Unit # Type of Unit Unit 1 Banner Opening Banner 2 Band Purdue Univeristy's "All-American" Marching Band 3 VIP/Vintage Justin Christian - Chairman, 500 Festival Board of Directors 4 VIP/Vintage Rafael Sanchez - President, Power & Light Company 5 Float Indianapolis Power & Light Company's Float "Accelerate Power" Specialty Ernie Pyle VFW 1937 Fire Engine with Crispus Attucks 2017 State Champion 5C Unit Basketball Team 6 VIP/Antique Eva Mozes Kor - 2017 Grand Marshal 7 Equine Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol 8 VIP/Vintage Eric Holcomb - Honorable Governor of 9 VIP/Vintage Joe Hogsett - Honorable Mayor of Indianapolis 10A VIP/Vintage Lossie Davis - Marion Co. Sherrif Deputy of the Year Christopher T. Smith - Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer of 10B VIP/Vintage the Year 11 Balloon American Eagle Balloon 12 Band Indianapolis Public Schools' All City Marching Band 13 Float 500 Festival Princess Program, presented by Reis-Nichols, Float 14 VIP/Vintage Jeffrey Dean Morgan 15 Balloon Rooster Balloon Specialty 16 Unit Indianapolis Chinese Community Center Specialty 17 Unit Nationalities Council of Indianapolis Specialty 18 Unit Consulate of Mexico Specialty 19 Unit Ballet Folklorico Mosaicos Specialty 20 Unit Nepalese Assocation of Indiana 21 Band Goshen High School's Crimson Marching Band Specialty Unique 1948 Fire Truck with Plus 2017, Mrs. Indiana Plus 2017, Miss 22 Unit Indiana Teen USA 2017, Miss Indiana USA 2017 23A Banner Award Banner: Checkered Flag Award For Positive Community Impact The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Float "Hot Wheels: Race to Win" 23B Float featuring Lyn St. James 24A VIP/Vintage Matt Painter - Purdue University Basketball Coach 24B VIP/Vintage Mike Bobinski - Purdue University Athletic Director 25 Balloon Very Hungry Caterpillar Balloon 26 VIP/Vintage Nathan Kress - Actor 27 Band West Aurora High School's Blackhawk Marching Band 28 Float American Dairy Association Indiana, Inc. Float "Spirit of the Champion" 29 VIP/Vintage Madison Kocian - USA Gymnastics 30 Equine Mid America Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team 31 Balloon Madgascar Penguins Balloons (4) 33A VIP/Vintage Glenn Robsinon III - Indiana Pacers 33B VIP/Vintage Boomer - Indiana Pacers, Freddy Fever - Indiana Fever Specialty 33C Unit Indiana Pacemates 34 Band Western High School's Western Marching Panthers 35 VIP/Vintage Tom Allen - Indiana University Football Coach 36 Float Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Float "Anthem Angels, American Heroes" Specialty 37 Unit OneAmerica "Spirit of America" Walking Flag 38 Equine Culver Academies Freisian Mounted Color Guard 39A VIP/Vintage Major General Courtney P. Carr, Adjutant General, Indiana 39B VIP/Vintage General Robert B. Abrams, Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command 39C VIP/Vintage Major General Andrew P. Poppas, Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division 40 Band Navy Band Great Lakes 41 Float The American Legion Float "Accelerating our Legacy Forward" 42 Balloon Uncle Sam Balloon 42C Float Eagle Sound Tower Specialty 43 Unit Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders and Junior Colts Cheerleaders 44 Band Decatur Central High School's Marching Band 45 VIP/Vintage Doug Boles - President, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Chevy Pace 46 Car Official Pace Car for 101st Running of the Indy 500, presented by Specialty 47 Unit Murat Shrine Club 48A Balloon Row 11 Balloon - Black and White VIP/Pace 48B Cars James Davison, Zach Veach and Sebastian Saavedra 49 Band Kokomo High School's Kokomo Marching Wildkats 50 Float Shell Fuel Rewards Float "Indy Fans Save More With Every Fill" 51A Balloon Row 10 Balloon - Green VIP/Pace 51B Cars , and Pippa Mann 52 Equine Wells Fargo Stage Coach 53 Balloon Thing 1 & Thing 2 Balloon 53C VIP/Vintage Ric Flair 54A Balloon Row 9 Balloon - White VIP/Pace 54B Cars Jack Harvey, and Gabby Chaves 55 Band Indiana All-Star Marching Band 56 VIP/Vintage Winner 57A Balloon Row 8 Balloon - Blue with Orange VIP/Pace 57B Cars Carlos Munoz, and 58 Float Eli Lilly and Company Float "Better Science. Better Lives." Specialty 59 Unit TJ Howell's Rocket Cycle 60A Balloon Row 7 Balloon - Red VIP/Pace 60B Cars , Jay Howard and Helio Castroneves 61 Band Northwestern High School's Tiger Pride Band 61C VIP/Vintage Mike Whan and Danah Bordner - LPGA Commissioner and Player 62A Balloon Row 6 Balloon - Yellow VIP/Pace 62B Cars , and Specialty 63 Unit Indy X-Plosion Cheer 64 VIP/Vintage Mina Starsiak and Karen E. Laine - HTGV's "Good Bones" 65A Balloon Row 5 Balloon - Black VIP/Pace 65B Cars , and Mikhail Aleshin 66 Balloon Rookie One Balloon 67A VIP/Vintage Dan Elsener and Dean Peterson - President and Cycling Coach, Marian University 67B VIP/Vintage Katie Geralds - Women's Basketball Coach, Marian University Specialty 67C Unit Athletes from Marian University 68A Balloon Row 4 Balloon - White VIP/Pace 68B Cars Oriol Servia, Ed Jones and Ryan Hunter-Reay 69 Band All Marshall County Marching Band Indianapolis Motor Speedway Float "The Greatest Fans in Racing" featuring 70 Float 71A Balloon Row 3 Balloon - Red VIP/Pace 71B Cars , and Specialty 72 Unit Historic Boyle Race Car Hauler Florence Henderson's Family - 500 Festival Lifetime Achievement Award 73A VIP/Antiques presentation 73B VIP/Antiques Nancy George 73C VIP/Antiques Jesika Gunter Boaz and family 73D VIP/Antiques Kathi George Conforti and family 73E VIP/Antiques Kyle and Jarrod Krisiloff and family 74A Balloon Row 2 Balloon- Blue with Orange VIP/Pace 74B Cars JR Hildebrand, Fernando Alonso and 75 Band Speedway High School's Speedway 500 Regiment 76A Balloon Row 1 Balloon - Black and White VIP/Pace 76B Cars and Ed Carpenter 76C VIP/Pace Car 2017 Indy 500 Pole Sitter 77 Float Borg Warner Sound Tower 78 Float 500 Festival Theme Float "Accelerating the American Spirit" with Checkered Flag