Going into turn one, Mario Andretti took the lead from the middle of the front row, with polesitter A. J. Foyt following in second.     Speaking of very well known Pace Cars, one of the most well remembered came in 1969.  Who can forget the White and Hugger Orange ’69 Camaro SS. These cars are extremely well documented at multiple sites (including this one). Its painted red by somebody in the past, but wimbledon white is showing through in many ares. No overheating issues. Car owner Andy Granatelli, who abandoned the turbine cars after the heartbreaks of 1967 and 1968, planted a famous kiss on Andretti's cheek in victory lane. The Chevy Camaro Z11 Indy Pace Car. Each car was painted Dover White with Z28 style stripes done in Hugger Orange. Rain washed out time trials for the second day in a row. The car in which Andretti won the 1969 Indy 500 is owned by the Smithsonian, while a replica made from the original blueprints sits on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. Success! Chevrolet would, however, provide the Pace Car many, many more times (including the 2011 Camaro convertible). Enlisting the experts and allowing them the freedom to create a masterpiece provides this end result: Craig Hardee's stunning LS7-powered ’69 Camaro. For 1966, we saw another historic but obscure Pace Car, the 1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT. He stored it elsewhere, but it would make trips to the house on special occasions in nice weather. All the body panels, floors, fenders, hood, trunk lid, and door skins are original.     Air Spoiler Equipment For high speed operation, the driveshaft was balanced, and a set of 3.31:1 rear gears was installed with heavy-service rear axles. Mario Andretti, center, takes a look at the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro that served as the official pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500. Mario Andretti led 116 laps total and won for car owner Andy Granatelli. I agree! [3] Despite a hard-charging run towards the end, he wound up managing only an eighth place finish, 19 laps down. How else can we explain what must have been one of the last black and white promo photos of a pace car? Since 1936, the winner of the race has traditionally been awarded a pace car.     Interior - Orange houndstooth check I am very surprised about the Plymouth not having any mods. A heavy-duty, six-bolt COPO torque converter was installed to handle the additional high-speed torque loads. These were built as Regular …     Fender Striping How to install an Aeromotive fuel tank system with built-in electric pump in a 1969 Chevy Camaro. All the body panels, floors, fenders, hood, trunk lid, and door skins are original. (The base 325-hp L35 was also available in a pace car replica.) Dover White exterior with Orange Houndstooth interior. Many were equipped with the automatic transmission and other options such as console, gauge package, and power convertible top. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. However, the UAW, along with traditionalists, protested since the Stealth was a captive import built by Mitsubishi in Japan. I was always under the impression that the first pace car that didn’t have any performance modifications needed to meet requirements was the 89 TTA. 1969 Camaro Indy Pace Car Convertible: The car was bought new on June 2, 1969 by Ronnie Raley from Smith Chevrolet-Olds, Inc., 626 West Main Street, Lebanon, KY (see picture of original bill of sale and cancelled check). Also built at Norwood was a very limited run of Z10 hardtops.   A large hole was ruptured in the side of the fuel tank, and all the fuel spilled out onto the pavement. Genuine pace cars have both the RS and the SS option packages. Perhaps because they knew that there would be no Camaro convertible starting in 1970.   “I never forgot the effect that car had on me,” Charles said. Of those, 130 were pace car replicas used as festival and courtesy cars to ferry around officials, VIPs, dignitaries and the press. The story is that the driver of the Challenger pace car, local Dodge dealer Eldon Palmer, while practicing before the actual race, placed a flag (some reports say an orange cone) to mark where he should begin braking when entering pit row. After clean up, the field restarted, with two pace laps before the green flag. For 1957–1958, the field was lined up in single file on the pit lane, rather than the traditional 11 rows of three on the race surface. The 53rd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was an auto race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Friday, May 30, 1969. Since 2010, the IndyCar "two-seater" (a retired Indy race car modified with a special passenger seat) has also been at the front of the field, carrying a celebrity or special guest. Driving duties were handled capably by former Indy 500 winner and Chevrolet dealer Jim Rathmann. Ruby was out of the race, leaving Mario Andretti alone in front. One source (which I relied on initially) claimed the car had the 383, which just didn’t make sense. In some years, and in most cases for the past several decades, the winner is actually presented with one of the official street-legal pace car replicas.     Indy Sport Convertible Accents engine, Muncie wide ratio 4-speed transmission, and rear 12-bolt 3.55:1 posi-differential are all stock and have not been rebuilt. Wally Dallenbach spun under the yellow and dropped out with a bad clutch. ’69 Camaros are so common, they are like Wonder bread. The race was carried live on the IMS Radio Network. The pace car was used to take the starting field on one unscored lap. That was not a mod specific to the Indy pace car. © 2020 www.dreamcarsellers.com All Rights Reserved. I kept digging and found another source (a published book, no less) that claimed the Hemi was used. Snider was eventually pushed back to the pits and rejoined the race, but he lost a considerable number of laps.[16].

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