Indy Pace Cars and Drivers

Jul 27, 2006 0 Replies

Since the discussion regarding the 62 Pace Car I thought this might be of interest.


Race Model Driver



2006 Chevrolet Corvette- Lance Armstrong
2005 Chevrolet Corvette- Gen. Colin Powell
2004 Chevrolet Corvette C5- Morgan Freeman
2003 Chevy SSR- Herb Fishel
2002 2003 Chevrolet Corvette- Jim Caviezel
2001 Oldsmobile Bravada- Elaine Irwin-Mellencamp
2000 Oldsmobile Aurora- Anthony Edwards
1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo- Jay Leno
1998 Chevrolet Corvette- Parnelli Jones
1997 Oldsmobile Aurora- Johnny Rutherford
1996 Dodge Viper GTS- Robert A. Lutz
1995 Chevrolet Corvette- Jim Perkins
1994 Ford Mustang Cobra- Parnelli Jones
1993 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28- Jim Perkins
1992 Cadillac Allante- Bobby Unser
1991 Dodge Viper RT/10- Carroll Shelby
1990 Chevrolet Beretta- Jim Perkins
1989 20th Anniversary Pontiac Trans Am- Bobby Unser
1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme- Gen. Chuck Yeager
1987 Chrysler LeBaron- Carroll Shelby
1986 Chevrolet Corvette- Gen. Chuck Yeager
1985 Oldsmobile Calais- James Garner
1984 Pontiac Fiero- John Callies
1983 Buick Riviera Convertible- Duke Nalon
1982 Chevrolet Camaro Z28- Jim Rathmann
1981 Buick Regal V-6- Duke Nalon
1980 Pontiac Turbo-Trans Am- Johnnie Parsons
1979 Ford Mustang- Jackie Stewart
1978 Chevrolet Corvette- Jim Rathmann
1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88 -James Garner
1976 Buick Turbocharged V-6- Marty Robbins
1975 Buick Century Custom 'Free Spirit'- James Garner
1974 Hurst/Olds Cutlass- Jim Rathmann
1973 Cadillac Eldorado- Jim Rathmann
1972 Hurst/Olds Cutlass- Jim Rathmann
1971 Dodge Challenger- Eldon Palmer
1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2- Rodger Ward
1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS- Jim Rathmann
1968 Ford Torino GT- William C. Ford
1967 Chevrolet Camaro- Mauri Rose
1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT- Benson Ford
1965 Plymouth Sports Fury- P.M. Buckminster
1964 Ford Mustang- Benson Ford
1963 Chrysler '300'- Sam Hanks
1962 Studebaker- Sam Hanks
1961 Ford Thunderbird- Sam Hanks
1960 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight- Sam Hanks
1959 Buick Electra 225- Sam Hanks
1958 Pontiac Bonneville- Sam Hanks
1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser- F.C. Reith
1956 DeSoto Fireflite Pacesetter- L.I. Woolson
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air- T.H. Keating
1954 Dodge Royal 500 -William C. Newburg
1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner- William C. Ford
1952 Studebaker Commander- P.O. Peterson
1951 Chrysler New Yorker V-8- Dave Wallace
1950 Mercury- Benson Ford
1949 Oldsmobile 88 'Rocket'- Wilbur Shaw
1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster Six-Series- Wilbur Shaw
1947 Nash Ambassador- George W. Mason
1946 Lincoln Continental- Henry Ford II
1941 Chrysler-Newport (Phaeton)- A.B. Couture
1940 Studebaker Champion- Harry Hartz
1939 Buick Roadmaster Series 80- Charles Chayne
1938 Hudson '112'- Stuart Baits
1937 LaSalle Series 50- Ralph DePalma
1936 Packard One-Twenty- Tommy Milton
1935 Ford Model 48- Harry Mack
1934 LaSalle Model 350- 'Big Boy' Rader
1933 Chrysler Imperial (Phaeton)- Byron Foy
1932 Lincoln Model KB- Edsel Ford
1931 Cadillac 370 Twelve- 'Big Boy' Rader
1930 Cord L-29- Wade Morton
1929 Studebaker Series F-10 President- George Hunt
1928 Marmon '8' (Model 78)- Joe Dawson
1927 LaSalle V-8 Series 303- 'Big Boy' Rader
1926 Chrysler Imperial E-80- Louis Chevrolet
1925 Rickenbacker Eight- Eddie Rickenbacker
1924 Cole V-8 Series 890- Lew Pettijohn
1923 Duesenberg Model A- Fred S. Duesenberg
1922 National Sextet- Barney Oldfield
1921 H.C.S. Series 6- Harry C. Stutz
1920 Marmon Model 34- Barney Oldfield
1919 Packard 335- Col. J. G. Vincent
1916 Premier Model 656- Frank E. Smith
1915 Packard Model 548- Carl G. Fisher
1914 Stoddard-Dayton- Carl G. Fisher
1913 Stoddard-Dayton- Carl G. Fisher
1912 Stutz- Carl G. Fisher
1911 Stoddard-Dayton Model 11-A- Carl G. Fisher

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