Packard Pace Car Leading the Indianapolis 500
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The convertible Packard pace car is on the inside of the track, next to the front row of race cars at the beginning of the race.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
It took Ray Harroun 6 hours and 42 minutes to win the first Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1911. Speeding past the checkered flag in his bright yellow Marmon “Wasp,” Harroun had driven the five hundred miles at an average speed of 74.6 mph. Today’s…