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went out to the track today. not a bad outing. the weather was cloudy with spotty sunlight. the crowd on hand seemed much larger than the pole day crowd at the 500. one thing I noiced was how many people were wearing pants? uh, duh, it's 90 degrees out so let's wear pants. 
the tenderloins were great I had one and I'm saving room for another later this evening.
stopped in to see the museum and watched the history of the speedway film in their theatre. wow, what an awesome film. they talked about all the legendary names who have raced on the bricks. amazing what Tony Hulman did with the track once he bought it from Rickenbacker. spoke about Gaston Chevrolet's triumph, and how Ray Harroun used the very first rear-view mirror (because other teams were complaining that he'd be a safety hazard on the track, because he didn't have a copilot .... p.s. some things never change
) the film also mentioned that Tony Hulman wanted to create a road course within the oval (interesting). mentioned differing styles of racegear the drivers would wear. interesting to see how much grime would cover their faces when they took their goggles off afterwards (this part gave me that great feeling inside about man and machine and how true to the sport our early drivers were). watched sullivans spin and win (truly awesome driver). it took six months for Hulman Sr. to clean the track up and get it back to racing shape. great film overall takes about 30 minutes to watch and it's well worth the time spent.
as I was walking around the museum you could feel the greatness of the place and it brought back so many awesome memories of mine. it sure is great to be from Indianapolis and to have grown up near this spectacular racecourse. if you've got the time check out the museum!!!!!!
the tenderloins were great I had one and I'm saving room for another later this evening.
stopped in to see the museum and watched the history of the speedway film in their theatre. wow, what an awesome film. they talked about all the legendary names who have raced on the bricks. amazing what Tony Hulman did with the track once he bought it from Rickenbacker. spoke about Gaston Chevrolet's triumph, and how Ray Harroun used the very first rear-view mirror (because other teams were complaining that he'd be a safety hazard on the track, because he didn't have a copilot .... p.s. some things never change
) the film also mentioned that Tony Hulman wanted to create a road course within the oval (interesting). mentioned differing styles of racegear the drivers would wear. interesting to see how much grime would cover their faces when they took their goggles off afterwards (this part gave me that great feeling inside about man and machine and how true to the sport our early drivers were). watched sullivans spin and win (truly awesome driver). it took six months for Hulman Sr. to clean the track up and get it back to racing shape. great film overall takes about 30 minutes to watch and it's well worth the time spent. as I was walking around the museum you could feel the greatness of the place and it brought back so many awesome memories of mine. it sure is great to be from Indianapolis and to have grown up near this spectacular racecourse. if you've got the time check out the museum!!!!!!
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