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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 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.
40th Indianapolis 500; Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis 500; Sanctioning body: USAC: Date: May 30, 1956: Winner: Pat Flaherty: Winning team: John Zink: Average speed: 128.490 mph (206.785 km/h) Pole position: Pat Flaherty: Pole speed: 145.596 mph (234.314 km/h) Most laps led: Pat Flaherty – 127 laps: Pre-race ceremonies; Pace car ...
Indy 500 pace cars: The 10 worst Indianapolis 500 pace cars of all time. How fast does the pace car go? The Indy 500 pace car runs about 110 mph. Has the pace car ever crashed? Yes. The brakes of ...
The passengers in the Hurst/Olds pace car included Tony Hulman, astronaut Pete Conrad, Chris Schenkel of ABC Sports, Bob Draper , and Dolly Cole (wife of GM executive Ed Cole), believed to be the first woman ever to ride in the pace car. As the field pushed off from the starting grid, A. J. Foyt's car stalled and failed to pull away. His crew ...
In 2006, it celebrated its 50th anniversary. The museum foundation possesses several former Indianapolis 500 winning cars, and pace cars, and they are regularly rotated onto the display floor exhibits. The museum is independently owned and operated by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) organization. [4]
The 33rd International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was an automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1949. After two years of failures to his teammate, Bill Holland finally won one for himself. Giving car owner Lou Moore his third consecutive Indy victory.
The 1911 Stoddard-Dayton pace car on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. The largest racing purse offered to date, $27,550, drew 46 entries from the United States and Europe, from which 40 qualified by sustaining 75 mph (121 km/h) along the quarter mile-long main straight. [7]