Sunday, May 29, 2016

The most infamous pace car in Indianapolis 500 history

Gregg Doyel: The most infamous pace car in Indianapolis 500 history
The car is beautiful, today. Orange paint, white leather interior, big brown steering wheel straight out of the 1970s. The demolished front end has been restored, leaving no trace of the mayhem this Dodge Challenger caused, the terror it struck at the 1971 Indianapolis 500.
It sits today in a warehouse in Fishers, low to the ground but long, sleek, its hood jutting over the grill like the overbite of a tiger shark.
This is the most notorious pace car in the history of the Indianapolis 500.
Well, it almost killed someone...
Read on!

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