This is the actual car that paced the field for the 1964 Indianapolis 500. To meet the speed requirements for a pace car, it was fitted with a detuned engine from the Mark I Ford GT40 race car.

Pontiac is often credited with lighting the tires on the muscle car era with the 1964 GTO, when the badge ... But Bill Vukovich's fatal crash at the 1956 Indy 500 and the massive wreck at LeMans ...