I would put money on him just having a regular pacecar that someone had T-tops added to and he over payed. Of the 3 pacecars, only 1 was left alone and it now resides at the indy museum, the other 2 were converted to 82 up specs and repainted for other races, and they are both now in Jack Roush's garage.
IDK what to say
But as its been proven many times over, people are dumb.
I remember seeing something about websites that you can set up to notify your online friends about your death. They work by having you log in every week or month to reset the clock. If you don't log in after a certain period of time, then emails etc. go out on your behalf. I wonder if they would work on forums like these?
I figure I would probably do the same thing as Ryan and his Corvette in the link above. Since I designated my brother in law to receive my car in my will when ever I die, (if I don't die in it) he could take over my IDs and keep them alive!