text: MORE THAN 250 INDY 500 PACE CAR OWNERS INVITED TO TAKE IMS LAP – TJSlideways.com
  INDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, May 15, 2011 – Owners of more than 250 vintage Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars will have the opportunity to take a ceremonial lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the end of Pole Day/Tom Carnegie Day on Saturday, May 21.
  Headlining this amazing array of automobiles will be the historic Stoddard-Dayton model that paced the inaugural Indianapolis 500 won in 1911 by Ray Harroun, who drove the legendary Marmon-Wasp to victory. The 1911 Indianapolis 500 was the first auto race ever to use a Pace Car, which is now a tradition at races around the world. At the wheel of the Stoddard-Dayton at the 1911 "500" was Carl G. Fisher, one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  Additional highlights of Pole Day/Tom Carnegie Day on May 21 include question-and-answer sessions at 10 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. with a past Indy 500 pole winner on the Coca-Cola Stage, hosted by IMS Historian Donald Davidson.
  Musical performances on the Coca-Cola Stage includeSixteen Candles at 1 p.m. and All Time Low at 3:30 p.m.
  Featured events on Bump Day/IMS Armed Forces Day on May 22 include an amazing collection of military vehicles on display in the Pagoda Plaza for fans to review. The traditional, annual Armed Forces Enlistment Ceremony will begin at 10:15 a.m.
  Willy T. Ribbs, the first African-American to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, will appear in a question-and-answer session at 10:45 a.m. on the Coca-Cola Stage, followed by an autograph session at 11:30 a.m. in the Pagoda Plaza.
  Three musical performances will take place on the Coca-Cola Stage: Rapid Fire at 9 a.m., Blank Pages at noon and Living Proof at 3:30 p.m.
  Admission is $15, with kids 12 and under are free, each day May 21-22.
  The 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 starts at noon (ET) May 29. Live coverage on ABC and the IMS Radio Network-XM 94 starts at 11 a.m.