Chevrolet Reveals 2023 Corvette Z06 Pace Car For 2022 Indy 500

Chevrolet Reveals 2023 Corvette Z06 Pace Car For 2022 Indy 500

A 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 70th Anniversary Edition will be the speed vehicle for the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 29. Previous IndyCar racer Sarah Fisher will be in the driver's seat.

The 2023 Chevy Corvette Z06 pace vehicle utilizes a similar 670-torque 5.5-liter normally suctioned V8 as the street going form. It has the Z07 Performance Package that has extra highlights like Magnetic Ride Control 4.0 adjustments, carbon-fiber wheels with Michelin Sport Cup 2 R ZP tires, and carbon-ceramic brakes. The pack additionally adds carbon parts of the body.

Chevrolet Reveals 2023 Corvette Z06 Pace Car For 2022 Indy 500

The speed vehicle has the 70th Anniversary Edition bundle in White Pearl Metallic Tri-Coat. It incorporates wheels with red edges and commemoration focus covers. The brake calipers are red. Cars get a red motor cover. Inside, there's Ceramic two-tone calfskin with softened cowhide supplements and red differentiation sewing on the seats and directing wheel

There are additionally some extraordinary addresses the speed vehicle that aren't on the models accessible in display areas. There's a dark stripe over the focal point of the body with a different red band on the driver's side. A logo on the rooftop shows "70 1953 - 2023," and there's "Z06" on the back spoiler. Indy 500 designs beautify every entryway.

Chevrolet Reveals 2023 Corvette Z06 Pace Car For 2022 Indy 500

Chevy plans to begin assembling the 2023 Z06 this late spring. As of now, the automaker doesn't yet have official estimating for the lively model.

This denotes the nineteenth time for the Corvette to be the Indy 500 speed vehicle since its debut appearance in 1978. It's additionally the 6th continuous year for a 'Vette to have this obligation. A Camaro had the occupation in 2016. The last time a non-General-Motors automaker had a vehicle as the speed vehicle was the Dodge Viper GTS in 1996.

Chevrolet Reveals 2023 Corvette Z06 Pace Car For 2022 Indy 500

Sarah Fisher qualified for the Indy 500 nine times in her hustling vocation. Her four-lap qualifying pace of 229.439 miles each hour in 2002 is as yet the record for a female driver. She has been the Indy 500 speed vehicle driver during alert periods starting around 2017.

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