Pace Car reunion at Indy 500 museum
Here are some pictures of my Pace car and others at the Pace car reunion at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Pace cars of all years and makes were in attendance, oldest was a 1915!
We had some rain friday night but the rest of the weekend was great.
The highlight was a lap on the track, it was awesome!
Very cool
Amy MCA #81079 3rd generation gold card judge, 1993 Ford Probe GT
1979 Cobra
1979 Ghia coupe
1979 5.0 coupe
1980 turbo coupe
1990 7 up
1993 Yellow /black feature convertible 14k miles
1993Yellow/black feature convertible AC delete
1995 Cobra hardtop convertible
1998 GT convertible
That is awesome. I bet it was a blast driving it on the track. Your car looks great!
Neat! Thanks for the pix.
Very cool.
Driving a famous race track is a lifetime memory even for non-car people.
May be the current record of TRX tires holding air at one event.
One car may even had the oem twin tip tailpipes. I always look for that on all years that had them.
Mustang Pace Cars are one of the few versions owners consistently keep preserved and factory stock.
See any 1984 Indy Fieros there with the wild snorkel engine air scoop?
Last edited by gr79; 05-30-2016 at 12:21 PM.
One of the 79 Pace Cars only had 3 miles on it ( I don't think he did the track lap) and another one had a whole 76 miles on it before the track lap.
And yes there was a Fiero with the snorkel air scope.
Last edited by 1yountfan; 05-30-2016 at 02:00 PM.
Had to be an awesome time. Thanks for sharing!
Very Nice!
that would be awesome!
'87 Turbo Coupe - 660 mile original
'86 Turbo Coupe - 74k mile stripper
Very cool.
Current Stangs+
84Gt (9W) T-top 347EFI
http://www.foureyedpride.com/content...984-Mustang-GT
84Gt(1E)Hardtop Turbo
http://www.foureyedpride.com/content...e-of-the-Month
Very nice!!! Im going to the Indy Speedway on Labor Day weekend for the MCA's 40th anniversary show, Lots of mustangs and hopefully foureyes .
How many of the 1979 PC in attendance were of the turbo variety?
79 2.3 Turbo PC (two, 1 with 32k original miles & 1 with 58k original miles)
80 2.3 Turbo sunroof hatch (bought new, SOLD)
84 5.0 GT T-top hatch (bought new, SOLD)
86 5.0 GT convert (bought new, DONATED), 86 5.0 GT convert (SOLD)
86 5.0 GT hatch (SOLD), 86 5.0 LX coupe (SOLD)
86 5.0 LX SSP UHP (SOLD), 86 5.0 LX SSP GSP clone (SOLD)
89 5.0 LX SSP MSP (owned 3 of the 20, SOLD)
89 5.0 LX convert (1 of 203)
93 5.0 LX SSP NHP (1 of eight)
There may have been one turbo car. The guy next to me had the 3.6 mile car. He also had an 11k mile Indy truck, AND a 49k mile Indy wrecker. I believe they only did four wreckers, so that's a rare piece indeed. The 3.6 mile car had sat in a showroom for decades, and the buyer got not only probably the lowest mile PC in existence, but a whole bunch of other neat stuff. Dealer showroom launch materials, even a billboard!
Sandy Blaisdell's PC was there. For a 80 mile car, you wouldn't think it needed much, but Sandy has brought that car to a level I never thought was possible. I've seen some excellent low mile PC's. Daniel Carpenters. Rick Schmidt's of NPD, etc., but Sandy's car was a huge step above those. Just and incredible car. The best in the world IMHO.
Dan Aiken
'85.5 Jalapena Red SVO, cloth, roof, 52k miles bought from original owner.
'79 Pace Car #7 - Pre-production prototype and Indy Airport Display Car, sold and awaiting body off resto
'79 Indy Pace Truck #3607
'79 Indy 500 go-kart
'94 F250 Indy 500 Safety Truck #2 (used at the race) - will be for sale soon
'15 Mustang Ecoboost, (my DD)
'03 Crown Victoria LX Sport (a Marauder without the motor)
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