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Emerson Fittipaldi To Pace 2008 Detroit Grand Prix in E85 Corvette Z06

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT

At today's NextCruise announcement, automakers dragged out their leanest, meanest, greenest vehicles as a backdrop for the action. Of course, the fact that they were all SUVs was a bit ironic. But also on hand was a hot Corvette Z06 modified for Detroit Grand Prix pace duty and sipping E85 fuel. While no announcement was made, racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi's name is planted smack-dab on the driver's side B-pillar, making it pretty clear who's going to be at the helm during the 2008 Detroit Grand Prix.

This will be a return to a familiar place for Fittipaldi, considering he won two CART races at Belle Isle, in 1989 and 1991. The Corvette itself is pretty slick in its color-shifting paint, moving between gold and green. Way better than the '98 Corvette Indy Pace Car dressed in terrifying purple and yellow. It's kind of shocking, but even the light bar up top is kinda cool. That right there is one fine-looking pace car.

What Would You Drive To Your High School Reunion?

Ray Wert — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:30:00 EST

Now that we've given you an opportunity to help us determine what I'll be driving to my high school reunion, we're interested in knowing what car you'd drive and why. Yes, we've asked this question once before, and got some great responses — but in honor of this Turkey Day weekend, and my little soirée on Saturday — we figure it's appropriate to ask it again. So talk to us this Black Friday and tell us what you'd be pulling up to the door driving.

Jeep JT Concept vs 2008 Corvette Z06: What Should Wert Drive To His High School Reunion?

Ray Wert — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:30:00 EST

I was the fat kid in high school. There, I said it. In fact, I was what you'd call "unpopular" — I'd never get invited to the parties, never got the date with the cheerleader and most certainly never drove the cool car. But all that pent-up pain and angst finally has the opportunity to release itself this Saturday with my high school reunion at Como's in Ferndale, MI. You see, a reunion's the perfect place to finally get one's comeuppance on the "cool kids" — whether it's through losing weight, taking the cheerleader with you or driving a cool car. I'll be trying to do all three — but for purposes of our loyal readers here at Jalopnik the a priori issue at hand is the car. And luckily, I happen to, as an auto ~~journalist~~ ~~hack~~ ~~pundit~~ blogger, have a decent number of options in front of me. I've narrowed my choices down to two diametrically opposite vehicles — the Jeep JT concept and the new 2008 Corvette Z06. Now here's the fun part — I want your advice as to what you think I should be rolling up to Como's in and then later today we'll be asking you what car you'd drive if you had unlimited options in a very special high school reunion edition of the Question of the Day. Then on Monday, come back here and we'll find out which one I ended up rolling down Woodward Avenue in and why. For the time being check out the shots below of the two choices and then hit the jump for the poll to help us answer the question at hand: