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Jim with Pace car.

 

Driven by Emerson Fittipaldi; 500 production replicas – coupes and convertibles

 

The 2008 edition of the Indianapolis 500 represents Corvette’s 10th time as the official pace car – and a record fifth-consecutive year – and Chevrolet’s 19th time as the manufacturer selected to lead the field.

 

2007 Chevrolet Corvette Patrick Dempsey

2006 Chevrolet Corvette C6 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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