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The Corvette Pace Car Registry Officers

Indy 500 Festival Corvette Director, Bob Kirsch
(Includes Festival/support Corvettes from non-Replica Corvette Pace Car years, as well as
Pace/support Corvettes from other events (Daytona, Brickyard 400, IMSA, ACO, etc.)

Email: festivalleader@pacecarregistry.com
Year joined Registry: 2004
Pace Car(s) Owned: 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette Safety Car #3 that was stationed at Arnage corner during the 2003 24 Hours of LeMans race in France.

2004 Daytona 500 Corvette Pace Car #2, actual Pace Car used during the race (GM still owns #1 that was driven by the Celeb driver to start the race on loan to the NCM.).

2007 Brickyard 400 Corvette Event car #24 - used on track on race day, carried winner Tony Stewart on his Victory lap, who then purchased for his collection and owned until 2022).

2019 Indy 500 Festival car #41, used in the 500 Festival Parade to carry Pole sitter and eventual winner Simon Pagenaud in the Parade. 

2025 Indy 500 Festival car #9, one of eight used on Race day to lap the track in front of the Pace Car and field.  Driven by GM President Mark Reuss.
Other Corvettes Owned: None currently, but in the past quite a few : My first in 1978, a Red Coupe, 1985 White Coupe, 1995 Indy Pace Car Event #137, 1998 Silver Coupe, 2006 Silver Coupe, 2007 Indy Pace Car Track #18, 2013 Night Race Blue Convertible, 2016 Laguna Blue Z06 Convertible, and a 2021 Stingray Sebring Orange Coupe.
Other Corvette club affiliations: Lifetime Member National Corvette Museum, C5, 6 and 7 Registry member, Member Corvette Action Center.
Home Town: Macedonia, Ohio
Memorable Pace Car Moment(s):

1) Participating in 2007 Indy 500 "Media day" event at the Speedway
2) Having my '95 Pace Car on exhibit on the turntable at the National Corvette Museum during November 2006
3) Attending the 2005, 2007, and 2010 Registry reunions, 2006 Indy Speedway Reunion, and 2016 100th Anniversary Pace Car Reunions.
4) And being able to drive my 2007 in the 2018 500 Festival Parade !
Personal Message:

It's not just about all of those "replica" Corvette Pace cars that GM made for those few years is it? We have really grown our database and photo/info content for all of Festival/Event Corvettes, as well as all the "other" Corvettes we can gather from the other races and Sanctioning bodies, so if you own one of these please Join our Registry!

Bob Kirsch
   
   


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