| Seven-time Tour de France cycling champion Lance | | | | excited to have been selected. He will circle the |
| Armstrong of the United States has been selected to | | | | four-kilometer Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval |
| drive the pace car at the 90th Indianapolis 500 auto | | | | ahead of the race cars before veering off into the pits |
| race in Indiana. | | | | as the green flag is waved to begin the race. |
| Armstrong retired from competitive cycling after he | | | | Armstrong says after 20 years of competitive cycling |
| won a record seventh straight Tour de France title in | | | | he is still more comfortable behind handlebars than he |
| 2005. But on May 28, in front of more than a quarter | | | | is behind the wheels of an Indy race car. In his words, |
| million screaming fans, he will drive the Chevrolet | | | | "Hopefully I can not mess things up. Driving a |
| Corvette pace car ahead of the 33-car field at the | | | | high-powered vehicle like that is totally different." |
| Indy Racing League event. | | | | Some information for this report provided by AP. |
| Armstrong said Tuesday that he is honored and | | | | |