It’s Thursday. Hot damn tamale, baby! The official pace car for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 is the fastest Corvette ever produced, the new 2025 Corvette ZR1. It will be driven by NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan on Sunday, May 25th, to bring the field to the green flag. All the juicy details and photos are below.
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We’ve known since last year that the 2025 Corvette ZR1 was going to be the official pace car for the 2025 Indianapolis 500, as well as the fact that NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan was going to be the official driver of the pace car. Fox Sports has taken over the broadcast rights for IndyCar in 2025 and they made the official announcement on Thanksgiving Day.
However, today was the day for the official reveal of the 2025 Corvette ZR1 Indy 500 Pace Car and it sure doesn’t disappoint. Like the official unveiling of this year’s Festival Corvettes and Silverados, the ZR1 is wearing the same Arctic White exterior with Emerald Green and Gold graphics, and a modified racing stripe that plays into the ZR1’s front hood design.
The ZR1 Pace Car is a split window coupe with body color vents separating the rear windows. It’s also shown with its visible carbon fiber wheels, as well as the carbon aero package that features a stripe on the large wing as well as yellow end plates with the Indy 500’s iconic wheel and wings logo. Safety lights have been integrated throughout the car and we can see them on top of the split rear windows,
“Chevrolet is proud that the 2025 Corvette ZR1, our fastest Corvette ever, will be the Official Pace Car for the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500,” said Scott Bell, global Chevrolet vice president. “With a top speed of 233 mph, the Corvette ZR1 is the perfect fit to lead the Indy 500 field to green.”
The 2025 Corvette ZR1 is well-suited for official pace car duty as it delivers 1,064 horsepower from its 55L twin-turbo V8 engine which is the most powerful V8 ever produced in America. The Corvette ZR1 offers incredible acceleration – capable of zero to 60 mph in 2.3 seconds before rushing through the quarter-mile in 9.6 seconds at 150 mph, making it the quickest Corvette ever.
The Chevrolet Corvette is the longest-running car nameplate in automotive history and it’s no surprise to see that Corvette has also paced “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” more times than ever. The 2025 race marks the 36th time for Chevrolet to pace dating back to 1948 and the 22nd time overall, all since 1978, for America’s favorite sports car.
“As we anticipate another iconic Indianapolis 500, we are once again excited to have the incredible American sports car Corvette pacing the field,” IMS and INDYCAR President J. Douglas Boles said. “The race car-like performance of the Corvette ZR1 makes it the perfect car to pace the Indianapolis 500, and the distinctive sound of the Chevrolet V8 engine will echo brilliantly inside the walls of IMS.”
The 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 25th with the Green Flag signifying the start of the race at 12:45 pm ET. The race will be shown on FOX.
2025 Indy Pace Car
It’s Thursday. Hot damn tamale, baby! The official pace car for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 is the fastest Corvette ever produced, the new 2025 Corvette ZR1. It will be driven by NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan on Sunday, May 25th, to bring the field to the green flag. All the juicy details and photos are below.
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We’ve known since last year that the 2025 Corvette ZR1 was going to be the official pace car for the 2025 Indianapolis 500, as well as the fact that NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan was going to be the official driver of the pace car. Fox Sports has taken over the broadcast rights for IndyCar in 2025 and they made the official announcement on Thanksgiving Day.
However, today was the day for the official reveal of the 2025 Corvette ZR1 Indy 500 Pace Car and it sure doesn’t disappoint. Like the official unveiling of this year’s Festival Corvettes and Silverados, the ZR1 is wearing the same Arctic White exterior with Emerald Green and Gold graphics, and a modified racing stripe that plays into the ZR1’s front hood design.
The ZR1 Pace Car is a split window coupe with body color vents separating the rear windows. It’s also shown with its visible carbon fiber wheels, as well as the carbon aero package that features a stripe on the large wing as well as yellow end plates with the Indy 500’s iconic wheel and wings logo. Safety lights have been integrated throughout the car and we can see them on top of the split rear windows,
“Chevrolet is proud that the 2025 Corvette ZR1, our fastest Corvette ever, will be the Official Pace Car for the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500,” said Scott Bell, global Chevrolet vice president. “With a top speed of 233 mph, the Corvette ZR1 is the perfect fit to lead the Indy 500 field to green.”
The 2025 Corvette ZR1 is well-suited for official pace car duty as it delivers 1,064 horsepower from its 55L twin-turbo V8 engine which is the most powerful V8 ever produced in America. The Corvette ZR1 offers incredible acceleration – capable of zero to 60 mph in 2.3 seconds before rushing through the quarter-mile in 9.6 seconds at 150 mph, making it the quickest Corvette ever.
The Chevrolet Corvette is the longest-running car nameplate in automotive history and it’s no surprise to see that Corvette has also paced “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” more times than ever. The 2025 race marks the 36th time for Chevrolet to pace dating back to 1948 and the 22nd time overall, all since 1978, for America’s favorite sports car.
“As we anticipate another iconic Indianapolis 500, we are once again excited to have the incredible American sports car Corvette pacing the field,” IMS and INDYCAR President J. Douglas Boles said. “The race car-like performance of the Corvette ZR1 makes it the perfect car to pace the Indianapolis 500, and the distinctive sound of the Chevrolet V8 engine will echo brilliantly inside the walls of IMS.”
The 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 25th with the Green Flag signifying the start of the race at 12:45 pm ET. The race will be shown on FOX.