2017 Camaro ZL1 Pace Car for the 2017 Daytona 500 (driven by Jeff Gordon)
 

A silver 2017 Camaro ZL1 will be the pace car for the upcoming Daytona 500 NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event held at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 26, 2017. None other than four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon will be driving it.

Click here to see Gordon driving it out of a garage at Daytona International Speedway: https://twitter.com/TeamChevy/status/835152519353495552

Click on the following links to read the articles:

1) http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/02/...r-daytona-500/

2) http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/n...rolet-pace-car

3) http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/02/...r-daytona-500/

4) http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-med...ytona-500.html

5) http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/stor...ace-car-022417


The articles also mentioned that a Camaro SS will be used to pace the PowerShares QQQ 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series event on Saturday, February 25, 2017.

Good ol JG and a ZL1 :cool:

Watch the official Chevrolet footage of the reveal with Jeff Gordon on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTe86FFVOM

From the Chevrolet Press Room at: http://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/...amaro-zl1.html

Camaro ZL1 Daytona 500 pace car includes:

Silver Ice Metallic exterior color
LT4 6.2L direct-injected, supercharged V-8
All-new 10-speed automatic transmission
Magnetic Ride Control
Electronic limited-slip differential
20-inch forged aluminum wheels
Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar tires
Brembo brakes with six-piston front calipers and two-piece rotors
1.02g max cornering
0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds
Performance Data Recorder

The only content separating the pace car from a production model is unique graphics and an integrated Whelen LED safety lighting system.

I took these pictures of the car while watching the FOX television broadcast of the race.

IMHO, this particular car in silver didn't have much presence on television. It would have looked a lot better with some graphics other than just decals on the doors.

It also looked sort of silly for Jeff Gordon driving the pace car in a shirt and tie while the guy sitting alongside him was fully decked out in safety gear.

it would have been cool if he did a big burnout and took off away from the pack in the back stretch just for a few seconds.... imagine the attention then!

I wonder if he was tempted to do one...... or two hundred more laps...

Almost looks like it could run with them at speed.

Wonder how it would do with different gearing and tires..... wait never mind that was dumb.

till the corner anyway....:rolleyes:

Jeff's Quote was...

"Give me a helmet...I'll start in the back..."..:sm0:

:becky:
Becky