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A list of manufacturers and the frequency in which they either provided official pace cars, or one of their vehicles were selected to pace the Indianapolis 500. This list counts all subsidiary marques, current and defunct, from each manufacturer along with vehicles made by a company that later merged with another on the list.
Here is a full list of Indy 500 pace car drivers from 1911. All-time list of Indy 500 pace car drivers. 2025: Michael Strahan: Former NFL player, television host and Fox NFL analyst.
The repaired 1971 Dodge Challenger pace car. For 1971, none of the Big Three auto manufacturers chose to supply a pace car for the Indianapolis 500, as the muscle car market had dried up and marketing efforts were shifted elsewhere. Four local Indianapolis-area Dodge dealers, spearheaded by Eldon Palmer, stepped up to supply the fleet of pace cars.
The winner of the Indianapolis 500 is awarded a small replica of the Borg-Warner Trophy. The Indianapolis 500 (also called the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race) [a] [2] is an annual American open-wheel car race held on American Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), in Speedway, Indiana. [3]
The pace car has been used at every Indy 500 since its inception in 1911. Who drives the pace car at the Indy 500? Typically, a celebrity starts out in the Indy 500 pace car prior to the start of ...
All-time list of Indy 500 pace car drivers. 2025: Michael Strahan: Former NFL player, television host and Fox NFL analyst. 2024: Ken Griffey Jr: Baseball Hall of Famer.
The pace car for the 1991 Indy 500 was initially chosen to be the Dodge Stealth. However, the UAW, along with fans and traditionalists, protested since the Stealth was a captive import built by Mitsubishi in Japan. [10] Traditionally, the make of the pace car has always been a domestic American brand. In late February, the Stealth was ...
It's Chevy's 35th 500 pace car overall (dating to 1948). Celebrities at the Indy 500 ∎ Indiana Fever legend Tamika Catchings is the 500 Festival Parade grand marshal on Saturday, May 25.