REPORT: Chevy won't be offering Indy 500 Camaro Pace Car replicas
The car above is the pace car for this year's Indianapolis 500, a special edition 2010 Camaro. If you want to see it in action, then you'll need to watch the race -- Chevrolet says it won't be making a pace car replica for people who don't drive on the oval. Chevy copied and sold the four previous iterations of Camaro Indy 500 pace cars thousands of times.
This time, though, a spokesman said, "In order to keep special editions special, we can't go to that well too often." Which means someone decided that a rare trip to the well would be better served by producing a Bumblebee Camaro than an Indy pace car edition, even though the original Camaro Indy 500 pace car editions still attract collectors 42 years after the fact...
Gallery: 2009 Chevy Camaro Indy Pace Car
[Source: Inside Line]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Aprime 9:18AM (5/24/2009)
I'm sure we'll be seeing vinyl kits on Ebay any time soon.
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Bert 9:18AM (5/24/2009)
There IS a God!
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Jim R 9:37AM (5/24/2009)
Hallelujah! Finally one of these companies using some common sense. ENOUGH with all the stupid special editions already! At the risk of sounding like a fanboy, the car is special enough as is.
dmoneycivicsi 9:53AM (5/24/2009)
i can hear the rednecks crying already
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Avinash machado 10:18AM (5/24/2009)
Why is the term Redneck acceptable, while terms like Japs and the N word used by some to describe African Americans are not acceptable?
Jim 10:23AM (5/24/2009)
'cos "redneck" denotes a glorious absence of sophistication*. something which can be changed, unlike your other examples.
*yes, I stole this from Jeff Foxworthy
Smegley 11:14AM (5/24/2009)
Michael Jackson changed.
Of course there are other words for him.
geo.stewart 11:56AM (5/24/2009)
Jim,
but redneck is a 'lifestyle choice' and should be protected by hate crimes bill
Yaroukh 9:58AM (5/24/2009)
who needs sales anyways
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jpm100 10:04AM (5/24/2009)
The new Camaro is nice. The Indy edition exterior, not so much.
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S.P. 10:07AM (5/24/2009)
Now, had they done a white convertible with orange stripes...that would have been special.
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Tkf 10:08AM (5/24/2009)
Let's just hope that it doesn't crash!
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AntBee 10:12AM (5/24/2009)
This is a wise decision. This Pace Car looks, and probably smells, like a$$!
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ben 8:49PM (5/24/2009)
i got right up next to it this afternoon & didn't notice any stank, but my allergies were flaring up so i'm not the best witness.
Jsams4131 10:14AM (5/24/2009)
I dont care about this....as opposed to caring bout the actual Race
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rab 10:21AM (5/24/2009)
but they don't pace indy every year so exclusivity is still guaranteed.
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JN 10:38AM (5/24/2009)
You're kidding, right? Chevrolet is pacing the 500 for the 8th year in a row. That's BS. Period.
When Tony Hulman was alive, a different manufacturer got the call each year to provide the pace car. That was a tradition that his grandson, who has managed to take the Greatest Spectacle in Racing -- and just about every other enterprise the family has interest in -- into something mediocre at best.
Add the fact that the new Camaro is about the ugliest pile of dog crap on four wheels and you understand why I'm not sorry there won't be replicas.
For the first time in my 31 years on this earth, I will NOT be watching or listening to the race this year. I've got better ways to spend my time.
Josh 11:57AM (5/24/2009)
JN,
You arent watching the race because of the pacecar?? HAHAHAH
Who care what paces the race when Honda engines are what power every single one of the racecars?
Mike 11:01AM (5/24/2009)
This car belongs in the "No One Cares" file.
How about Chevy makes a really special edition...out of themselves...and goes out of business so that someone can scoop up the Chapter 11 mess and run the company right and make cars that are relevant.
Yeah I just said that.
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garlinski 11:03AM (5/24/2009)
People still care about this race?
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