General Motors announced today that two Chevrolet Corvettes will be pacing next year’s Indianapolis 500. One of the Corvettes will be an E85-powered Z06 while the other will be a Corvette Convertible. The FlexFuel Z06 will be driven by Emerson Fittipaldi and is completely stock, other than a modified fuel system and PCM.
The Corvette Convertible pace car will sport a black and gray paint scheme, paying homage to the first Corvette pace car of 1978. 500 replicas will be available at Chevrolet dealers nationwide — in both coupe and convertible guise — each numbered and signed by Fittipaldi.
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12/27, 1:27 PM
posted by:
Commodore
No ZR-1s?
12/27, 1:29 PM
posted by:
SwerveEarly
That CHP like light bar is going to give me nightmares.
12/27, 1:42 PM
posted by:
Bryce
Yeah, I’m more fascinated by the light bar than the E85.
12/27, 1:57 PM
posted by:
peter g
Yawn…
12/27, 2:08 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
peter g: was that your reaction the Vettes or the race itself?
12/27, 2:11 PM
posted by:
LP640
WHO GIVEAS A ****???? two redneck cars pacing other redneck cars. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
12/27, 2:36 PM
posted by:
RamRod003
lp640 how exactly are indy cars redneck cars
12/27, 2:40 PM
posted by:
davebo
Ramrod: you know, all those hillbillies parking their Z06’s and Indy race cars in front of Walmarts across America
Don’t you know REAL men drive mid-90’s Integra’s?
12/27, 2:48 PM
posted by:
meanpants555
It’s 2008 and people are still stylin’ chrome wheels?
12/27, 2:57 PM
posted by:
LP640
RamRod, its just like NASCAR. just hours upon hours, sat on the couch just watching a bunch of rednecks called, Ricky Bobby and Billy Bob Jr just drive round and round in circles. you call that sport???
12/27, 3:17 PM
posted by:
SwerveEarly
I agree any unidirectional round and round racing sucks! Period.
But IRL cars have zero redneck following just look at the sponsorships and they let a girl race.
Prey for F1 and WRC (atleast on TV)to come here!
12/27, 4:16 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
The three rules for watching NASCAR on TV:
1) Find something else to do during the pre-race show, such as build an addition onto your house, or rebuild a small block.
2) Bring your friends over and have a 50/50 draw to guess either the number of cautions for invisible debris on the backstretch, or if Dale Jr wrecks early, how many times he’s mentioned while running in 37th place.
3) Have an air horn ready for every time Larry McReynolds butchers the English language.
12/27, 4:45 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
No ZR-1s?
Comment by Commodore, posted on December27 at 1:27 pm
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the zr-1 would win the race
12/27, 4:51 PM
posted by:
Bryce
Driving around in circles at 180 MPH or more can’t be nearly as easy as it looks. I don’t know much about NASCAR, but I do know that even the alignment is designed for left-hand turns.
12/27, 5:34 PM
posted by:
corvette
the corvette has come a long way since its introduction i thinks its cool theres an e85 powered one.
12/27, 9:03 PM
posted by:
HoosierHero
I just saw both of these at the Indy Auto Show. The colo-shifting paint on the ethanol version rocks!
12/27, 9:03 PM
posted by:
HoosierHero
*color
12/28, 10:08 AM
posted by:
Get Real
Yea, that 1978 Pace car is worth a fortune now.
Lets buy one of these and store it for 20 years.
An investment good-as-gold…….but gold is doing very well and Corvette value drops like a rock.
Scratch that last thought.
12/28, 12:00 PM
posted by:
SwerveEarly
Met a guy with a ‘78. He had 4 vettes including what I think was a ‘63 big block worth a lot. but he laughed when I mentioned the pace car he said it was so slow and had like 165 HP and wasnt worth the space it took up in his garage. Especially since Indy aint really Indy anymore.
12/28, 12:59 PM
posted by:
peter g
johnnycanuck: The race, actually…Sorry. I like the cars, not the colorscheme…
12/28, 1:04 PM
posted by:
Get Real
I agree, Indy isn’t what it was.
Sad.
12/28, 3:32 PM
posted by:
peter g
Sad; I agree, but I can’t figure out whether it’s me getting old or it’s Indy just getting more and more boring?
01/04, 1:14 AM
posted by:
deutschetouring1337
This is hilarious considering Honda pushed Chevy out of Indy with is superiority.
01/07, 7:03 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
lp640 how exactly are Indy cars redneck cars
Comment by RamRod003, posted on December27 at 2:36 pm
Ramrod:
davebo: “you know, all those hillbillies parking their Z06’s and Indy race cars in front of Wal-Marts across America
Don’t you know REAL men drive mid-90’s Integras?â€
Good stuff.
Though, the speedway races don’t work for me. Give me Auzzie V8 supercars.
LP640: Good characterization of NASCAR, except you forgot how they’re all inbred.