1986 CORVETTE

OFFICAL PACE CAR

               INDIANAPOLIS 500

 

CHEVROLET AND THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY BOTH

CELEBRATED THEIR DIAMOND JUBILEE IN 1986, SO IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT AMERICA’S FASTEST CAR PACE AMERICA’S BIGGEST RACE. THIS WAS CORVETTE’S SECOND STINT AT THE HEAD OF THE FIELD, AND CHEVY PROUDLY NOTED THAT ITS SPORTS CAR REQUIRED NO MECHANICAL MODIFICATIONS. IT WAS THE FIRST STREET- LEGAL CAR TO HEAD THE PACK SINCE 1978, WHEN CORVETTE LAST PACED THE RACE. CORVETTE’S RETURN TO THE SPEEDWAY ALSO MARKED THE RETURN OF ITS CONVERTIBLE BODY STYLE-THE FIRST SINCE 1975. LEADING THE FIELD WAS THE ORGINAL “RIGHT STUFF” GUY, RETIRED UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BRIGADIER GENERAL, CHUCK YEAGER. YEAGER WAS THE FIRST TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER ON OCTOBER 14, 1947. BOBBY RAHAL WAS THE WINNER OF THE RACE. CORVETTE IN 1986 CONSIDERED ALL 7315 CONVERTIBLES TO BE PACE CARS. ONLY YELLOW CONVERTIBLES WERE SELECTED AS TRACK CARS.

 

 THIS YELLOW PACE CAR IS 1 OF ONLY 732 PRODUCED.

OF THE 732, 100 CARS WERE SENT TO THE TRACK FOR PACE AND PARADE DUTY