Indy 500

A well run race for a well liked guy to get his 4th win.

I don't think he will ever win the 500 again............
the odds are against it.
 
Nacho Man said:
Helio is in the mix and hes got Honda power this year
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Glad to see he won. Interesting race. The Hondas were superior. Sucks for Rahal, that missing lug nut ruined his shot, and he was a legit contender.

As he pointed out, the "old guys" are doing well in 2021.

Tom Brady wins the Super Bowl, Phil Mickelson wins the US Open, and he won the Indianapolis 500.

Good race.
 
Darn tootin'

Me too, whats your favorite engine/car? For me the novis, lots of fun when the turbine car was a contender, 3 laps to a win and a bearing lets go and the rule changes did old andy in, lots of good memories at the museum, biggest thrill for me was seeing the harroun driven marmon, I first read about it in the eraly 50s because of the innovative rear view mirror and seeing it in person was a thrill.
Congrats to helio, I don't like him as a person but his skills are paramount, number 4 on a short list, I was always for AJ. at the head of the class, tuff old bird but driver +.
 
I've been a big fan since 1963 when Parnelli Jones won.

I've been to 35 total (including the last 33 except for the last two "covid" years.

I was at the race for the fourth wins of A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr., and Rick Mears.

Congrats to Helio for making it number four, but now there is a fourth four time winner and I wasn't at the track to see it. :(

John
 
I can not make sense of watching hours and hours of a bunch of guys, speeding up, braking, then turning left and then repeating it again and again.
 
BigBoy99 said:
I can not make sense of watching hours and hours of a bunch of guys, speeding up, braking, then turning left and then repeating it again and again.
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If you ever get to be at a race...............

Hear it
see it
SMELL it...................

and enjoy a bag of popcorn with a hot dog and a cold one,
you might see why some of use like to go to the races.

 
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When I finally got a car as a teenager, I would wash and wax it listening to the Indy 500 on the radio. Really got me in a "car mood." I think I've either listened to or watched the race every year since those days.

Heck, I even washed my car yesterday; I wanted to clean it up in order to take a boyhood neighbor lady who is 95 years old to the cemetery in order to visit her husband's grave. He was a Jewish combat veteran who fought the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and the Hurtgen Forest in WWII. This has been an annual tradition for the two of us since he died many years ago.

She's almost completely blind now, but ambulatory and still mentally sharp. I know she will appreciate being able to touch her husband's headstone again this year. He's one of many deceased combat vets I knew, respected, and have made it a point to honor each year on Memorial Day.

We will also visit Arizona's Vietnam War Memorial near the state capitol, to lay flowers in memory of friends who gave their lives in that war.

May God rest their souls - our country owes our deceased combat vets an enormous debt of gratitude that can never be repaid.

My family's tradition is also to lay flowers at the graves of family members - my paternal grandparents and my mother and father rest near each other here in Phoenix. I make a point to visit with them each Memorial Day. They will always be near and dear to my heart.

John
 
I LOVE auto racing... just about all flavors, and grew up scheduling time around radio broadcasts of NASCAR before they made it to TV, loved to watch Indy, and went to local stock and Sprint Car races very VERY frequently. I have attended a lot of races big and small over the last 50+ years.

I live about 2 hours from Indy. The most fun I have ever had there was riding a motorcycle around the track as part of a fund raising ride for pediatric brain cancer research. I attended one 500. I will never go back as long as I can watch it on TV. One and only one issue. The best seat in the house allows you to see, at BEST, one short chute, one straight away, one full turn and the entrance to one, the exit of another. The best seat in the house get you just over a 50% view of the track. During the race, the intercom systems at all tracks are almost impossible to hear. So, if you take a radio and headphones you MIGHT be able to listed to the race called over the radio IF it is not blacked out in the area. If not... wait till you get home to see how some particular pass happened, or if some MAJOR event, wait for it to come up on the overhead video.

Indy is a track best seen from your living room.... or a sports bar maybe. It is the only track I have ever been to where that is the case. Even big tracks like Talladega or Daytona have a lot of seats high enough to see the whole track.
 
...and if you have every been to an NHRA Top Fuel event, I would add "FEEL it".

Nevada Ed said:
If you ever get to be at a race...............

Hear it
see it
SMELL it...................

and enjoy a bag of popcorn with a hot dog and a cold one,
you might see why some of use like to go to the races.

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"Feel it" comes with the front row seats !!

However you might also get a little dust, smoke and small paricles but, hay, that is all part of being there.

Even watching the "Power Puff" grudge matches are fun..........
as well as the "Claimers".

"Hay, no cement in the tires" !!
 
BigBoy99 said:
I can not make sense of watching hours and hours of a bunch of guys, speeding up, braking, then turning left and then repeating it again and again.
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You have obviously never did the Petty Racing Experience. You get to drive detuned Nascar racercar on an actual race track. I got to do it at Chicagoland outside Joliet a few years back. You have to follow a "pace car", but they get you up to speed pretty quick. After your 8 laps, they tell you your average speed and your fastest speed. If I remember correctly, mine was 121 and 139mph.
 
BigBoy99 said:
I can not make sense of watching hours and hours of a bunch of guys, speeding up, braking, then turning left and then repeating it again and again.
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I am sure there are tons of folks who could never understand the the enjoyment we get from handguns on any level. Most of them don’t show up in the middle of a conversation loaded with enthusiasts discussing the subject to share their disdain, but I try to understand why they would.
 
When I was a young guy, some of my buddies and I went. There wasn't a single thing I enjoyed about the experience. I guess not of my friends cared for it either since as far as I know, none of us ever attended again.
 
Right turn

"Put your foot on the throttle and turn left.” Those were the words of “Wild” Bill Vukovich.

He was killed during the 1955 race when he turned right trying to avoid crashing into an accident.

Bekeart
 
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