The Month of May

[doozer]

oh how i love thee...let me count the ways

1. 11 rows of 3
2. Carb Day
3. Jim Neighbors and "Back Home Again in Indiana"
4. the campgrounds
5. a Marlboro/Penske car in Victory Lane
6. the swig of milk
7. the Borg Warner trophy
8. the fly over
9. rainouts on Pole Day
10. Bump Day
11. the Speedway Museum during the rainouts
12. Night Before the 500 at Indianapolis Raceway Park
13. the Hoosier Hundred
14. 'And heessssssssssss on it'
15. 70 mph in the opposite lane behind a police escort

[tidwell]

How many days are you gonna be up there this month?

[volinbham]

Originally Posted by doozer

oh how i love thee...let me count the ways

1. 11 rows of 3
2. Carb Day
3. Jim Neighbors and "Back Home Again in Indiana"
4. the campgrounds
5. a Marlboro/Penske car in Victory Lane
6. the swig of milk
7. the Borg Warner trophy
8. the fly over
9. rainouts on Pole Day
10. Bump Day
11. the Speedway Museum during the rainouts
12. Night Before the 500 at Indianapolis Raceway Park
13. the Hoosier Hundred
14. 'And heessssssssssss on it'
15. 70 mph in the opposite lane behind a police escort

Amen brother. How much longer will we hear Tom Carnegie (sp?).

I sat in the rain one year listening to him interview driver after driver over the track PA. Good stuff.

[doozer]

i'm only going to have enough time off work for the race. had i not gone to Talladega, i'd have had more. i think my dad is practically going to come home this month to get me, and then go back up there.

they don't let Tom Carnegie talk that much anymore, for obvious reasons if you've heard him in the last few year.

[tidwell]

Schedule of Events...

Indianapolis 500

[doozer]

this marks my 15th vistit to the famed Brickyard and the old man and uncle's 47th.

tid, i know you started an IRL thread, but the Indy 500 is worthy of a thread all it's own. and i'm so pumped that this is the first year i'm working days full time so i'll be able to come home and watch the live daily show on ESPN2.

[justingroves]

May 1 = My birthday

[tidwell]

Originally Posted by doozer

this marks my 15th vistit to the famed Brickyard and the old man and uncle's 47th.

tid, i know you started an IRL thread, but the Indy 500 is worthy of a thread all it's own. and i'm so pumped that this is the first year i'm working days full time so i'll be able to come home and watch the live daily show on ESPN2.

Completely understandable. It has its own month, it can certainly have its own thread.

[tidwell]

We were talking about Scheckter not that long ago, I believe. Here's the video of that pass he made in the 2004 Indy 500.

YouTube - Tomas Scheckter 2004 Indy 500 Move of Race

[doozer]

he probably wrecked soon after that. he was fast but was a loose cannon.

Tomas has Robby Gordon disease- million dollar talent, five cent head.

[tidwell]

I don't care what he did after that, that was a sweet move.

Agree with ya though. From what I've read he's been compared to Montoya as far as being aggressive.

[doozer]

oh yeah, definitely a sweet move.

the difference between Montoya and Tomas is a vist to victory lane at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. i believe Tomas has only finished the race once.

one year, driving for Eddie Cheever (i think) he had the fielfd just about blown away, only to wreck leading the race.

[tidwell]

I remember that race. 2003, I think. That was back when the 500 was about the only IRL race I'd watch each year. I'd never heard of him until the 500 that year and he proceeded to lead about 3/4ths of it.

I believe the Montoya comparison was not only in driving style, but apparently Scheckter was coming up through the F1 ranks before being arrested for being involved in some kind of "brothel" in Monaco years ago.

[doozer]

he's the son of a former World Champion.

Jaguar Racing did him a favor for firing him for that incident. that F1 team was horendous.

[tidwell]

Rookie Orientation/Veteran Refresher Practice Speeds

Timing and Scoring :: IndyCar® Series
Timing and Scoring :: IndyCar® Series