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70th Indy 500
May 25, 1986
1986 marked the return of the convertible to the Corvette
line-up, and the return of the Corvette to Indianapolis.
As with the first Corvette pace car in 1978, the 1986
Corvette needed no mechanical modifications to pace the
race. In fact it was the first street-legal car to pace
Indy since the previous Corvette.Test
pilot and retired Air Force General Chuck Yeager was selected
to drive the Indy pace car.Chevrolet
did not issue a specific pace car replica but instead
designated all 7,315 1986 convertibles to be Pace Car
Replicas.
