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Old May 20, 2014 | 11:17 PM
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Old May 20, 2014 | 11:24 PM
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About what? Z/28 is the pace car
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Old May 20, 2014 | 11:37 PM
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Quite a car!
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Old May 21, 2014 | 11:13 AM
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Don't see the problem. The Z/28 is the pace car this year and will do just fine. It is a badazz car.
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Old May 21, 2014 | 04:54 PM
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I guess the op thought the black one was a C7 because of the tail lights
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Old May 21, 2014 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
Don't see the problem. The Z/28 is the pace car this year and will do just fine. It is a badazz car.
Yup. And hardly surprising: it's the eighth Camaro to serve as pace car.
(Probably a lot easier for Dario to climb in and out too, considering he just broke his back last October.)
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What were they thinking
Clearly they wanted to choose the most badass camaro ever. That's what they were thinking! Beautiful car and a great choice in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by 5.3Avalanche
Clearly they wanted to choose the most badass camaro ever. That's what they were thinking! Beautiful car and a great choice in my opinion.
And the most badass driver, Dario!
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Originally Posted by 5.3Avalanche
Clearly they wanted to choose the most badass camaro ever. That's what they were thinking! Beautiful car and a great choice in my opinion.
If they wanted to do that they would have chose the ZL1 They chose the best track Camaro ever instead..
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