Who is the pacecarguy anyway ??
Welcome to my personal website ! My name is Bob Kirsch, and I live in Northeast Ohio and have been an avid Corvette fan and owner (with a stint owning 2 Camaro Pace / Festival cars) since turning 21 years of age and buying my first new Corvette, a 1978 Red Coupe with Red interior. I'm also an avid Indianapolis 500 race fan, so I put Corvette and Indy together, and here I am.
I first "Saw The Light" in October of 2004, when I decided to purchase an "investment vehicle" to supplement a "daily driver". After deciding on a Corvette Indy 500 Pace car, I located my '95 in a small town in Arkansas and did the deed. I loved the car ever since - up to the point in 2007 when I sold it to buy a new 2007 Corvette Indianapolis 500 Pace Car!
My '95 was Track car #137 (1 of 75 Track cars), and was "fully dressed" (wearing all Pace Car graphics including the original Track Event decals) and only had 12,000 miles on it! My love of Pace cars has grown, having taken delivery immediately after the race of a new 2007 Indy Festival car (#18) to add to my stable.
My prior Corvettes at that time were a '78 (non-pace car), '85 and '98 full customs, and my '95 Pace Car. With retirement I decided to thin the herd a little by selling my '07 in the Spring of 2022 (it went back home to Indiana).
My current "stable" includes a 2019 Indy Festival Corvette Convertible, #41, a 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette Coupe which was one of the actual three Safety Cars used in France that year during the 24 Hours of LeMans Sportscar race, and my newest addition, a 2021 Corvette Stingray Coupe.
But back to "Who is the pacecarguy" question now.... I'm currently an Officer on the Board of The Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car Registry. In that role, I am the Festival and "Other Event Corvette Director, as well as the Communication Director, meaning two of my tasks are to maintain our website and Facebook page.
I decided to retire in early 2022 to enjoy the "finer things in life" (meaning sleeping in and doing whatever I want, lol) after a run of 41 years working in the IT field (the last 25 years of which were with one employer). Of course the C-Word crisis in the world was a setback to enjoying Corvette events for the past few years and hopefully those will slowly be back on the schedule.
So, I hope you enjoy following my travels across the country (past and future) in my Corvettes and I will be photo documenting the numerous places and events I attend over the years. So sit back, and start surfing - and ENJOY !
Bob Kirsch, and my email address is pacecarguy@gmail.com
I first "Saw The Light" in October of 2004, when I decided to purchase an "investment vehicle" to supplement a "daily driver". After deciding on a Corvette Indy 500 Pace car, I located my '95 in a small town in Arkansas and did the deed. I loved the car ever since - up to the point in 2007 when I sold it to buy a new 2007 Corvette Indianapolis 500 Pace Car!
My '95 was Track car #137 (1 of 75 Track cars), and was "fully dressed" (wearing all Pace Car graphics including the original Track Event decals) and only had 12,000 miles on it! My love of Pace cars has grown, having taken delivery immediately after the race of a new 2007 Indy Festival car (#18) to add to my stable.
My prior Corvettes at that time were a '78 (non-pace car), '85 and '98 full customs, and my '95 Pace Car. With retirement I decided to thin the herd a little by selling my '07 in the Spring of 2022 (it went back home to Indiana).
My current "stable" includes a 2019 Indy Festival Corvette Convertible, #41, a 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette Coupe which was one of the actual three Safety Cars used in France that year during the 24 Hours of LeMans Sportscar race, and my newest addition, a 2021 Corvette Stingray Coupe.
But back to "Who is the pacecarguy" question now.... I'm currently an Officer on the Board of The Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car Registry. In that role, I am the Festival and "Other Event Corvette Director, as well as the Communication Director, meaning two of my tasks are to maintain our website and Facebook page.
I decided to retire in early 2022 to enjoy the "finer things in life" (meaning sleeping in and doing whatever I want, lol) after a run of 41 years working in the IT field (the last 25 years of which were with one employer). Of course the C-Word crisis in the world was a setback to enjoying Corvette events for the past few years and hopefully those will slowly be back on the schedule.
So, I hope you enjoy following my travels across the country (past and future) in my Corvettes and I will be photo documenting the numerous places and events I attend over the years. So sit back, and start surfing - and ENJOY !
Bob Kirsch, and my email address is pacecarguy@gmail.com