Indianapolis 500
What Indy Means to me?
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05-08-2008 01:26 PM |
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 What Indy Means to me? My Indy 500 experience started at the young age of 7 as my family and next door neighbors went to the 1972 indy 500 sitting in the southeast vista. But my first time I went to quals was probably 1969 or 70. I have been going to the speedway for almost 40 years now. this will be my 25th race in a row and I plan on coming until I can't walk to my seats. Indy is so magical to me from the first time I heard the old offy engine or the bass voice of the legendary Mr Carnegie saying "AND HES ON IT....still gives me chills to this day. Indy in my opinion is Pure MAGIC and will always be that way to me. I try to spend as much the month as possible at the track walking through the garage area with my Camcorder and enjoying all the drivers and my past heroes who are only a handshake away to say hi or just good luck for the month. So I guess what I am trying say is Indy means Great memories with great drivers through out the years and no other place besides Home means more to me!!!!!!!!!! 
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05-09-2008 04:38 PM |
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re: What Indy Means to me? Quote: Originally Posted by Steve Cooper My Indy 500 experience started at the young age of 7 as my family and next door neighbors went to the 1972 indy 500 sitting in the southeast vista. But my first time I went to quals was probably 1969 or 70. I have been going to the speedway for almost 40 years now. this will be my 25th race in a row and I plan on coming until I can't walk to my seats. Indy is so magical to me from the first time I heard the old offy engine or the bass voice of the legendary Mr Carnegie saying "AND HES ON IT....still gives me chills to this day. Indy in my opinion is Pure MAGIC and will always be that way to me. I try to spend as much the month as possible at the track walking through the garage area with my Camcorder and enjoying all the drivers and my past heroes who are only a handshake away to say hi or just good luck for the month. So I guess what I am trying say is Indy means Great memories with great drivers through out the years and no other place besides Home means more to me!!!!!!!!!! Steve, ditto on everything you said. Perhaps it is premature but my brother and I are going to have our ashes spread through the inside of turn 1. You either get that place in your blood real bad or you could care less. I can feel that joint in my blood when I get within 10 miles of the place. I also recall those old offys from the early 70s. I can still clearly hear/see Gordon Johncock blowing his engine on the main straight in 1977 and handing Foyt his fourth win. Ole Gordy had em all beat that day with that wildcat. To this day I often wonder if it was Gordy's driving or was it Bignotti's mechanical genius that allowed that 4 cylindered engine to lay waste to all the Cosworths and Foyts. Just one of those Indy legends that remain to our imagination. Perhaps it was both.
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