We planned to
take our 1995 Corvette pace car with the
light bar and strobes for this trip. We
had the light bar and strobes installed in
August in preparation. This pacer started
in Indy, made the trip to Kentucky, back to
Indy, and then to Michigan and back for the
entire reunion. We started the trip with
4,961 miles on the odometer.
In addition we
offered our 1998 Corvette pace car to
Noel, a friend from Texas who flew to Indy to
drive the Indy and Michigan legs of the trip.
It started with 8,511 miles on the odometer.
Tuesday
Destination: Bowling Green
Kentucky
We left Tuesday
afternoon immediately after Alex got out of
school, as we had to be at the National Corvette
Museum in Kentucky by 5pm Central time. We
took Alex out of school for a full 3 days, and
Ashley and Max were out Thursday and Friday.
Bad parents!
Alex and I were so excited
to have our '95 on display...it was wonderful fun!
We had a
reception inside the National Corvette Museum
for reunion participants to gather, pick up
their credentials, and enjoy visiting and have
some pizza. With such a packed agenda,
this was a great ice-breaker for the first
night. We all enjoyed!
Strobes in
Action inside NCM
Our 1995 Corvette
Pace Car was in the National Corvette Museum Tuesday Night
At the end of the night, Roc
Linkov and Alex took our '95 Pace Car out of the NCM
Wednesday
Day starts in Bowling Green, KY
2005 Corvette
Pace Car (L - Below). During the 2010
PCR Reunion we learned this car was available
for sale. After 6 weeks of figuring out
finances, making arrangements for purchase, and
talking to the seller we ended up buying this
car and taking it out of NCM in late October.
See
this 2005 Corvette Pace Car on JetsVettes...
National
Corvette Pace car Registry Banner
Bowling Green Kentucky Corvette
Assembly Plant Tour, Cailin (L) and Alex (R)
Access Denied!
In the summer, outside of work, I never wear
closed toed shoes with shorts. Never.
And this time it bit me! No access to
the Corvette Assembly plant with open toed
shoes. I did not have any regular shoes
with me. What was I thinking??? Alex
was able to get in thanks to friends LaVelle and
Cailin.
Me and Alex heading back
to Indy...
Indianapolis
Corvette guys Max (L), Alex (C)
and Cailin (R)
Checked into
the hotel and dinner at Rick's Cafe Boatyard
Thursday
Started at Target Chip
Ganassi Racing (I was directing traffic: center pic)
Indianapolis
Motor Speedway
Maxxy
2005 Corvette
Pic (right), Bruce (L) Gary (C) and Bob (R)
Leaving for Skillman's collection, stopped at
Famous Dave's for lunch. What is the crazy
Gator Land guy doing to me???
Lee Cruising in our '86 Pace Car
for the day in Indy
Ray Skillman Collector Cars
Andy Wolf's
Museum was our last stop of the day
Friday
Travel to
Detroit through Auburn's Duisenberg Museum
The whole
Group!
Group picture courtesy
of Roc Linkov and National Corvette Museum
A few of us
broke out of the pack to visit 2 other places starting at
Howard's in Auburn. This is my favorite pic from the
trip. It was a great day!
Bob P's collection in Three
Rivers, MI, on our way to Detroit
Saturday
General
Motors Proving Grounds in Milford, MI
Me and Alex
in the '95 followed by Noel in our '98
Milford track pics
courtesy of Roc Linkov and National Corvette Museum
Noel
Milford track pics
courtesy of Roc Linkov and National Corvette Museum
Pratt Miller
Our 1998 and
1995 Corvette Pace Cars at Pratt Miller (me and Maxxy)
General
Motors Heritage Center
Banquet
Saturday Night - Started with grabbing some pics of friends
Sunday
Breakfast at the hotel in the
morning and then hit the road to go home
Summary
Total trip:
Starting 4,961 to ending 6,407 =
1,446 miles
Total trip:
Starting 8,511 to ending 9,536 =
1,025 miles
This
was the best Corvette Pace car
reunion we've ever attended.
Looking back on this event, we sure
did a lot over the 5 days.
We had a
blast reconnecting with some friends
from the 2007 reunion, and making
new friends along the way. It
was a wonderful time and worth every
mile we put on the cars.
The 2010 Pace
Car reunion was featured in the National
Corvette Museum's Nov/Dec issue of "America's
Sports Car". Roc Linkov and the NCM also
rounded out the experience by sending out a
special Milford Proving Ground map and brochure,
as well as a disc with all of the pictures taken
by Roc during the event. Including the
special Milford pictures!
