Pace car
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The Indy 500 and the Chevrolet Corvette are a match made in brickyard bliss. The Corvette as a pace car is an institution. But, this collection of pace cars is unlike anything we've seen before. Why? Because it includes a Corvette pace car from every year the nameplate was used to pace the legendary race. It's also the only collection of its kind in the world. The first year a Corvette paced the Indy 500 was 1978, and that's exactly where the collection begins. Subsequently, there are five generations of Corvettes represented: C3, C4, C5, C6, and C7. The real charm of the collection are the...
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2015 Ford Mustang’s First Safety Car Duty Will Be At 2014 Quicken Loans 400 At MichiganThe 2015 Ford Mustang is about to take part in what we bet will be the first of many official safety car outings for the sixth-generation car. The first will be at the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway on June 15, 2014, and behind the wheel will be Joe...
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After Recent Fire, Chevy SS Returns For Pacing Duties At Daytona 500
Last weekend, during the NASCAR Sprint Unlimited exhibition race at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida, the event's 2014 Chevrolet SS pace car caught fire because of some faulty electrical equipment used to power its caution lights. It looks like the issue has since been fixed because...
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‘Need For Speed’ Ford Mustang Pace Car Revealed: Video
Remember the wide-body Ford Mustang set to star in the upcoming Need For Speed movie? Well, it’s set to hit Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend as the official pace car of the NASCAR Sprint Cup’s Ford EcoBoost 400 series finale. Driving the car will be Ramon Rodriguez, one of the...
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NFL’s Jim Harbaugh To Pace Indy 500 In 2014 Corvette Stingray
The head coach of NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, Jim Harbaugh, will be driving the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car at this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, the 97th running of ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.’ Harbaugh will lead the pack of 33 cars to the start of the...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: 2013 Indy 500 Pace Car
The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has already stunned auto-show crowds and ignited immense interest among enthusiasts. And now—as it should be this year—a Stingray shall lead at the Brickyard. General Motors [NYSE: GM] has confirmed that its 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will...
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The 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is the 11th Corvette chosen to pace the Indianapolis 500, and the most powerful production pace car in history.
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NASCAR Drivers Get To Chase Ford's New Police Interceptors
At the upcoming NASCAR race at Florida's Homestead Speedway, Ford will use its new Police Interceptors to pace the field.
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Pink Chevrolet Camaro NASCAR Pace Car Rolls Out For Charity
Chevrolet has rolled out a one-off pink Camaro that is pacing the latest two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in an effort to generate awareness, as well as some much-needed funds, for the fight against breast cancer. The automaker will make a $200 donation to the American Cancer Society for each...
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Kentucky Speedway Teams With Ford To Create Mustang Pace Car
NASCAR fans who want to have a small part in the upcoming inaugural Quaker State 400 that will take place at Kentucky Speedway on July 9. Ford is teaming with the Speedway to produce 43 limited-edition Mustang pace cars for the Sprint Cup race. These Special Edition 2012 Ford Mustang GT...
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2012 Lexus LFA Serves As Official Pace Car At Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach
We’ve seen plenty of pace cars in the past, including a Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG serving for duty. However, we’ve never seen a car this expensive doing the rounds before. We’re talking, of course, about the 2012 Lexus LFA supercar, a V-10 race car built for the road that retails for...
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Bristol Motor Speedway To Give Away Limited-Edition Mustang
There's no shortage of custom Mustangs out there, and let's add one more to the list. Bristol Motor Speedway--one of NASCAR's great short tracks--is combining with Scott's and Ford to give away an official BMS 50th Anniversary Edition Ford Mustang pace car as part of the Bristol Golden Giveaway...
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In a homage to the 1969 Indianapolis 500 pace car, Chevrolet has announced that for 2011, it will again provide white Camaro convertibles to pace the race around the Brickyard. Only this time, they will be 2011 Camaro Convertible SS models. 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of both Chevrolet and the Indianapolis 500, and to mark the occasion, Chevrolet is auctioning off the first of the 500 Festival Committee cars at Barett-Jackson in Scottsdale, Ariz, tomorrow. This is the 22nd Chevrolet model chosen to pace the race, and it has a Summit White exterior with orange stripes and door graphics...
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2011 Ford Mustang GT Pace Car To Be Auctioned At Barrett-Jackson For Charity
Earlier today Ford showed off its new 2011 Mustang GT that will be the official pace car for the 2010 Daytona 500 and now we can report that the car, a special one-off version of the Mustang GT complete with a glass roof, will go under the hammer at the Barrett-Jackson vehicle auction in...
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Hurst Unveils Limited Edition BF Goodrich 2010 Mustang Pace Car
The special-edition BF Goodrich/Hurst 2010 Ford Mustang Pace Car will only see 50 examples built.
Nelson Ireson
