INDIANAPOLIS – Former Indianapolis 500 starter Bob Lazier and amateur partner Jim Caudle were the class of the field on Saturday at the Indy Legends Pro-Am, the spotlight event of the four-day Sportscar Vintage Racing Association's Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational.
Thirty-three former Indianapolis 500 drivers paired with amateurs for a 40-minute race on the 2.439-mile IMS road course, and the team of Lazier and Caudle won by 48.9 seconds in a 1969 Chevrolet Corvette.
“It was absolutely fabulous. There were no problems with anybody, everybody was clean and having fun,” said Lazier, the father of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and seven-time “500” starter Jaques Lazier. “All these people we've known for 35 or 40 years and we just can't wait to go out and have fun together. It's like they've set up a party for all us old guys and we love every minute of it.”
Lazier and Caudle also partnered at last year's inaugural Indy Legends Pro-Am, finishing ninth.
