[Dennis Vieira]

I am gathering information on the 1960 Oldsmobile Pace Car used in the 1960 Indy 500 race. So far, I have been in touch with the Indy 500 office, Skillman Olds in Indianapolis (formerly Charlie Stewart Oldsmobile), and Mr. Charlie Stewart himself about two weeks ago. What I have found out about that race and the cars used is quite interesting. I am in the process of contacting the winner of the race, Jim Rathman. He is the ooldest living winner of the Indy 500 and is in good shape for his age (90). He got $110,000.00 and the 60m 98 convertible for winning the race. I am trying to trace the serial number of the actual car he was given. There were a total of 8 60 Ninty Eight convertibles used in the race tiself and a total of 60 (not the year, but 60 of them) used in the entire month long promotion of the race. I have found that most of the info that one finds on the internet is inacurate. Some say the Olds that paced the reace had white interior, and some say it had blue interior. According to Charlie Stewart, who supplied all of them, they were all white with the typical double red with white stripe interior. Anyway, when I am finished compiling all the information, I'll report what I find.

Dennis Vieira / Auburn, New Hampshire / white '60 "98" convertible