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The pace car drivers through the years


YEAR CAR DRIVER
2000 Oldsmobile Aurora Anthony Edwards
1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Jay Leno
1998 Chevrolet Corvette Parnelli Jones
1997 Oldsmobile Aurora Johnny Rutherford
1996 Dodge Viper 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 V-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 Turbocharged Buick V-6 Marty Robbins
1975 Buick V-8 James Garner
1974 Hurst/Olds Jim Rathmann
1973 Cadillac Eldorado Jim Rathmann
1972 Hurst-Olds Jim Rathmann
1971 Dodge Challenger Eldon Palmer
1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 Rodger Ward
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Jim Rathmann
1968 Ford Torino/Fairlane 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 Sam Hanks
1959 Buick Sam Hanks
1958 Pontiac Sam Hanks
1957 Mercury F.C. Reith
1956 DeSoto Adventurer L.I. Woolson
1955 Chevrolet T.H. Keating
1954 Dodge William C. Newburg
1953 Ford William C. Ford
1952 Studebaker P.O. Peterson
1951 Chrysler New Yorker V-8 Dave Wallace
1950 Mercury Benson Ford
1949 Oldsmobile Wilbur Shaw
1948 Chevrolet Wilbur Shaw
1947 Nash Ambassador George W. Mason
1946 Lincoln V-12 Henry Ford II
1941 Chrysler-Newport (Phaeton) A.B. Couture
1940 Studebaker Harry Hartz
1939 Buick Charles Chayne
1938 Hudson "112" Stuart Baits
1937 LaSalle Ralph DePalma
1936 Packard "120" Tommy Milton
1935 Ford V-8 Harry Mack
1934 LaSalle "Big Boy" Rader
1933 Chrysler Imperial (Phaeton) Byron Foy
1932 Lincoln Edsel Ford
1931 Cadillac "Big Boy" Rader
1930 Cord L-29 E.L. Cord
1929 Studebaker President George Hunt
1928 Marmon "8" (Model 78) Joe Dawson
1927 LaSalle V-8 "Big Boy" Rader
1926 Chrysler Imperial "80" Louis Chevrolet
1925 Rickenbacker "8" Eddie Rickenbacker
1924 Cole V-8 Lew Pettijohn
1923 Duesenberg Fred S. Duesenberg
1922 National Sextet Barney Oldfield
1921 H.C.S. "6" Harry C. Stutz
1920 Marmon "6" (Model 34) Barney Oldfield
1919 Packard V-12 (called Twin Six) Col. J. G. Vincent
1916 Premier "6" Frank E. Smith
1915 Packard "6" Carl G. Fisher
1914 Stoddard Dayton Carl G. Fisher
1913 Stoddard Dayton Carl G. Fisher
1912 Stutz Carl G. Fisher
1911 Stoddard Dayton Carl G. Fisher
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