Indy 500 pace car question?

May be...

I believe there were Honda Accords this year as Honda is the sole manufacturer of the IRL so to answer your question, yes.

Edit: I was wrong, they had Corvette's this year. I will now guess that they never did as GM seems to have it every year that I can remember.

Has there been any foreign pace cars in Indy 500?

If not, why not?

INDIANAPOLIS 500 вЂ" PACE CARS

Year-Pace Car-Driver

1911 Stoddard-Dayton Carl G. Fisher
1912 Stutz Carl G. Fisher
1913 Stoddard-Dayton Carl G. Fisher
1914 Stoddard-Dayton Carl G. Fisher
1915 Packard “6” Carl G. Fisher
1916 Premier “6” Frank E. Smith
1919 Packard V-12 (called Twin Six) Col. J. G. Vincent
1920 Marmon “6” (Model 34) Barney Oldfield
1921 H.C.S. “6” Harry C. Stutz
1922 National Sextet Barney Oldfield
1923 Duesenberg Fred S. Duesenberg
1924 Cole V-8 Lew Pettijohn
1925 Rickenbacker “8” Eddie Rickenbacker
1926 Chrysler Imperial 80 Louis Chevrolet
1927 LaSalle V-8 “Big Boy” Rader
1928 Marmon “8” (Model 78) Joe Dawson
1929 Studebaker President George Hunt
1930 Cord L-29 Wade Morton
1931 Cadillac “Big Boy” Rader
1932 Lincoln Edsel Ford
1933 Chrysler Imperial (Phaeton) Byron Foy
1934 LaSalle “Big Boy” Rader
1935 Ford V-8 Harry Mack
1936 Packard 120 Tommy Milton
1937 LaSalle Series 50 Ralph DePalma
1938 Hudson 112 Stuart Baits
1939 Buick Roadmaster Charles Chayne
1940 Studebaker Harry Hartz
1941 Chrysler-Newport (Phaeton) A.B. Couture
1946 Lincoln V-12 Henry Ford II
1947 Nash Ambassador George W. Mason
1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Wilbur Shaw
1949 Oldsmobile 88 Wilbur Shaw
1950 Mercury Benson Ford
1951 Chrysler New Yorker V-8 Dave Wallace
1952 Studebaker Commander P.O. Peterson
1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner William C. Ford
1954 Dodge Royal William C. Newburg
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air T.H. Keating
1956 DeSoto Adventurer L.I. Woolson
1957 Mercury Convertible Cruiser F.C. Reith
1958 Pontiac Bonneville Sam Hanks
1959 Buick Electra 225 Sam Hanks
1960 Oldsmobile 98 Sam Hanks
1961 Ford Thunderbird Sam Hanks
1962 Studebaker Lark Sam Hanks
1963 Chrysler 300 Sam Hanks
1964 Ford Mustang Benson Ford
1965 Plymouth Sports Fury P.M. Buckminster
1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT Benson Ford
1967 Chevrolet Camaro Mauri Rose
1968 Ford Torino/Fairlane William C. Ford
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Jim Rathmann
1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 Rodger Ward
1971 Dodge Challenger Eldon Palmer
1972 Hurst/Olds Jim Rathmann
1973 Cadillac Eldorado Jim Rathmann
1974 Hurst/Olds Jim Rathmann
1975 Buick V-8 James Garner
1976 Buick V-6 Marty Robbins
1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88 James Garner
1978 Chevrolet Corvette Jim Rathmann
1979 Ford Mustang Jackie Stewart
1980 Pontiac Turbo-Trans Am Johnnie Parsons
1981 Buick Regal V-6 Duke Nalon
1982 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Jim Rathmann
1983 Buick Riviera Convertible Duke Nalon
1984 Pontiac Fiero John Callies
1985 Oldsmobile Calais James Garner
1986 Chevrolet Corvette Gen. Chuck Yeager
1987 Chrysler LeBaron Carroll Shelby
1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Gen. Chuck Yeager
1989 20th Anniversary Pontiac Trans Am Bobby Unser
1990 Chevrolet Beretta Jim Perkins
1991 Dodge Viper V-10 Carroll Shelby
1992 Cadillac Allante Bobby Unser
1993 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 Jim Perkins
1994 Ford Mustang Cobra Parnelli Jones
1995 Chevrolet Corvette Jim Perkins
1996 Dodge Viper GTS Robert A. Lutz
1997 Oldsmobile Aurora Johnny Rutherford
1998 Chevrolet Corvette Parnelli Jones
1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Jay Leno
2000 Oldsmobile Aurora Anthony Edwards
2001 Oldsmobile Bravada Elaine Irwin-Mellencamp
2002 Chevrolet Corvette Jim Caviezel
2003 Chevrolet SSR Herb Fishel
2004 Chevrolet Corvette C5 Morgan Freeman
2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Gen. Colin Powell
2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Lance Armstrong
2007 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible Patrick Dempsey
2008 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 E85 Emerson Fittipaldi
Chevrolet Corvette commemorative edition

They either used a Honda or a Corvette.