Mario's Tribute to Indy 500 Corvettes

1978 C3 Corvette was celebrating its 25th anniversary.

1978 C3 In recognition of that milestone, it was named the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 race for the first time.

1986 C4 Big news for ‘86 was that a Corvette would pace the Indy 500 for the second time.

1986 C4 The only visual change for ‘86, besides the roadster version, was the mandated third brake light.

1995 C4 The Corvette was chosen to pace the Indy 500 in 1995 for the third time.

1995 C4 Indy 500 Corvette Pace Car – The First “Designer” Indy 500 Corvette.

1998 C5 Corvette convertible was selected as the Official Pace Car for the fourth time for Indy 500.

1998 C5 Featured a color scheme that was like no other. An exclusive Radar Blue paint with extensive Indy 500 graphics, yellow wheels, and yellow interior accents.

2002 C5 50TH Anniversary. The Corvette served as the Indy 500 pace car for a record-setting fifth time at the 2002 Indianapolis 500.

2002 C5 The car was a 2003-model 50th Anniversary Edition Corvette coupe, which kicked off a year-long celebration of the nameplate's 50th birthday.

2004 C5 Corvette performed the Indy 500 pace car duties for the sixth time.

2004 C5 This was the last of the C5 Corvettes and the pace car was driven by Morgan Freeman.

2005 C6 For a record seventh time, Corvette will pace the Indianapolis 500.

2005 C6 General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State, drove a 2005 Corvette convertible pace car.

2006 C6 The eighth time a Corvette was chosen to be the Indy 500 pace car.

2006 C6 Lance Armstrong was chosen to drive the 2006 Corvette pace car.

2007 C6 In new Atomic Orange paint with distinctive gold ribbon graphics, the Corvette was the Indy 500 pace car for the ninth time.

2007 C6 The Corvette was driven by Patrick Dempsey from the TV show Grey’s Anatomy.

2008 C6 A record five in a row Corvette was the Indy 500 pace car for the 10th time.

2008 C6 Two-time Indianapolis 500 and Formula One champion Emerson Fittipaldi drove the Chevrolet Corvette pace car.

2012 C6 ZR1 With 638 hp. The 2013 Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production car up until this time to pace the famous race.

2012 C6 ZR1 This will be the 11th time a Corvette has served as the pace car for the Indianapolis 500.

2013 C7 The all-new, seventh-generation 2014 Corvette Stingray will serve as the Indianapolis 500 Pace Car in 2013.

2013 C7 It marks a record 12th time the Corvette has served as the Pace Car.

2015 C7 Z06 is the 13th time a Corvette has served as the official pace car.

2015 C7 Z06 Five-time Brickyard winner JEFF GORDON Drove the CORVETTE Z06 INDY 500 PACE CAR.

2017 C7 The Corvette Grand Sport is the official pace car for the 2017 Indianapolis 500.

2017 C7 Grand Sport marks the 14th time a Corvette has served as the official Indy 500 Pace car.

2018 C7 ZR1 A 755 horsepower 2019 Corvette ZR1 was unveiled as the pace car for the 2018 Indy 500 for the 15th time. It was crashed by a GM Executive at the race.

2018 C7 ZR1 With 755 supercharged horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 was actually more powerful than the current racers in Indy 500, which vary between 550 and 700 horsepower.

2019 C7 The 2019 Grand Sport served as the pace-car duties for 2019 for the 16th time.

2019 C7 Grand Sport The 2019 C7 will be the last front-engined Corvette to do pace-car duties.

2020 C8 The 2020 mid-engined Corvette is the pace car for the 2020 Indianapolis 500 for the 17th time. GM President Mark Reuss is behind the wheel.

2020 C8 The 'Vette pace car has the Z51 package. The body will wear a Torch Red paint with Carbon Flash exterior accents and the ground effects package.

2021 C8 The 2021 Indy 500 pace car is a 2021 Corvette Convertible the fifth consecutive Corvette for the 18th time. Danica Patrick was the driver for the 2021 Indy 500 pace car.

2021 C8 Corvette has been the Indy 500 pace car the most times of any car with 18 times. Second place is a distant Camaro with 9 times.

2022 C8 Pace Car Is a 2023 Corvette Z06 driven by Sarah Fisher.

2022 C8 Pace Car is a 2023 Corvette Z06. 19 Times.