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Old 12-27-2007, 11:43 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cool Corvette pace cars for 2008 Indy 500 revealed, Fittipaldi to drive

http://jalopnik.com/338056/emerson-f...-2008-indy-500

It's certainly a step up from Patrick Dempsey. What's also an upgrade is Emerson'll be driving an E85-powered Z06 concept Corvette.
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Old 12-27-2007, 01:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Corvette pace cars for 2008 Indy 500 revealed, Fittipaldi to drive

How fast do pace cars actually go around the track?
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Re: Corvette pace cars for 2008 Indy 500 revealed, Fittipaldi to drive

^^^Not very, they only "pace" the track. The only come out under caution, and the speed limit is 55mph.
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Re: Corvette pace cars for 2008 Indy 500 revealed, Fittipaldi to drive

I love the black vert. Its the best pace car in a long time.
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^^^Not very, they only "pace" the track. The only come out under caution, and the speed limit is 55mph.
I pretty sure they pace quicker than that at indy, like 85 or so... I'll look it up.
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I was thinking about NASCAR, the Indy 500 caution speed limit is 80
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