So, On the Topic of Pace Cars.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95) 10/13/2014 at 22:33 • Filed to: None

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This is a thing. And I love it.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/13/2014 at 22:37

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Oooh. My grandmother had a Vista Cruiser, I think a '68, back in the day. Awesome cars.

shop-teacher > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/13/2014 at 22:37

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Now we're talking! Yes please!

Steve in Manhattan > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/13/2014 at 22:42

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I can't find the video, but Carroll Shelby once drove the Indy 500 pace car - a Dodge Viper as I recall. It was great to see the grand old man drive the pace lap.

Steve in Manhattan > Steve in Manhattan 10/13/2014 at 23:18

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OK - found a photo:

stuttgartobsessed > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/13/2014 at 23:20

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YOU MEAN HURST DID UP A BUICK WAGON?!?!?!? My body is ready. Take me.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > stuttgartobsessed 10/13/2014 at 23:25

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Oldsmobile actually. And I'm not sure if it made it out of pace car world. But I sure hope it did.

JGrabowMSt > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/13/2014 at 23:38

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Don't care, sign me up for two.

stuttgartobsessed > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/14/2014 at 02:24

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Now I feel st00pid. In my excitement over the Hurst paint scheme (and what I can only hope for inside: pistol grip 4 speed and engine upgrades) I totally forgot Hurst did Olds 442s (and apparently wagons)

quarterlifecrisis > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/14/2014 at 08:15

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I have an unfortunate obsession with Indy Pace Cars. (Really anything Indy...but, I digress). I attended the pace car reunion at IMS in 2009 (or maybe it was 2010, or 2011...) I've never seen the station wagon, but I've seen the 4 door they did up for Tony Hulman one year, and then it was always displayed with a Delta 88 convertible festival car.

I may have an album on Flickr that I can post here from the reunion. If not, should I make one?

quarterlifecrisis > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/14/2014 at 08:18

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Found it! But this is only a portion...

Also, there's a very good chance this won't imbed right, since I'm at work and the computers/ancient version of IE don't like kinja.

505Turbeaux > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/14/2014 at 08:42

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dem vista windows. Gawd I want it

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > quarterlifecrisis 10/14/2014 at 10:50

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Your link got Kinja'd hard.

quarterlifecrisis > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/14/2014 at 10:55

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Damn. Yes, yes it did. That's real bad.

You may still be able to click through...