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  • #1

    Great Indy trivia question for you

    Here's a new one for me:
    There's a reason why the first 500 was held in the last part of May. What is it?

    Hint; the original reason really doesn't matter anymore (for most of us at least!)

    If you just read the same editorial at SPEEDTV.com that I did, then please refrain from answering. Bet this is a tough one for the rest of you though (but TFers never seem to surprise me with their wisdom... )
    "Charging a man with murder here was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500."- Capt. Willard, Apocolypse Now
    "Ain't nuthin' like [being with a woman], 'cept maybe the Indy 500."- Bunny, Platoon
    "To alcohol! The cause of- and solution to- all of life's problems."- Homer J. Simpson
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    I think I know. Doesn't it have to do with the crop planting schedule?
    No weather forecasts are ever guaranteed, even if confidence level is high. Even a 99% probability will miss 1% of the time. That's the best anybody can do when predicting highly complex events.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Stick500
      Here's a new one for me:
      There's a reason why the first 500 was held in the last part of May. What is it?

      Hint; the original reason really doesn't matter anymore (for most of us at least!)

      If you just read the same editorial at SPEEDTV.com that I did, then please refrain from answering. Bet this is a tough one for the rest of you though (but TFers never seem to surprise me with their wisdom... )

      ...trust me, I won't be going to SPEEDTV.com just for the answer.
      ​a bad day at the race track beats a good day at work

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Ren Butler
        I think I know. Doesn't it have to do with the crop planting schedule?
        You got it! Good job.

        The answer is extremely rural in nature, as one might expect in a place surrounded by corn and beans. When Carl Fisher, James Allison, Arthur Newby and Frank Wheeler carved this giant rectangle in the soil in 1909 with the intent of testing automobiles, they also decided to hold an auto race. When your clientele and potential participants mostly wear overalls and work with the earth, the best time for a race is when they’re not in the field.

        Thus, they chose a two-week period of time after planting known as “haying,” a bit of a spring break for farmers. The seeds are in the ground, the hard part is over, and haying is a time of rest and celebration. Couple that with Memorial and/or Decoration Day, which had been celebrated unofficially on the last Sunday in May ever since the end of the Civil War, and you’ve got a fine time for a race.

        Except for one small thing. The weather in Indiana in May is about as predictable as Britney Spears at a paparazzi convention. One minute it’s weird, next minute it’s somewhat attractive. One minute it’s bright and pleasant, the next minute it’s not wearing undergarments.
        "Charging a man with murder here was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500."- Capt. Willard, Apocolypse Now
        "Ain't nuthin' like [being with a woman], 'cept maybe the Indy 500."- Bunny, Platoon
        "To alcohol! The cause of- and solution to- all of life's problems."- Homer J. Simpson

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        • #5
          What do I win?

          I did take Donald Davidson's course last year, and I think that's where I picked it up.

          Those crazy farmers and their spring breaks!
          No weather forecasts are ever guaranteed, even if confidence level is high. Even a 99% probability will miss 1% of the time. That's the best anybody can do when predicting highly complex events.

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          • #6
            You get a new rig....


            "Charging a man with murder here was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500."- Capt. Willard, Apocolypse Now
            "Ain't nuthin' like [being with a woman], 'cept maybe the Indy 500."- Bunny, Platoon
            "To alcohol! The cause of- and solution to- all of life's problems."- Homer J. Simpson

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            • #7
              The winter wheat down these parts sure looks like it stepped out minus its' panties.





              Now...to get our legislators to get this great state ALL on the same time zone...Mitch...if ya want my vote this fall, fix it.

              Sorry about the off topic rant.
              "...and there's an Andretti slowing in the backstretch."...northwest Ohio, proud home to two IMS winners now, #1 Harroun and #90 Hornish, Jr.

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              • #8
                Shoot.

                I would have guessed lack of rain during this part of the year in Indiana...

                ...---...

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by FindlayNative
                  Now...to get our legislators to get this great state ALL on the same time zone...Mitch...if ya want my vote this fall, fix it.

                  Sorry about the off topic rant.
                  That's a horrible idea, even worse than DST itself. Thirteen states have split time zones, and they deal with it.

                  Sorry about the off topic response.
                  No weather forecasts are ever guaranteed, even if confidence level is high. Even a 99% probability will miss 1% of the time. That's the best anybody can do when predicting highly complex events.

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