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Article: Jim Caviezel to Drive Indy 500 Pace Car
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- April 12, 2002
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Actor Jim Caviezel will drive the Chevrolet Corvette
pace car at the start of the May 26 Indianapolis 500.
Caviezel, who spent weeks learning how to fence for his role in "The
Count of Monte Cristo" and drove a hydroplane for the upcoming movie
"Madison," called his real-life role as pace car driver an "opportunity
of a lifetime."
"From a Hollywood perspective, winning an Academy Award is the ultimate
honor one can receive," he said Wednesday. "For a race fan like me,
being in control of the pace car ahead of those 33 race machines
will be an adrenaline rush second to ...