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San Francisco 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh To Pace Indy500 In 2014 Corvette Stingray

To the dismay of Detroit Lions fans everywhere, Jim Harbaugh — head coach of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers (A.K.A. the Super Bowl XLVII runner-ups), will drive the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car to lead the pack of 33 racers to the start of the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500, which is this Sunday May 26th.

For racing fans, however, seeing Harbaugh in the pace car should feel right at home, as the former Indianapolis Colts quarterback is a principal at Panther Racing, which fields the two-car, Chevrolet-powered IndyCar team with drivers J.R. Hildebrand and Townsend Bell. Hildebrand will drive the No. 4 National Guard Chevrolet in the Indianapolis 500 while Bell will compete in the No. 60 Sunoco “Turbo” Chevrolet.

 

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  1. Hopefully he can keep up with the traffic in this car, considering Tadge and his crew somehow refuse to disclose this car’s actual performance figures while blowing plenty of smoke and creating diversions. Surely there should be a better car out there to handle this function. Corvette C7 certainly does not deserve the honor.

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    1. God forbid you’re ever surprised by an automaker for once. It’s not launching until August, so give it a minute. And who cares about the actual figures. You’re either going to buy it or you’re not.

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      1. I’ll leave buying pig in a poke for you. Yeah, maybe Tadge will jump out of the cake announcing the C7 specs.

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  2. perfect car for the great american race, can’t wait to see it on Sunday.

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  5. One of the best 500s ever (and that’s saying a lot), Chevy first through fourth… and no mention of it. Ugh.

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