Club Arnage

Hi there,

next year will see the 100th edition of the Indy 500. Since I beleave that every true petrolhead should do a pilgrimage to this place at least once in his/her lifetime I'm seriously planning to go there - the 100th edition looks like a perfect occasion.

Race day is Sunday, 29th May 2016. I plan to fly in one week earlier to Detroit, visit some buddies there and drive to Indianapolis around 23rd / 24th May to see some practice and catch up with the atmosphere. Either rental car with tent or RV - not sure yet. I'll probably combine it with an SCC event one week later (June 3-4) in Detroit.

Any other CA members planning for this?

Best

Werner

Thanks for the nudge on this, I had thought about it when I went in 94. Need a job first, but very much want to do this. Would probably fly into Chicago and drive down.

I will be there, it's a two hour drive from our home so will try do do a practice day, pole day, and carb day as well. Word is they will have all the surviving winning drivers, and cars on hand. Will be a very special event.
IMS dropped MotoGP next year, but there continues to be rumors of a WEC race in the future.
Fax

Yes, they do have most of the winning cars on hand anyway in their museum - I once had the opportunity to visit it. It would  be great to listen to an Offenhauser engine being fired up - or to see the Lotus turbine car doing some laps.

Yes, I'll be there too.Going to the 100th running has been the plan for the last 8 years.
All being well, my dad and I have a 11 day racing trip planned. The flights are booked and we have a hotel booked snd paid for about 15 miles from the track  for 10 nights.

We are flying into Cincinati on Friday 20th and fly out from there on Tuesday 31st May.

Planning on Saturday and Sunday at the speedway as well as Legends day and the 500 .

Also doing a full schedule of short track action around Indiana taking in Anderson, Bloomington, Kokomo, Terre Haute, The State Fairgrounds and WoO at Lawrencberg. So a full on racing trip is planned.

I submitted my three preferred choices of ticket locations about a week after this years 500 but have yet to hear anything back from the speedway regarding tickets. 

Tickets will be more in demand than usual, so best to get them sorted ASAP.  It would be great catch up with some of the CA regulars while your here, Chris we live in Cincy, so we'll have to do a dinner while your in town.
The Mrs & I, and some friends are heading up to Eldora next Sat. night for the Four Crown Nationals, the only time the USAC Midgets, Sprints, Silver Crown cars are all together every year.  We saw the USAC Sprinters at Lawrencburg back in July, and they put on a great show.
Fax

Hi Werner,
               I have not forgotten  :) Just not ready to commit  ;D
Include in your planned drive from Detroit to stop in Auburn Indiana and visit the Dusenburg/Cord museum. You will need a few hours  ;D
Phil

Hi Fax,

Would love to have dinner with you but just not sure we will be able to fit it in, unlessthe WoO get rained off on the Monday.

We arrive on the Friday night at Cinci and are driving straight over to our hotel in Indianapolis. We are staying there 10 nights and then driving to Lawrenceberg / Cincinati on Monday morning assumning the 500 isn't rain delayed. Then Monday evening its the WoO and then we fly home from Cinci early Tuesday afternoon. Maybe a lunchtime slot on the Monday instead ? Or in Indianapolis area after the 500 on the Sunday.

Regards
Chris

Should I be e mailing or calling the speedway to check on the ticket status or is it usual to not hear anything back after submitting your preferred choices online ? Been told its usually around October or November before they let you know what you have been allocated.

Hi Chris,
I think your fine for now, it's takes a while for The IMS ticket office to sort out who's renewed their tickets, and then begin the process of sending allocation notices.  We'll catch up at some point over the week, may take the Mrs over to "The Burg" on Monday and see the winged sprinters, it's about a half hour from our home, straight shot over on I-275. Usually I'm old school, and prefer the USAC non-winged sprinters, but WoO puts on s great show too.
Are you going to Sebring?  We'll be there this year after a few years away.
Fax

Hope to be at Sebring but nothing planned ywt but only a week if I do come over, no Amelia for me next year.

On my radar but not sure yet about planning & budget.

Won't be at Sebring next year as I'm planning to be at the WEC and ELMS prologue at Paul Ricard.  Indy is pretty close to LM too, which might be the biggest concern in time and budget as I'd like to do the classic too next year.  March to August will be busy already with ELMS & WEC.

Same concern. I plan to give the 24h a miss next year and do Indy and the Classic

John - I'll deffo be at Sebring, and I might just get out of bed and walk to the track for Indy  ;)

planning to go with Quuf and Henk... potentially neil as well :)

Hey Dave, long time no hear from.  After a couple years away we're back onboard for Sebring, probably our usual gig of spending a few days with the aunts & uncles in Naples, then heading up to Sebring Fri. night-Sat. morning.  Tentatively on for the 500, definitely doing the Indycar race on the road course early in May.  We went over for that this past May and it was a really fun day, the IMS raod course is hardly a circuit for the gods, but a nice day of racing nonetheless, spent the whole day down in the infield portion.
Fax

We should stay in touch - may be booking tickets together?

