I have been told that a 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler in Dan Gurney colors was used as a Pace Car in the NJ area back in 1969, possibly at the old Trenton Speedway for the NASCAR race. Can anyone confirm that? Anyone have a 1970 race program from the Trenton 300 that might show the 69 pace car. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Richard, you might try "friending" the late Trenton promoter, Sam Nunis' daughter, Vicki Nunis of Reading, Pennsylvania, who is a member here at Stock Car RacersReunion:
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/profile/VickiNunis?xg_source=prof...
A friend of mine was at the 1970 Schaefer 300 at Trenton & still has the program. I believe he told me it was just a generic program that was used at many GN events that year. But I've asked him to check to see if it had any pics from the 1969 race - incl the pace car.
ebay - $25 - 1970 Schaefer 300 program:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trenton-Speedway-Trenton-New-Jersey-July-19...
Terrific, thank you.
From my bud in Trenton:
1970 Program did not have any 69 race photos.But for what-ever reason, I believe it was a 69 Camaro..white convertible with orange stripes-with 2 large yellow flags flying off back bumper. I think the 69 Camaro was the pace car atIndy that year andTrenton was using one of the replicas from our local dealer, Bonderchuk Chevrolet...
Hope that helps.
Chase, your friend's description of the 1969 Camaro brings back a real memory.
In April 1969, the Chevrolet dealership in Dunn, NC loaned me their showroom version of this car to pull a float in a spring festival parade. Alas, the automatic tranny was not up to the task and suffered a meltdown!
