102 Stats in 102 Days Until 102nd Indy 500 – Day 87, Pace Cars, By Manufacturer (May 11, 2018)

The 102nd Indianapolis 500 is 16 days away! This is the 87th day of the 102 Stats in 102 Days Until the 102nd Indy 500 blog.

Each day from now until the Saturday before the Indianapolis 500, we’ll post a list of stats related to the race. Some are well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.

A total of 27 manufacturers have produced cars that served as pace cars for the Indianapolis 500. Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 28 cars, most of them Corvettes or Camaros. A Chevrolet has served as the pace car every year since 2002, a total of 16 straight years, through the 2017 race.

Pace Cars, By Manufacturer

- Chevrolet: 28

- Oldsmobile: 11

- Ford: 7

- Chrysler: 6

- Buick: 6

- Studebaker: 4

- Pontiac: 4

- Dodge: 4

- Stoddard-Dayton: 3

- Packard: 3

- LaSalle: 3

- Cadillac: 3

- Mercury: 3

- Marmon: 2

- Lincoln: 2

- Stutz: 1

- Premier: 1

- H.C.S.: 1

- National: 1

- Duesenberg: 1

- Cole: 1

- Rickenbacker: 1

- Cord: 1

- Hudson: 1

- Nash: 1

- DeSoto: 1

- Plymouth: 1

Notes of Interest

- The pace cars for the 1972 and 1974 races were known as Hurst/Oldsmobile.