Ford Thunderbird, Official Pace Car at Indianapolis 500, May 30, 1961
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The Indianapolis 500 features a "rolling start" in which entrants follow a pace car into the green flag. Officials chose each year's pace car based on design or engineering, or to celebrate major milestones. For 1961, Ford Motor Company supplied a gold-painted Thunderbird -- gold to celebrate the race's 50th anniversary that year.
The Indianapolis 500 features a "rolling start" in which entrants follow a pace car into the green flag. Officials chose each year's pace car based on design or engineering, or to celebrate major milestones. For 1961, Ford Motor Company supplied a gold-painted Thunderbird -- gold to celebrate the race's 50th anniversary that year.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
30 May 1961
Creators
Keywords
United States, Indiana, Indianapolis
Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.2095
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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