Mint Condition: 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Indy 500 Pace Car

If you own a car with the words "Official Pace Car 69th Indianapolis 500, May 26, 1985" on the doors you are going to have a few conversations that go like this.  Random dude: Wow, so that car was used as the pace car at Indy...that's wicked. You: Well...it is actually a commemorative version of the pace car, one of 242 built.  Random dude: So the folks at Indy 500 paid to have that on the side as advertisement..?  You: No...actually the buyer had to pay more for this option...  Random dude: Okay, well can you just stop parking it on my lawn, it's killing the grass. If this kind of exchange gets you excited, you can pick up your 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Indy 500 Pace Car here on eBay offered for $12,950 in Ozone Park, NY.

Auction Watch: 1982 Chevrolet Camaro Indy 500 Pace Car Edition

Check out this 1982 Chevrolet Camaro Indy 500 Pace Car Edition offered here on eBay in Lakeland, FL with bidding at $10,800 reserve-not-met and auction ending on Saturday.

Pace Car Special: 1975 Buick Century Free Spirit

On May 25th, 1975, A.J. Foyt lined up his Coyote 75 racer behind actor James Garner who drove a Buick Century the pace car at the Indy 500.  When the checkered flag was waved, Foyt was beaten by Bobby Unser, but the Buick dealers around the country were the real winners because they got the Century Free Spirit pace car replica to offload on a hungry public.  Find this 1975 Buick Century Free Spirit offered for $3,500 in Vermont.  Tip from Jdah.

20k: Turbo Pace Car: 1989 Pontiac Trans Am Special Edition

If you own a car with the words "Official Pace Car of the Indianapolis 500" on the doors you are going to have a few conversations that go like this.  Random dude: Wow, so that car was used as the pace car at Indy...which year? You: Well...it is actually a commemorative version of the pace car.  Random dude: So the folks at Indy paid to have that on the side as advertisement..?  You: No...actually the buyer had to pay more for this option...  Random dude: Oh. If this kind of exchange gets you excited, you can pick up your own 1989 Pontiac Trans Am Special Edition for $19,495 Buy It Now on ebay in West Jordan, UT with 2 days to go.

5k: Pace Carpocalypse: 1980 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Pace Car, Turbo 4.9 V8

The 2nd generation Pontiac Firebird was sold from 1970 through 1981 - bridging the gap from the height of the muscle car madness through the worst of malaise era.  When the gas/oil/emission crisis hit, the power densities dropped and giant winged bird hood emblems took over for actual performance.  When the big Pontiac 6.6 liter giant finally was laid to rest it was replaced with a 4.9 liter turbocharged V8 that was down 10 horsepower but up on low end torque.  Find this 1980 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Pace Car, Turbo 4.9 V8 for sale in Vancouver, BC for $3,000 CDN.  Tip from Bandit on oppositelock.

5k: Pacecar of the Apocalypse: 1985 Oldsmobile Calais, Indy 500 Pace Car, Low Miles

The Oldsmobile Calais was named after a small northern French port city that was for many years occupied by the English and used as a shipping point as it is only 21 miles away from the white cliffs of Dover.  The costs of maintaining a naturally indefensible city (once used by Julius Caesar as a staging point for his invasion of Britannia) were high and the British historian Sir Geoffrey Elton once remarked "Calais—expensive and useless—was better lost than kept."  A fitting quote for the 4-wheeled Calais, or even better, for the Oldsmobile marque in general.  However, today's featured Calais isn't your average GM N-platform junker.  Find this 1985 Oldsmobile Calais Indy 500 Pace Car edition with 6,100 miles on the odometer currently bidding on ebay for $3,850 reserve-not-met with 3 days to go, located in Lansing, MI.

15k: Pace Yourself: 1993 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Pace Car Edition: 6k miles

Prepare yourself for some action, as this T-top equipped beauty will blow your mullet right off your head.  The 4th generation Chevrolet Camaro debuted in 1993 with an all-new sleek door-stop inspired look and a $995 option for an "Indy 500 Pace Car Edition.'  Some wife-beater wearing hairy backed dudes opted to get the "Pace Car" edition, they probably would have sold 10X if it had been NASCAR themed, not that Indy attracts the 'high-brow' Ferrari jacket douche-bags, but the bottom line is that just over 600 of the Pace Car edition were ever sold. Most Z28s have lived great lives doing donuts in high-school parking lots and routinely causing police to pull them over for the generally being awesome, but today's minty clean feature has been pamper and only has 6k miles on the odometer.  Find this 1993 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Pace Car Edition for sale in Sacramento, CA for $17,000 via craiglist.

5k: 1984 Pontiac Fiero w/3.8 V6 Supercharged

The name Fiero means proud in Italian (not flammable like we were told many years ago) or ferocious in Spanish - neither of which apply particularly well to a stock Fiero.  Still, it was nice to see General Motors attempt to keep up with the Japanese by building a mid-engined sports-car for the masses and we have to applaud the effort.  The Fiero would be a much better car with a more meaty lump shoved into the back and that is exactly what the seller of this 1984 Pontiac Fiero with 3.8 liter supercharged V6 did, and it was being sold on ebay, but failed to meet the reserve at $4,450 - but expect this to come back to ebay with a more realistic reserve.