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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. 2024: Ken ...
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car. In most years through the early 1950s, the pace car led the field around the track for one warm up lap, and then the race began. The pace lap concept was popular with fans, as many drivers commonly waved at the fans and the rolling grid made for spectacular photographs.
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.
It was the inaugural running of the Indianapolis 500, which is the most prestigious automobile race in the world. Ray Harroun, an engineer with the Marmon Motor Car Company, came out of retirement to drive, and won the inaugural event before re-retiring for good in the winner's circle. The Marmon Wasp, the car that won the 1911 Indianapolis 500.
Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. will lead the 33-car field to the green flag as pace car driver for the 108th Indianapolis 500.. Griffey has been to Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a ...
Ken Griffey Jr. will lead the 33-car field to the green flag as pace car driver for the 108th Indianapolis 500. ... Indianapolis Motor Speedway names Ken Griffey Jr. as 2024 Indy 500 pace car ...
After the pace car crash a year earlier, the veteran driver Jim Rathmann was assigned the pace car driving duties. The passengers in the Hurst/Olds pace car included Tony Hulman , astronaut Pete Conrad , Chris Schenkel of ABC Sports, Bob Draper ( Hurst ), and Dolly Cole (wife of GM executive Ed Cole ), believed to be the first woman ever to ...
Indy 500 pace car drivers: Indy 500 pace car drivers through the years at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All-time list of Indy 500 pace car drivers. 2025: Michael Strahan: Former NFL player, ...