Indy 500
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The head coach of NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, Jim Harbaugh, will be driving the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car at this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, the 97th running of ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.’ Harbaugh will lead the pack of 33 cars to the start of the race in the stunning blue Corvette Stingray featured above, which is completely stock except for a few safety features and strobe lights. This will be a record 12th time that a Corvette has paced the Indy 500, with the first occurring back in 1978. Harbaugh, too, is no stranger to Indianapolis. He...
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Win A Corvette 427, A Camaro ZL1, And Trips To 2013 Le Mans Or Indy 500Free trips to some of the world's greatest races? Free sports cars? No gearhead/speedfreak/track rat in his or her right mind would turn such a thing down, even across brand loyalty barriers. That's probably part of the motivation behind Chevrolet's latest duo of giveaways. The other part is...
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Indy 500 Polesitter Ryan Briscoe Drives The Corvette ZR1 Pace Car: Video
Ask any driver in the Indy 500 if they’d like additional track time, in any car, and we’d bet the answer is yes. When Chevy tossed the keys to the Corvette ZR1 pace car to Indy 500 polesitter Ryan Briscoe, we’re pretty sure the Team Penske driver didn’t need any further...
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Lotus Type 56 Turbine Indy Car Going To Auction In Monterey
Built for the 1968 Indy 500, the Lotus Type 56 isn't your average vintage race car, if there is such a thing. It's a Pratt and Whitney turbine-powered, all-wheel drive racer once piloted by Graham Hill, and owned by Richard Petty--yep, The King. During qualifying for the race, the Type 56 set a new...
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2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Chosen As Indy 500 Pace Car
The 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is the 11th Corvette chosen to pace the Indianapolis 500, and the most powerful production pace car in history.
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Chevrolet Talks About Its Return To Indy: Video
In 2012, Chevy engines return to Indycar for the first time in 10 years.
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Chevrolet is choosing to mark its 100th birthday by reminding customers of it's long and storied racing history.
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Indy 500 Winner Al Unser Jr. Arrested For Street Racing While Drunk
Racing drivers, for all their other talents and skills, are often a rather dramatic bunch. Sometimes, that drama extends throughout their personal lives, as has been the case with Al Unser Jr. The latest of his escapades involves street racing his Suburban while allegedly intoxicated. Unser Jr. has...
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Friday Fun: Our Top Ten Retro Console Racing Games
Occasionally, the All Car Tech team gets pangs of nostalgia for times gone by, and we often yearn for the days of 1980s excess, when braces were red and Porsches were white with whale-tail spoilers. Inevitably, the subject of video games will pop up. We love a good racing game here, and the...
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Indy 500 -Related Cars You Can Own Today: Found on AutoTrader
It's not often you get the chance to drive a piece of racing history, like in 1991 when A.J. Foyt sold off one of his original Indy 500-winning racecars. But you can own something that flies a little closer to the ground, something like one of these four cars that have a stronger connection to the...
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Chevrolet Marks 100 Years At The Indy 500
Chevrolet has been a part of the Indianapolis 500 for 100 years, which is as long as the race has been around. As we've already reported, the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible will pace the race, making it the 22nd Chevrolet to do so. In addition, Chevy engines will be used in IndyCar in 2012...
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Chevrolet To Sell 500 Indy Pace Car Replicas
Lost in the hoopla over last week's unveiling of the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show was Chevy's announcement that the brand will sell 500 replicas of the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible that will pace this year's Indianapolis 500. The cars will all be powered by the SS...
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In a homage to the 1969 Indianapolis 500 pace car, Chevrolet has announced that for 2011, it will again provide white Camaro convertibles to pace the race around the Brickyard. Only this time, they will be 2011 Camaro Convertible SS models. 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of both Chevrolet and the Indianapolis 500, and to mark the occasion, Chevrolet is auctioning off the first of the 500 Festival Committee cars at Barett-Jackson in Scottsdale, Ariz, tomorrow. This is the 22nd Chevrolet model chosen to pace the race, and it has a Summit White exterior with orange stripes and door graphics...
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GM Unveils 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Indianapolis 500 Pace Car
The Indy 500 has been the source of many special-edition GM cars over the years.
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