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Morgan Freeman, who played the gentle chauffeur opposite Jessica Tandy in the 1989 “Driving Miss Daisy,” will drive the Chevrolet Corvette pace car at the start of the Indianapolis 500 on May 30.
“Right next to acting, my childhood dream was to drive on a Speedway track,” said Freeman, who will lead the starting field on the parade and pace laps at the start of the race.
Other celebrity pace car drivers in recent years included comedian Jay Leno, actors Anthony Edwards and Jim Caviezel and model Elaine Irwin-Mellencamp, wife of Indiana rocker John Mellencamp.
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Edited by the Sports staff of RedEye.
