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Per Tradition, the 107th Indy 500 Will Be Paced by a Chevy: The Corvette Z06 Convertible
Per Tradition, the 107th Indy 500 Will Be Paced by a Chevy: The Corvette Z06 Convertible

10 May 2023, 06:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has proudly announced that General Motors - through its Chevy subsidiary - offers the pace car, a brand-new Corvette Z06

 
Far From Its Former Glory, There Is a 1969 Festival Camaro That Hopes To Live Again
Far From Its Former Glory, There Is a 1969 Festival Camaro That Hopes To Live Again

24 Jun 2022, 22:00 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Chevrolet paced the Indianapolis 500 race seven times between 1967 and 2011, and the 1969 model is probably the most famous of them all

 
2023 Corvette Z06 Pace Car to Be Raced by the Fastest Woman in Indy 500
2023 Corvette Z06 Pace Car to Be Raced by the Fastest Woman in Indy 500

11 May 2022, 07:16 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Sarah Fisher will put the all-new 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 through its paces at the Indy 500 on May 29, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

 
2020 C8 Chevy Corvette to Pace Indianapolis 500, as per Tradition
2020 C8 Chevy Corvette to Pace Indianapolis 500, as per Tradition

13 Aug 2020, 07:10 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The annual motorsport gathering at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, will again see the racer pack led by a General Motors product

 
1958 Kurtis 500H Racer Up for Grabs as Piece of American Motorsport History
1958 Kurtis 500H Racer Up for Grabs as Piece of American Motorsport History

27 Apr 2020, 12:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 1958 Kurtis 500H designed by Frank Kurtis and raced for three consecutive years at the Indianapolis 500 goes under the hammer this summer

 
This Chevy Camaro Is a Nod to the 1969 Indy 500 Pace Car, Can Be Had at Auction
This Chevy Camaro Is a Nod to the 1969 Indy 500 Pace Car, Can Be Had at Auction

22 Apr 2020, 16:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the just 500 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Indy Pace Car is going under the hammer in May as part of a Barrett-Jackson online auction

 
2019 Corvette Grand Sport to Pace Indy 500, Chevy to Make a Show of It
2019 Corvette Grand Sport to Pace Indy 500, Chevy to Make a Show of It

2 Apr 2019, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On May 26, 2019, a Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport will pace the Indianapolis 500 race for the 16th time, bringing the Chevy total to 30

 
Indy 500 Corvette Pace Car Collection Looks for New Owner at Mecum Auction
Indy 500 Corvette Pace Car Collection Looks for New Owner at Mecum Auction

3 May 2018, 14:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sixteen Corvette Pace Car Edition cars to be sold at Mecum auction this month. It is the single private collection of its kind in the world.

 
Scott Dixon's Horrible Indianapolis 500 Crash Is a Testament to Racing Safety
Scott Dixon's Horrible Indianapolis 500 Crash Is a Testament to Racing Safety

29 May 2017, 11:20 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It's hard to believe anyone can emerge from something like this alive, let alone with nothing more than a sore ankle, but Scott Dixon did

 
Ford Mustang Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Selling for $1.1M
Ford Mustang Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Selling for $1.1M

2 Nov 2014, 12:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since 1911, the Indy 500 became in no time at all the premier motorsport competition in North America. To this day, the Indianapolis 500 is one of the most prestigious races in the world, so what wo...

 
Disabled Man to Drive Chevrolet Corvette With Head Movements <span>· Video</span>
Disabled Man to Drive Chevrolet Corvette With Head Movements · Video

16 May 2014, 12:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Meet Sam Schmidt. After competing in the Indy Racing League for three years and netting a win at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 1999, Sam's racing career came to a dramatic full stop. On Ja...

 
Huge Crash Marred the Start of the IndyCar Indianapolis Grand Prix
Huge Crash Marred the Start of the IndyCar Indianapolis Grand Prix

12 May 2014, 11:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The fourth round of this year's IndyCar season was dominated by a huge crash at the start of the race, involving drivers Carlos Munoz, Mikhail Aleshin and Sebastian Saavedra. Indianapolis mayor...

 
Dan Wheldon Scores Indy 500 100th Anniversary Race Win
Dan Wheldon Scores Indy 500 100th Anniversary Race Win

2 Jun 2011, 05:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The William Rast sponsored Dan Wheldon won the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Mile Race the past weekend, while also announcing a new partnership with racing superstar Danica Patric, whose racer...

 
Forever Stamp Celebrates Indianapolis 500 Centennial
Forever Stamp Celebrates Indianapolis 500 Centennial

23 May 2011, 07:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Indy 500 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway turns 100 this year, and to mark this occasion, no less than 50 million First-Class Mail Forever stamps have been released with the image of Ray ...

 
Rahal Letterman Sign Baguette for 2011 Indy 500
Rahal Letterman Sign Baguette for 2011 Indy 500

6 Apr 2011, 13:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bertrand Baguette might not have secured a full-time deal in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series, but the Belgian will make the grid in the most important race of all, the Indy 500. 2009 Formula Renault 3....

 
2011 Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance Celebrates 100 Years of Indy 500
2011 Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance Celebrates 100 Years of Indy 500

18 Feb 2011, 09:11 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance, scheduled to be held at the La Quinta Resort & Club on February 27, will greet show-goers with the theme "100 Years of Indy Cars,...

 
Indy 500 Spices Up Qualifying Format
Indy 500 Spices Up Qualifying Format

14 Apr 2010, 14:49 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The 2010 Indianapolis 500 race will have a different qualifying format, following the announcement that qualifying will be compressed from a two-weekend event to a single weekend this year. The b...

 
Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Limited Edition Unleashed
Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Limited Edition Unleashed

7 Apr 2010, 06:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The muscle car culture is back for good and all the joys that come from it are also here. We are talking about things like an official replica of the Chevrolet Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car - a l...

 
Good Morning America's Robin Roberts to Pace Indianapolis 500
Good Morning America's Robin Roberts to Pace Indianapolis 500

26 Mar 2010, 07:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS which will pace the Indianapolis 500 race on May 30 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be driven by Robin Roberts, anchor of the Good Morning America (GMA) program ...

 
Danica Makes History Again, Boosts Go Daddy’s Traffic
Danica Makes History Again, Boosts Go Daddy’s Traffic

25 May 2009, 10:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Danica Patrick, probably the sexiest auto racing driver, doubled last year’s Go Daddy campaign results with the new Indy 500 ad. It was enough of her to mention in the commercial “See wh...