INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles was handed the keys to this year’s Indianapolis 500 pace car on Tuesday afternoon.
A Chevrolet Corvette Z06 hardtop convertible will lead the field in this month’s Indy 500.
“All these things that are kind of routine that are moving forward, that just means race day is coming,” Boles said. “And this is one of them because it really means that practice is coming up. That official practice always comes right after we get the delivery of the pace car.”
It is the 20th time a Corvette has served as the pace car for the Indy 500.
“I can’t wait until there are no people,” Boles joked. “I can find the keys to this thing and make a couple rounds after hours of the door here to see how this thing works.”
Boles said Tuesday that he hopes to announce a celebrity car driver early next week.
