With its fins growing with its power, the 1956 Fireflite was the perfect car to set the pace of the era, and that it did in the 1956 Indianapolis 500 as the official pacecar. To mark the occasion, 400 examples of the fully loaded, top-of-the-line Fireflites were branded ‘Indianapolis Pacesetters’ and each one was finished in the two-tone white and gold color scheme of the car that paced the race.
