Pictures: 2019 Camaro Pace Car Homecoming at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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Here are the pictures that I took of the 1st generation Camaro Indy Pace Cars that were a part of the 2019 Camaro Pace Car Homecoming held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 18, 2019.  This event was held during the weekend of qualifying for the 2019 Indianapolis 500. 

https://indyracingmuseum.org/ims-museum-sponsoring-chevrolet-camaro-pace-car-homecoming-may-17-19-event-honors-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-beloved-1969-camaro/?fbclid=IwAR1A_VxtR0vm_F6qcMZR87JB4OQywBSJMe-rmBo-8iohkNi7m99NlajlLu0

These first 4 photos are of the actual pace car from 1967.  They placed the Camaros that actually paced their respective Indy 500's in a row with the museum as the backdrop.

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Here are the two 1969 Camaros used as pace cars.

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card

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1967's

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more 1967's

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1969's

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more 1969's, including a Z10 coupe

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even more

[uscrichter]

Thanks for sharing that event, very cool!

[169INDY]

Thank you for those pics.

Bucket list item for me someday

169INDY (JIM)

[crossboss]

+3, thanks for sharing!

[MO]

Nicely done Scott!

[Jon Mello]

The '67 Pace car information board says three pace cars were ordered but it is thought only two were built. A friend of mine owns the L78 engine from the third pacer and the partial VIN on the block is in between the two other pacers. I guess that actually makes it the second of the three and the actual pacer for the race is the third one built going by the VIN. The NCRS report for all three VINs comes back identical, all three going to the Indianapolis zone.

[ZLP955]

That must've been very special, to see and walk around all those cars. Thanks very much for sharing the images.

[SMKZ28]

The '67 Pace car information board says three pace cars were ordered but it is thought only two were built. A friend of mine owns the L78 engine from the third pacer and the partial VIN on the block is in between the two other pacers. I guess that actually makes it the second of the three and the actual pacer for the race is the third one built going by the VIN. The NCRS report for all three VINs comes back identical, all three going to the Indianapolis zone.

That is very interesting Jon.  How did he acquire that engine and does he/you know the whereabouts of the car the engine came from?