2010 Camaro (un)Official Daytona 500 Pace Car

[meissen]

http://jalopnik.com/5141790/2010-che...0-unofficially

A marketing poster snapped by the forumites at Camaro5 appears to confirm rumors the 2010 Chevy Camaro will be the official pace car of the Daytona 500.

It's not unexpected, but we've got to ask whether spending the money it takes to get the new Chevy Camaro into the status of official pace car was worth it given it's pretty much the most anticipated car in the history of muscle cars. It's not like people attending or watching the Daytona 500 won't already know it's coming. Shoot, they've probably memorized all the performance stats on it too

[81DaytonaPaceCar]

Contrary to what Jalopnik thinks, I'm not sure that everyone realizes that it's coming back out.

People in Michigan do.

Car junkies do.

But I'm not so sure about everyone else.

[TSTONE]

I think it's probably one of the smartest moves they could have made.

The Daytona is one of the highest profiled sporting events in the country.

The car will get continuous exposure throughout the day (cautions...etc), and it probably cost them less than the price of a 30sec Superbowl ad.

[tenpin842]

That would be pretty cool to see.

[my95z28]

Contrary to what Jalopnik thinks, I'm not sure that everyone realizes that it's coming back out.

People in Michigan do.

Car junkies do.

But I'm not so sure about everyone else.

[Phantom409]

Very cool and a very smart move by GM

[MP81]

YES!

Awesome GM, awesome.

[s.reef]

sweet

[white96TA]

I cant wait to see that

[94_LT1_Z28]

Plus, there would be a distinct possibility of a 2010 Camaro pace car edition. THAT would be cool to see

[Z28ISGR8]

Now I'm gonna have to watch the race just to see it.

[92conv]

Plus, there would be a distinct possibility of a 2010 Camaro pace car edition. THAT would be cool to see

[EMCC Snook]

Wait till you see what it looks like, nothing like the past that's for sure.

[meissen]

Ooooo... have you seen it, Paul? I've seen the photoshops from before the production version was even announced but I haven't heard of anything official yet

[SSTODD]

I would have liked to see it last week for the 24hr. at Daytona also, they used the G8 gxp. Chevy did not race in the event with the vettes but the audience is different from nascar and the new camaro should bring in new people with the IRS rear.