For more than 110 years, a specially selected car has paced the field at the Indianapolis 500. And nine times the Chevy Camaro was picked for that occasion. The Camaro Z/28 was chosen for the 1993 running of the race and – as a marketing tie-in – Chevrolet produced 645 copies for sale to the public. This is one of those cars and has been carefully preserved over the years with just 700 miles on the odometer. It was identified for us here on craigslist, but the actual auction is with guyswithrides where the bidding on this Naples, Florida car has reached $7,600 but the reserve has room to go.

The 1993 pace car was from the first year of the fourth generation of the Camaro, which was produced from 1993-02. Total Camaro production was under 40,000 units that year, with nearly half or under 18,000 being Z/28s. Borrowing from Saturn and Pontiac production techniques, the new design utilized Sheet Moulding Compound (aka plastic) for the roof, rear hatch, door panels, and rear spoiler. For performance, the Camaro Z/28 used a 5.7-liter LT1 V-8 engine rated at 275 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque that debuted in the Corvette the year before. The Z/28 came standard with a 4L60 automatic transmission, but you could get a six-speed manual at no extra cost.

A pace car replica of the Z/28 cost the original buyer $995 extra, according to the window sticker on the seller’s car. Much of that was for the graphics associated with the track automobile along with the black and white body color scheme, multicolored pinstriping, and white painted wheels. The seller of this ’93 Camaro is its fifth owner and he’s had it for about a year. He bought the car with the intent of taking it to the 2021 edition of the Pace Car Reunion Invitational held at the Indianapolis Speedway. However, he was unable to attend after all and has a 2022 C8 Corvette “on order” that he needs to make room for, so this car must go.

According to the seller, each of the owners of this Camaro has treated it as a limited use show car, hence the reason so few miles have been racked up in 28 years. Every title-holder has kept it stored in a climate-controlled garage, enabling the car to retain its time-capsule qualities. We’re told the Chevy is completely original except for a firmware update to the factory-installed radio that provides it with Bluetooth capability.

When they do come up for sale, these Camaro pace car replicas seem to go for $25-30,000, which is about 20% higher than regular Z/28’s. Considering the original sticker of $22,880, these cars haven’t proved to offer huge amounts of upside potential for investors. If the reserve isn’t too high on this car, perhaps the opportunity will now arise.