This 82–83 Daytona was part of a collaboration between Dodge and PPG, and it served as a pace car for the Indy Car World Series for 1983 and 1984 as well as a concept car for the forthcoming Dodge Daytona Turbo Z.
a one-off steel-bodied exterior that was finished in 21 coats of blue PPG paint with white and orange accents.
Following its duties as an Indy pace car, the Dodge was then modified for use in land-speed-record attempts and set an average lap speed of 173.222 mph over two 15-mile runs at Goodyear’s test track in Texas in 1984 and also achieved trap speeds in excess of 178 mph.
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