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2006 Indianpolis 500 Corvette Z06 Pacecar

Old 04-04-06, 05:16 PM
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Cool 2006 Indianpolis 500 Corvette Z06 Pacecar



Chevrolet announced Tuesday that seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will drive the 2006 Corvette Z06 pace car at this year's running of the Indianapolis 500on May 28..

The striking red, white and blue 'Vette will be the eighth to pace the Indy field in the race's history, marking the 17th time a Chevy has had the honor.

The stars and stripes color scheme is intended to tie in with Chevy's "An American Revolution" marketing campaign, and looks to be a vast improvement over the purple and yellow extravaganza that graced Jay Leno's Corvette pace car at this year's Daytona 500.

The pace car is a stock Z06 with flashing lights and racing safety gear added. With the Indianapolis 500 being such a classic American race during Memorial Day Weekend and with Chevy’s “An American Revolution” campaign, the Corvette Z06 pace car features an Americana red, white and blue theme. It displays an abstract U.S. flag pattern with “Victory Red” and “Cobalt Blue” ribbons flowing across the car on a base of “Arctic White” with white stars flanking each side. The 2006 Indy 500 logo is on each door, and the Chevy red racing Bowtie appears at the top of the hood. The race will be broadcast live on May 28 by ABC Sports and the IMS Radio Network. The green flag drops at 1 p.m. ET.


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Old 04-04-06, 05:45 PM
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Is Captain America driving it? Why not go with yellow
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^^lol...werd.

to much going on. Dont like it.
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That paint job looks like it was inspired by some of the outfits worn by Evil Knievel
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Old 04-05-06, 09:02 PM
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Would've been better without the stars on the rear of the car, and the stripes going in funky directions.
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Hot damn!!! That thing is an eyesore! If you want to use the American flag as the as your paint scheme, fine. But do it TASTEFULLY!
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