05/06/2023 – Another 2004 Daytona promo using a Pontiac model. This always brings back the thought that when GM announced Pontiac was pulling out of NASCAR for 2004 in October 2003, was this a long-term strategy decision or spur-of-the-moment? The blog has covered other 2004 Daytona promotional material using a Pontiac –
…and considering these types of high-profile, big investment promotions are done well in advance, something must have triggered at GM Corporate/GM Motorsports to warrant the decision; one can only speculate what it was.
The (purported) 2004 model featured here is showing the proper 2003 Pontiac front end including the highlight decals, but the GRAND PRIX lettering is definitely not from 2003, but from the previous generation (1996-2002).
Pontiac Racing 