Editing AMC AMX (section)

===Pikes Peak cars===
[[File:1969 AMC AMX Pikes Peak car at Kenosha show.jpg|thumb|right|1969 AMX Pikes Peak pace car]]

The [[Pikes Peak International Hill Climb]] used 1969 AMXs as pace cars for the [[Hillclimbing|hillclimb]] race to the summit of [[Pikes Peak]] that was held on 29 June 1969 in [[Colorado]].<ref name="pikespeak">{{cite book|last=Mitchell |first=Larry G. |title=AMC Muscle Cars| year=2000 |publisher=MBI Publishing |isbn=978-0-7603-0761-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JHVaQFDrx_MC&q=1969+Pikes+Peak+Hillclimb+Pace/Courtesy+AMX&pg=RA1-PT70 |page=126 |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>

The AMX Pace and Courtesy cars were used by racers (including [[Bobby Unser]]) to practice the week before the race up the mountain.<ref name="pikesamxs">{{cite book |last=Gunnell |first=John |title=American Cars of the 1960s: A Decade of Diversity |year=2005 |publisher=Krause Publications |isbn=978-0-89689-131-9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_apeyhD-Dj8C&q=1969+Pikes+Peak+Hillclimb+Pace/Courtesy+AMX&pg=PA77 |page=77 |access-date=21 March 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> There were 12 (10 according to some sources) pace/courtesy AMXs, and all were equipped with the "390 Go-Pac" option and finished in "Frost White" with red stripes and red interiors.<ref name="pikesamxs"/>

Many AMC and Jeep vehicles have participated in the annual race, winning class titles and setting records. However, the only two-seat AMX officially raced in the hill climb was a 1969 model by Larry G. Mitchell in the 1987 "Vintage" class.<ref name="pikespeak"/>