1984 Detroit Grand Prix Pace Car

1985 Motorsport Capri · Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:17 pm

we all know the capri was the pace car for the Detroit Grand Prix IV in 1985.

but does anyone know which car paced the Detroit Grand Prix lll in 1984?

was it the Pontiac Trans Am
or
the Ford SVO Mustang

Bonus Point for the first Detroit Grand Prix in 1982 pace car

Triple Bonus for the pace car in Detroit Grand Prix II in 1983

knsstang · Post by **knsstang** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:18 am

the pace car in 1984 was the Pontiac Fiero, (I passed one today with the pace car writing on the side

plumkrazy · Post by **plumkrazy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:55 am

cars on Woodward

CHAZ · Post by **CHAZ** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:19 am

1985 Motorsport Capri wrote:we all know the capri was the pace car for the Detroit Grand Prix IV in 1985.

but does anyone know which car paced the Detroit Grand Prix lll in 1984?

was it the Pontiac Trans Am
or
the Ford SVO Mustang

Bonus Point for the first Detroit Grand Prix in 1982 pace car

Triple Bonus for the pace car in Detroit Grand Prix II in 1983

1984 - Pontiac Trans Am (15th anniv - I think I remember seeing)

1982

1983

1985 Motorsport Capri · Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:25 am

knsstang wrote:the pace car in 1984 was the Pontiac Fiero, (I passed one today with the pace car writing on the side

you sure it was a Fiero? or 1984? or not an Indy pace car

that would bring it to the total to 3.

and also

Kendal Coker · Post by **Kendal Coker** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:46 am

Gerry Ayers ownes the Detroit Grand Prix SVO pace car for 1984. It was kept in like new condidtion and Gerry will continue to keep it in excellent condition.

1982 Detroit Grand prix pace car was a 1979 Indy pace car mustang repainted white,located in the Jack Roush Museum in Livonia Michingan.

1985 Motorsport Capri · Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:06 am

the detroit prix II pace car was a renault fuego.
white with black trim & red decals, actual detroit gp logo just like the capris.
seen 1 once. same color sceme like a 85 capri.
looked wierd.

seen different photo of the TA in a car book couple years ago.

wonder which car actually was the pace car in 84.
SVO or TA.

one probably was used in the other race on saturday & the other was used in the sunday Grand Prix.

ChuckG · Post by **ChuckG** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:54 am

Think we'd have heard if the SVO paced. Can't ever recall that vehicle pace anything, which is a shame because it was quite a package.

If they'd only based it on the 2.8 V6.....

Kendal Coker · Post by **Kendal Coker** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:45 am

ChuckG wrote:Think we'd have heard if the SVO paced. Can't ever recall that vehicle pace anything, which is a shame because it was quite a package.

If they'd only based it on the 2.8 V6.....

Here is a picture of the 84 detroit grand prix with an svo in the back of the field with it lights on.

http://www.motortrend.com/classic/featu ... to_12.html

plumkrazy · Post by **plumkrazy** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:16 am

Now thats COOL, But what is the car behide the SVO looks like a blk and white stang!!! And if you go to the first picture there is a car in the upper left that appears to be a Mustang maybe a Capri LOL

Now if only we could find some Pictures of the Capri in the 1985 race.

ChuckG · Post by **ChuckG** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:17 am

Wow! I was really into the SVOs and never saw that. Never even heard about it.

Funny, but the '85 Teamster strike is how I ended up with a McLaren Coupe and not an SVO. My SVO was built and ready, but stuck on a truck at Rouge, so I canceled and bought my first Coupe.

Bet Roush has some race photos of Capris. There or Motorcraft.

RARE-ASC · Post by **RARE-ASC** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:25 am

plumkrazy wrote:Now thats COOL, But what is the car behide the SVO looks like a blk and white stang!!! And if you go to the first picture there is a car in the upper left that appears to be a Mustang maybe a Capri LOL

Now if only we could find some Pictures of the Capri in the 1985 race.

Ya i wish! TOO!

1985 Motorsport Capri · Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:19 am

RARE-ASC wrote:
plumkrazy wrote:Now thats COOL, But what is the car behide the SVO looks like a blk and white stang!!! And if you go to the first picture there is a car in the upper left that appears to be a Mustang maybe a Capri LOL

Now if only we could find some Pictures of the Capri in the 1985 race.
Ya i wish! TOO!

i spent an entire day going through the photo archive at Ford HQ a couple years back. the only photo i found had a few capris in the pits. the capri's were not the main focus of the shot. they were very small and barely visable

MIKE'SVO · Post by **MIKE'SVO** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:46 pm

The SVO also paced a race at Watkins Glen (I think), one of the race courses in the north east. Kendal would know about that one too, if I have the wrong track. And there was a Mac Tools SVO race car and a Silver State SVO race car.

Kendal Coker · Post by **Kendal Coker** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:40 am

Ken Potter has one of the Watkins Glenn Pace cars, there was 2 silver 84's and 1 white 85.5 svo. There also was a charcoal 84 that was the pace car at Sears Point. Several svo's were raced in showroom stock like the mac tools car that Mark Haas ownes and the Silver State svo just sold to a guy in Ohio.

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Yep, it was an SVO for 1984