Riverside: 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 Conv. Pace Car for NASCAR Permatex 200 1969

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A little more than a month after it was used to pace the USAC Rex Mays 300 Indycar event, the white 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 convertible was used as the pace car for the Permatex 200 NASCAR race held at the Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California on Saturday, January 18, 1969.  This event was a support race for the main NASCAR Grand National event that was scheduled to take place the next day.  It featured lesser known drivers in early model stock cars that were no longer competitive in Grand National races.  In fact, Hershel McGriff won the race in his twelve year old 1957 Chevrolet.  I believe it says "Camaro Official Pace Car" on the doors.

These photos are part of the Dave Friedman Collection of photos on the Flickr page of The Henry Ford.  See them here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/albums/72157662963847560

The second and fourth are cropped versions.

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More photos from the Dave Friedman Collection at the Henry Ford Flickr page.

I believe the flags have the Permatex name and logo on them.

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Even more photos from the Dave Friedman Collection at the Henry Ford Flickr page.

It looks like the writing on the door says:

Camaro
Official Pace Car

It looks like the NASCAR logo is to the right of the word "Camaro"

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This one came from the Petersen Automotive Museum Digitization Project: https://archive.petersen.org/pages/home.php?login=true

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Here is a ticket and patch from the event.

1) Worthpoint.com
2) Pinterest.com

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This is what I believe the logo looks like on the door next to the word "Camaro."  This logo also appeared on several of the NASCAR 1968 Camaro RS/SS 396 pace cars during the 1968 season.