Chevrolet Is Selling A Huge Stash Of NASCAR Brickyard 400 Pace Cars
How many people can say they own a car that led the field at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?
Chevrolet has been the exclusive provider of pace cars to the NASCAR Brickyard 400 since its inaugural race in 1994 and it’s built up quite a collection over the past 30 years.
It’s kept many of the cars, but has brought 21 of them to the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale fall auction to give private collectors a crack at them.
The cars are all modified with pace car equipment and being sold on scrap titles, but are fully functional.
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The oldest are a trio of 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlos, while the newest is a Camaro ZL1 from 2017, which was the sixth generation ZL1’s first year in production.
There are also Monte Carlos from 2000 and 2004, when the Cup Seres cars were still based on the model. The 2004 car wearing an eye-popping orange paint job that could surely be spotted from the stands.
The pace car from the 2024 race isn’t crossing the block, but it was another Camaro ZL1 driven by team owner Rick Hendrick, who was celebrating both his team’s 40th anniversary in the Cup Series and the 30th anniversary of is his driver, Jeff Gordon, winning the first Brickyard 400.