Author Topic: Riverside: 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 Conv. Pace Car for NASCAR Permatex 200 1969  (Read 1935 times)

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A little more than a month after it was used to pace the USAC Rex Mays 300 Indycar event, the white 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 convertible was used as the pace car for the Permatex 200 NASCAR race held at the Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California on Saturday, January 18, 1969.  This event was a support race for the main NASCAR Grand National event that was scheduled to take place the next day.  It featured lesser known drivers in early model stock cars that were no longer competitive in Grand National races.  In fact, Hershel McGriff won the race in his twelve year old 1957 Chevrolet.  I believe it says "Camaro Official Pace Car" on the doors.

These photos are part of the Dave Friedman Collection of photos on the Flickr page of The Henry Ford.  See them here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/albums/72157662963847560

The second and fourth are cropped versions.
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I don't have a 1st Gen but I have 1971 Z28 RS 4-spd, 1997 Z28 Z4C 6-spd, 2000 SS Convertible, 2010 RS 6-spd

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Re: Riverside: 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 Conv. Pace Car for NASCAR Permatex 200
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2020, 08:38:29 PM »
More photos from the Dave Friedman Collection at the Henry Ford Flickr page.

I believe the flags have the Permatex name and logo on them.
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Re: Riverside: 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 Conv. Pace Car for NASCAR Permatex 200
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2020, 08:40:29 PM »
Even more photos from the Dave Friedman Collection at the Henry Ford Flickr page.

It looks like the writing on the door says:

Camaro
Official Pace Car

It looks like the NASCAR logo is to the right of the word "Camaro"
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Re: Riverside: 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 Conv. Pace Car for NASCAR Permatex 200
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2020, 08:43:44 PM »
This one came from the Petersen Automotive Museum Digitization Project: https://archive.petersen.org/pages/home.php?login=true
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Re: Riverside: 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 Conv. Pace Car for NASCAR Permatex 200
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2020, 08:55:42 PM »
Here is a ticket and patch from the event.

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Re: Riverside: 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 Conv. Pace Car for NASCAR Permatex 200
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2020, 09:05:29 PM »
This is what I believe the logo looks like on the door next to the word "Camaro."  This logo also appeared on several of the NASCAR 1968 Camaro RS/SS 396 pace cars during the 1968 season.
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I don't have a 1st Gen but I have 1971 Z28 RS 4-spd, 1997 Z28 Z4C 6-spd, 2000 SS Convertible, 2010 RS 6-spd