Every Indy 500 pace car and its driver, 1911 to 2021

In fact, it was Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl Fisher who came up with the idea of ditching the standing start for the more spectacular – and in Fisher’s mind, safer – rolling start. He would lead the field – at that time, 40 cars arranged in eight rows of five! – driving a Stoddard-Dayton at 45mph.
Every Indy 500 has used a pace car ever since. Fisher paced …Keep reading