VIN |
Use /
driver |
Current
owner or status |
Last update |
JH27 N1B 266664 |
Track (Primary Pace Car) |
Steve Cage, Indianapolis, IN.
Fully restored. |
5/06 |
JH27 N1B 341009 |
Track (Back-up Pace Car) |
Steve Cage, Indianapolis, IN. |
5/06 |
JH27 G1B 329582 |
Candice Sue Gluster,
"500" Festival Queen |
Steve Cage, Indianapolis, IN. |
5/06 |
JH27 G1B 329583 |
Maurel Rothbaum, Vice
Chairman |
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JH27 G1B 329584 |
Michael G. Schaefer, Chairman
of the Board |
Steven Donahue, Indnanapolis,
IN. Needs full restoration. |
12/03 |
JH27 G1B 329585 |
Clyde L. Peterson, President |
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JH27 G1B 329637 |
Fred C. Tucker, Jr., Senior
Vice President |
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JH27 G1B 329638 |
John T. Barnett, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329639 |
Mrs. John Burkhart, Board of
Directors |
Sold on eBay in
June 2005, needing full restoration. Current owner unknown. |
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JH27 G1B 329630 |
Charles R. Davis, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329631 |
David K. Easlick, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329632 |
Marvin W. Farber, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329633 |
C. Perry Griffith, Board of
Directors |
Mark Winzenread, Indianapolis, IN.
Purchased June 7, 1971 from McGinty Dodge |
5/05 |
JH27 G1B 329643 |
James E. Pauloski, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329644 |
Gene Turner, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329645 |
Joseph M. Areddy, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 337713 |
Richard A Steele, Board of
Directors |
Sold for parts in 1992. |
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JH27 ??? 329622 |
Thomas W. Binford, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 L1B 329623 |
Howard R. Bunnell, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 L1B 329624 |
Mrs. Darroll French, Board of
Directors |
Julia Johnson. Purchased in 1972,
restored in 2003. 383 engine. |
2/04 |
JH27 G1B 329625 |
Otto N. Frenzel III, Board of
Directors |
Russell Bawcum,
Woodbridge, VA (as of 6/05). Needs full restoration. |
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JH27 G1B 329634 |
William E. Kennedy, Jr.,
Board of Directors |
Larry Kennedy, Wanamaker, IN |
5/06 |
JH27 G1B 329635 |
Robert D. Kiley, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329636 |
Walter B. Kirkwood, Jr.,
Board of Directors |
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JH27 G1B 336041 |
Ted B. Lewis, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 336042 |
Dr. Frank P. Lloyd, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 336043 |
E. B. Lyle, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 336044 |
James B. Mathis, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 336045 |
Robert G. Moorhead, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329577 |
Elmer H. Ostermeyer, Board of
Directors |
Tina Exline Kirkpatrick,
Indnanapolis, IN. Purchased by Emerson and Donita
Exline from Palmer Dodge. |
3/05 |
JH27 G1B 329578 |
Mrs. Walter J. Pippert, Board
of Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329579 |
Mrs. Robert M. Raber, Board
of Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329580 |
Russell M. Romine, Board of
Directors |
Bought by Tom Finocchio, Wilmington, DE,
in 7/03. Sold to D. Wagley of Martinsburg, WV in 7/05. Sold
with original engine plus 440 4-spd installed. Current whereabouts
unknown. |
3/07 |
JH27 G1B 329626 |
Mrs. Robert Sexson, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329627 |
Elmer C. Snow, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329628 |
Mrs. Josephine Hauck, Executive
Director, 500 Festival |
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JH27 G1B 329629 |
Dr. Robert Tarplee, Board of
Directors |
Gene & Dianne Piurkowski,
Rindge, NH |
5/06 |
JH27 G1B 329640 |
Richard L. Tewksbury, Board
of Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329641 |
John R. Walsh, Board of
Directors |
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JH27 G1B 329642 |
Governor Edgar Whitcomb,
Governor of Indiana |
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JH27 G1B 334216 |
Rep. Austin Barker, US
Congressman |
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JH27 L1B 310515 |
Gene Beltz, President,
Shadeland Dodge |
Thomas Donatucci,
Philadelphia, PA.
383 engine. |
6/05 |
JH27 G1B 300018 |
Ralph Hesler (sports
writer?) |
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JH27 G1B 313831 |
Claude Wallsmith, President,
Capitol Dodge |
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JH27 H1B 285646 |
Eldon Palmer, President,
Palmer Dodge |
Dennis Bower, Anamosa, IA |
5/06 |
JH27 G1B 287238 |
William Sutterfield
(occupation unknown) |
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JH27 G1B 284355 |
Marvin Maguire (occupation
unknown) |
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JH27 H1B 337696 |
Bernard McGinty, President,
McGinty Dodge |
Jim Beall, Twelve Mile, IN. 340
engine. |
5/06 |
JH27 H1B 285649 |
R. B. McCurry, President,
McCurry Dodge |
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JH27 G1B 334167 |
K. W. Byers (occupation
unknown) |
Currently for sale on eBay.
Located in Granite Bay, CA |
3/07 |
Additional cars of note:
WP45 G1A 105427 - Dodge Coronet Station Wagon,
assigned to track use
JH27 H1B 358847 - AKA the "Judy Ham" car
This is a "clone" car and not an actual pace car. According
to Gene, the VIN number of this car puts the build date too late in the year for it
to have been at the Indy 500.
One of the first owners of this car was Judy Ham of
Lexington, KY. (One source tells me that she was the original owner,
others say she purchased the car used.) She is credited with adding
the pace car lettering to the car. A friend of Judy's tells me that
she purchased a set of cling decals at a swap meet but then decided to
preserve the original decals and instead had the lettering painted on the
car. "She just wanted a clone car and was not trying to deceive
anyone," says Ron Snowden. Ron says that when Judy sold the car many
years later, she was very clear that it was a reproduction, not an actual
pace car. Unfortunately she also sold the original decal set with the
car, which may have added to the confusion and given credibility to claims
that it was an actual pace car. This car also has a rally hood with a
hood scoop, which none of the track cars had.
As of October 2002, this car was
owned by Gary Fazenbaker.
JH27 G1B 293393 - I received an email claiming that
this car was one of two Y28 public relations cars provided by Ray Johnson of
Shadeland Dodge. The owner at the time (Jim Hostetler) referred to it
as "#3 of 52 pace cars built" and says this has been verified by
Galen Govier. As of February 2004, this car was owned by Todd Martin.