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> Trying to confirm: 914 "Pace Car" at Indy?, Owner since '74 says this car was an Indy Pace Car
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post Sep 21 2009, 10:32 PM
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Purchased this '73 2.0L from an owner who has had the car since 1974. Says that the car was actually A PACE CAR from the Indianapolis 500?? Had a decal on the side when he owned it.

Has anyone heard of a 914 being involved at Indy? Would be cool to find out (confirm/deny). He is looking for the original photos.

Can anyone come up with photos of a 914 at Indy? (Pace car, Safety car, etc)?

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post Sep 21 2009, 11:18 PM
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No Porsche Indy Pace cars ever that I could find.

You can find a list of the pace cars : http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/500pace.htm
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post Sep 22 2009, 12:24 AM
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Daytona 1971 (However, these are factory 6 cars):


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post Sep 22 2009, 12:45 AM
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Somewhere I've seen a pic of a 914 pace car at Daytona for NASCAR in the early 70's. I know it sounds crazy, but I'm sure that's what I remember about the pic.

EDIT: Found the pic. It looks to me like it is 1971 on the front hood. It must be NASCAR because it's the Daytona 500 and not 24 hours. Or was IMSA around in 1971???

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post Sep 22 2009, 01:10 AM
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http://www.daytonapacecars.com/id25.html
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post Sep 22 2009, 01:17 AM
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QUOTE(jt914-6 @ Sep 22 2009, 02:10 AM) *

http://www.daytonapacecars.com/id25.html

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post Sep 22 2009, 06:04 AM
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a 914 paced an Indy car race, but it was in California not at Indianapolis.

T.C.
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post Sep 22 2009, 06:14 AM
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One was used as the safety car for the Canadian GP once at Mosport; in fact it was the first time ever Formula One employed a safety car. 1973 Sunflower Yellow 2.0
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post Sep 22 2009, 06:18 AM
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I don't know if it was a pace car or not, but that is a nice looking car.

Good find and of course...

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post Sep 22 2009, 07:02 AM
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An imported car as the pace car in the Indy 500???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

The Big Three and the UAW would riot.
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post Sep 22 2009, 07:42 AM
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QUOTE(carr914 @ Sep 22 2009, 05:04 AM) *

a 914 paced an Indy car race, but it was in California not at Indianapolis.

T.C.



I will continue to dig with the P.O...... he says he has a photo in his archives somewhere, but looking for a 35 yr old photo is a challenge. I am sure that he is not recalling correctly re: "Indy", but perhaps another race.

John
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post Sep 22 2009, 09:06 AM
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Perhaps it paced a Can/Am race? According to this site, that happened several times: http://members.rennlist.com/914_canam/Cana...ingHeritage.htm
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post Sep 22 2009, 11:47 AM
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I have photos of a few 914 Pace cars, all that I have ever seen here:

http://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/Exceptional914s.htm

Daytona, Laguna Seca etc, but no Indy.
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post Oct 10 2009, 10:29 AM
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QUOTE(carr914 @ Sep 22 2009, 07:04 AM) *

a 914 paced an Indy car race, but it was in California not at Indianapolis.

T.C.


I knew I had this picture, I just had to find it. But this is F1

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post Oct 10 2009, 01:32 PM
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QUOTE(URY914 @ Sep 22 2009, 06:02 AM) *

An imported car as the pace car in the Indy 500???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

The Big Three and the UAW would riot.


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I know Porsche has some pull in the industry, but the big three wouldn't let that happen.
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