The 33 car field rumbles toward Turn 7 behind the Pontiac Grand Prix pace car.  Did Phil Hill drive the pace car? 

Almost all of the cars and drivers shown in this beyond-classic photo are featured on this website.

In the front row we see pole sitter (and race winner) Jack Brabham in Hap Sharp's white 2.75 liter Indy Cooper-engined Cooper Monaco.
In the middle is Stirling Moss in the peas soup-green 2.5 liter Lotus Mk.19.
On the outside of the front row is Bruce McLaren in another 2.75 liter Cooper Monaco.

In the 2nd row are Dan Gurney in the Arciero Bros. Lotus Mk.19 and Jim Hall in his front-engined Chaparral 1-Chevrolet.

Walt Hansgen in #61 Briggs Cunningham's Birdcage Maserati is on the inside of the 3rd row; beside him are two Scarabs, driven by Harry Heuer and Chuck Daigh.

Peter Ryan in his #83 Lotus Mk.19 and Bill Krause in a Birdcage Maserati form the 4th row.

5th row:   Chuck Parsons -- Birdcage Maserati
                 Bob Drake -- Old Yeller III
                 Alan Connell -- Birdcage Maserati-Ferrari V12

6th row:   George Constantine -- Ferrari 250TR
                  Bob Harris -- Campbell Special-Chevrolet

7th row:    Lew Spencer -- Devin-Corvette VKI
                  Rodger Ward -- Cooper Monaco-Buick
                  Paul Cunningham -- Kurtis-Pontiac

8th row:   Olivier Gendebein -- 2 liter Lotus Mk.19
                  Ken Miles -- Porsche RS61

9th row:   Dick Thompson -- 2 liter Birdcage Maserati Longtail LeMans
                 Jack McAfee -- Porsche RSK
                  Leon Robertson -- 2 liter Cooper Monaco

10th row:  Scooter Patrick -- PAM Special-Porsche
                   Bob Donner -- Porsche RS61

11th row:  Steve Herrick -- Porsche RS60
                   George Follmer -- Porsche 550 RS
                   Roger Penske -- Cooper Monaco   (Won consolation race and transferred to main event)

12th row:  Augie Pabst -- Maserati Type 63 V12  (Finished 2nd in consolation race and transferred)
                   Jerry Grant -- Ferrari 250TR   (Finished 3rd in consolation race and transferred)

13th row:  Don Hulette -- Mistral-bodied Ferrari 375MM-Maserati V8  (Fininished 4th in consolation race and transferred)
                   Steve Baughman -- Maserati 200 SI   (1st under-two liter in consolation race -- transferred)
                   George Grinzewitsch -- 2 liter Cooper Monaco  (2nd under-two liter in consolation race -- transferred)

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