The one, The only 1967 IPC

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Specifically this tire dealer:

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Originally Posted by 1967Z28

The Firestone racing tires in '67 had gold letters and a gold pinstripe.

----Used to use those Firestone racing tires on my every day driver 69 435hp Corvette coupe. 8 inch slots on the front and 10 inch slots on the back. Was living in Ft Liquerdale at the time and didn't have any weather worries.....Bill S

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More Pictures...Dave Welday was responsible for the "at track" modifications to the Pace car including Flags and pole holders.

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Originally Posted by 1967Z28

The Firestone racing tires in '67 had gold letters and a gold pinstripe.

YES they did....

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Looking through the photos here is the source evidence provided to Welday that led to the conclusion that they must have been crayoned.

Here is a pace car upon arrival. It obviously is tab marked to avoid confusion by ZONE personnel AND is pictured here wearing an apparently entirely different set of tires.

[Charley Lillard]

"the label on the spare shows that the tires were sourced locally from a tire dealer in Speedway Indiana... "


Not sure what you mean. The label reads to me like it was shipped from Firestone in Ohio to Firestone tire and Rubber Racing Division in Speedway City Indiana.

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See post 21 above..Just a poor attempt on my part of being a smart A$$

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More pictures from the month of May during time trials... looks like it is still rolling on its original tires here.

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Literally everybody who was anybody was in the car. There is Harlen Fengler helping the Jan Cruse out of the car.

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And this photo also likely shows the car again during the month of May Before the E gold letters were swapped on - still rolling on its original tires.