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The pace car (a Chevrolet Corvette) leads the field past an accident site at the 2007 Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis 500 auto race has used a pace car every year since 1911. The pace car is utilized for two primary purposes.
The 93rd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 24, 2009. It was the 14th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and the premier event of the 2009 IndyCar Series season. Hélio Castroneves, a native of Brazil, won the race from the pole position, his third of four Indy 500 ...
Here is a full list of Indy 500 pace car drivers from 1911. All-time list of Indy 500 pace car drivers. 2025: ... 2009: Josh Duhamel: Actor. 2008: Emerson Fittipaldi: Race car driver.
2009 started a 10-year TV deal with the Versus TV network. Versus agreed to broadcast at least twelve IndyCar Series events a year in HD, as well as pre-race coverage, a one-hour preview show the day before each race including qualifying highlights, qualifications for the Indianapolis 500, a Firestone Indy Lights weekly telecast, replays of all series races a week after original broadcast, and ...
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 ...
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]
With Fox's debut as IndyCar's broadcast partner and the network's first Indy 500, Michael Strahan named the pace car driver for next May's Indy 500. ... 2009: Josh Duhamel: Actor. 2008: Emerson ...
Chevrolet Camaro Z28, pace car in the 1993 Indianapolis 500. The first use of a pace car in automobile racing was at the inaugural Indy 500 in 1911. [1] The officials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway have been selecting a pace car and its driver for the Indy 500 each year since that first race. The first pace car was a Stoddard-Dayton driven ...