visit with my Vintage Indy Registry friends.

Vintage Indy Registry was started in 2017 by Ron Nelson and Mike Lashmett to preserve, record and organize events of the older Indy Cars. Keeping records of these cars is the big part of it. I believe that is because a lot of the cars get changed about through the years. Good to know what's original in a car or a replica.

Each year a few new cars appear that have been restored to perfection. It is a great sight to see these beautiful cars running on track every time. 

It's not a race but a good time to get your older vintage Indy Car on track. They all sound beautiful especially the Lotus jet car that has a very unique sound unlike any Indy Car.

Enjoy a look at these beautiful cars that are running other events not just at Road America. This past weekend they were at Indianapolis Raceway Park running with the Harry Miller Indy Cars. Wish I could have been there.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

August 5, 2020

Writing this blog a bit earlier than the usual release date because of the IMSA weekend at Road America August 6, 7 and 8th. I'm just crazy busy lately and I'll be photographing at Road America all weekend!

This blog is on the Millers at Milwaukee and the Vintage Indy Registry guys that came along July 9th and 10th to the Milwaukee Mile. At night on those two days, I was photographing Trace Adkins and then Cheap Trick.  About 3500 images later I was done and tired!

So, here are a ton of photos of some great old cars that speak for themselves rather than me writing about them. They are cool cars for sure and it's amazing that some drove 500 miles at Indy!!

I stuffed an 8 foot ladder into my Acura MDX to get a different view of the grid. We usually do it from the starter stand.  This time I put the ladder at the start/finish line and climbed up for a few shots.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Enjoy a look at the great Vintage Indy Cars at Road America!!

Vintage Indy Registry Cars and Indy Car at Road America on July 11th and 12th 2020.