1915 Packard Indy Pace car returns to Indy 101 years later

[apacap]

A couple of years ago The AACA magazine did a feature about the 1915 Indy 500 Pace car owned and driven by Carl Graham Fisher, the builder and owner of the Indy 500 Speedway. This car was Carl's personal car which he used to pace several races. He was the person who solved the problem of pushing through the impenetrable smoke of 33 race cars at the starting line by doing a "rolling start" by using a pace car to bring cars up to speed, then pulling off to allow the race to begin.  He was also the father and founder of the Lincoln Highway, America's first coast to coast rock highway. He also used this car to survey portions of this highway. This car had been hidden away and not run in at least 80 years by our reckoning. This past February we set about the project of awakening the car from it's long rest to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Indy 500. We were able to accomplish this and take it to Indy for the Pace Car Reunion on May 21st. This link is to the video to chronicle the event,https://youtu.be/JR2GLSpQxhA

[35buickakaBelle]

Beautiful car.  Any videos you got so we could hear her. 

[JACK M]

Yes, search this site for a discussion from about a week ago. There is a link to a ride in this car.