{"id":49387,"date":"2023-05-11T00:03:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49387"},"modified":"2023-05-11T00:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:03:34","slug":"1139612_chevy-corvette-z06-convertible-named-2023-indy-500-pace-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49387","title":{"rendered":"Chevy Corvette Z06 convertible named 2023 Indy 500 pace car"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 convertible<\/a> has been named the official pace car of the 2023 Indianapolis 500, the highlight of the IndyCar series.<\/p>\n

The car will feature a Red Mist Metallic exterior paint finish and a two-tone Jet Black and Sky Cool Gray interior with Torch Red accents. It will also wear forged aluminum wheels with a Tech Bronze finish.<\/p>\n

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Like all 2023 Corvette Z06 coupes and convertibles, a 5.5-liter V-8<\/a> with a flat-plane crank and a redline of 8,600 rpm will power the pace car. Peak power of 670 hp arrives at 8,400 rpm. The Z06 launches from 0-60 mph in about 2.6 seconds and reaches a top speed of approximately 195 mph.<\/p>\n

It will be the first time a Corvette with a retractable hard-top roof will handle pacing duties at the race, which is now in its 107th year. However, Chevrolet and the Corvette are no strangers at the event.<\/p>\n

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The 2023 race will mark the 20th time a Corvette has paced the race, and the 34th time a Chevrolet has had the honor. The first Chevy pace car was also a convertible, a Fleetmaster Six, which led the field to the green flag back in 1948.<\/p>\n

Chevy, which is also a current power unit supplier to IndyCar (together with Honda), has a history with the Indy 500 that goes back much farther. Brand co-founder Louis Chevrolet, along with brothers Arthur and Gaston, competed in early races. Gaston won the 1920 race.<\/p>\n

This year’s Indy 500 is scheduled for May 28 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A driver for the pace car hasn’t been announced.<\/p>\n

A special 2023 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible<\/a> was also picked as this year’s Indy 500 Festival Event Car. A total of 50 examples have been built for promotional duties, all of which will be sold to the public after the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 convertible has been named the official pace car of the 2023 Indianapolis 500, the highlight of the IndyCar series. The car will feature a Red Mist Metallic exterior paint finish and a two-tone Jet Black and Sky Cool Gray interior with Torch Red accents. It will also wear forged aluminum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}