Please pardon any errors, corrections encouraged!
Chrysler Corporation HISTORY
Indianapolis 500
Pace Cars :
First Year to Last Year
Year--- Car---Driver
1926 Chrysler Imperial - Louis Chevrolet
1933 Chrysler Imperial - Byron Foy
1941 Chrysler Newport (Phaeton) - A.B.Couture
1951 Chrysler New Yorker - Dave Wallace
1954 Dodge Royal 500 - William C. Newburg
1956 DeSoto Adventurer - L.I. Woolson
1963 Chrysler "300" - Sam Hanks
1965 Plymouth Sports Fury - P.M. Buckminster
1971 Dodge Challenger - Eldon Palmer
1987 Chrysler LeBaron - Carroll Shelby
1991 Dodge Viper - Carroll Shelby
1996 Dodge Viper - Robert A. Lutz
Also in 1971 The Challenger Pace Car was wrecked in a accident.
Only Year to happen so far.
In 1996 Dodge Ram Pickup Indy 500 Special
Used as Wreckers & Demos
In case you don't know
Not a Mopar
just for the record
1999 Indy 500 Pace Car
Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Jay Leno
{Does own several Mopars}
Remember our Veterans on Memorial Day
They Served our Country For Our Freedom
Courtesy of Gary Quay
Gene Rivers
Secretary,
Houston Mopar Connection Club
<A HREF="http://www.flash.net/~mamopar/99sr.html">1999 HMCC Show & Race</A>
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