1997 brickyard lt1 z28 convertible.

[supercomp 8.90]

hey guys i took another look at the car today for clues and spotted a sticker on the drivers door that gave air pressure readings for high speeds and the tires are z-rated, and it has a 150 mph speedo i think, also it has a little sticker by the radiator that has a dealer zone code? what do you guys think the car is worth as a support vehicle compared to a festival car, i am just worried about paying too much for it. thanks for all the help, dave.

[Seattle Sam]

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This is a picure of the 1997 Brickyard Camaro.



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The Camaro in this picture would NOT be one of the ones in the group of 50 serial numbers listed above. Those were early production 1997 model year Camaros used for the 1996 Brickyard race, striped as in the pictures I posted above, which is car number 3, serial number 063. The Camaro paced the 1996 Brickyard 400 race (actually two modified 1996 Camaros with 30th Anniversary items and 1997 part-amber tail lights added). The 1997 and later races were NOT paced by a Camaro.

The car pictured here is stickered for the 1997 race and surely was of much later production than those 50 early serial numbers, being built for use a year later. The car in this picture does not include the double orange stripe or body-color wheels, and appears to be painted black in the front "grille" area where the fog lights reside (white on a 30th Ann package car). I believe there were Camaro support vehicles at each Brickyard 400 race through 2002; in some years they were SS convertibles, other years Z/28 convertibles.

[Seattle Sam]

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hey guys i took another look at the car today for clues and spotted a sticker on the drivers door that gave air pressure readings for high speeds and the tires are z-rated, and it has a 150 mph speedo i think, also it has a little sticker by the radiator that has a dealer zone code? what do you guys think the car is worth as a support vehicle compared to a festival car, i am just worried about paying too much for it. thanks for all the help, dave.

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I believe all 97's have the 150 MPH speedo. Support vehicle = festival car = one and the same thing. Difference is that another model was the pace car in 1997, not the Camaro - thus it is not the "Official Pace Car" as it was for the 96 race. If the car has any documentation with it, such a festival plate, lot sticker, temp registration to an offical at the speedway, etc, it's worth maybe 12-14K in excellent shape, otherwise it's worth about 10K.
JMO
-Sam

[supercomp 8.90]

guys thanks for all the help, i also noticed that the production date on the car is 7/97 and it was registered in 12/97.

[indycamaro]

Agree with Sam.
So we have a 97 Festival / Support car, still a neat car. Value is in the eye of the beholder. The only ones that seemed to have held some value are the 50 from '96, the only time the Camaro was the pace car as Sam noted, the 2002 35th Anniv. Camaro (red / silver stripe)that were the festival car for the 2001 race and the 57 2002 RPO Z7D coded Silver SS's with Anniv wheels used at the 2002 race.

[supercomp 8.90]

i just bought the camaro today, the car is in cleaner shape than i thought, there is no chips in any of the wheel well lips at all, i took if for a spin and the car is very tight, it seems to be a very firm ride compared to others i have driven, thanks guys for the help!!!

[supercomp 8.90]

another picture.

[supercomp 8.90]

one more.

[Seattle Sam]

Nice score, Dave! I'm sure you;ll enjoy driving it!

-Sam

[wax]

hi ,
i actually own a 1997 Z28
BRICKYARD 400 CONVERTABLE AND KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFO YOU CAN CALL ME 312-907-5700 OR EMAIL. ERIC