Update on my plans - Fax has provided me with some advice:

Camping:
"my favorite is the Coca-Cola Lyons camping area outside the northwest portion of the track (turn 4).  Its a massive field, no marked pitches, just first come first serve.  The price will very depending on how close to the track you wish to pitch your tent. "

Viewing:
"the short chutes between 1 & 2, and 3 & 4 are good spectating locations, I"ve sat in both areas, you'll see the overtaking coming off the straights, and most of the drama (spins, shunts, etc.) will be in full view."

Combining this advice on camping and viewing, it probably makes sense to try to get tickets for the short straight between turn 3 and 4

Hi Guys,
As Werner mentioned, I've offered up some advice on spectating and camping.  I've always preferred watching from Turn 1, or either short chute, or also on the exit of turn 4, stands H & J (Dave H, and I have spent a few years up there on race day, and a very silly Brickyard practice day).  The Vista's in each corner are terrific as well.  Tower Terrace is great for watching the pre-race ceremonies, and pit stops, but otherwise you tend to have a limited view of the action. Same with Paddock, you'll see them thump down the pit straight at 230+ mph, but because the cars tend to be against the wall, you'll need to be higher.
As far as camping, yes I recommend Lots 1 A,B or C, otherwise known as the Coke lots ,there's a large Coca Cola distribution facility in the middle of the lot, hence the name.  If your seats are at the north end of the speedway, these lots are a relatively short walk, we've always parked for race day, or camped in A or C. Plenty of lively partying over race weekend.  I've tacked on a map of IMS parking.  http://indymotorspeedway.com/500parking.html
Hope this helps,
Fax

3 years ago i was in J stand, good spot

i understand from the guys at indy that B and E are already booked so need to be quick...

werner i plan to make applications for J, or the turn 3-4 vista areas. would you like me to add you to our booking? i will send you a PM, would like to finalise this booking prior before sunday preferably

I've answered you via facebook messenger, "J" is fine for me, please add 4 tickets for me.

Best

Werner

Stand J is a excellent choice, right at the exit of 4, opposite the pit entrance.  You'll see the cars sweep through 3, the short chute, 4, then down the pit straight.  It has a very nice view of the mass of humanity lining the pit straight on raceday.  You'll enjoy it very much.  It's been our seating location in our last eight or so trips, and in all likelihood our seating location this year as well.
Fax

excellent! just finalised the application, for 8 seats :)

however might have made a double application due to system errors, so sent the guys an email to confirm all is ok

Now I have a job, I must get myself in gear to do this.

I sent an e mail to check last week but haven't had a reply. But since then I managed to log into my account and the choices I made for preferred tickets are registered on my account details so presumably its on their system somewhere in a queue being delt with hopefully.

"Painful" decision, but I'm out for this one  :(.  

Been working around my airmiles and WEC/ELMS schedules for 2016, and might be able to squeeze out enough budget (considering I've got credentials again and skipping Sebring, Imola, Indy500 & Goodwood) for a crazy September month : ELMS at Paul Ricard, WEC Mexico City, WEC Austin and ELMS Spa.  

Just worried about safety in Mexico City (although the track is near the airport so should be able to get a hotel with some kind of "safe" shuttle to the track).  

Shame you can't make it to either Sebring or Indy, I was looking forward to finally meeting you in person.  The wife & I will bookend our year with Sebring & the Petit, with some trips to Indy, and Mid-Ohio in between (also some dirt track action thrown in for good measure).
Fax

Yee-haw. Flights for next years Indy 500 are booked - airmiles are gone now. Agenda is now:

Monday 23rd May: Fly from Germany into Detroit, pick up a rental car, - get drunk with some former colleagues from work
Tuesady 24th May: Visit the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn - get drunk again with some former colleagues from work
Wednesday, 25th May: Drive from Detroit to Indianapolis, visit the Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn along they way. Arrive in Indy - camping in the Coke lot.
Wednesday, 26th May: Visit the Automobile Museum at the Indianapolis Speeday. Gosh, 3 museums in 3 days, I'll tell my wife I'll do a strictly cultural trip  ;D
Until 28th May: See what going on at the track and in the town - Carb day?
29th May: Race day.
30th May: Drop the rental in Indy, fly back home from there

Let's hope it doesn't rain on race day, otherwise I'll be f*cked...

Looks like a busy, but very enjoyable week.  Never been to the Cord Museum, but the Ford Museum at Greenfield Village is staggering, as is the IMS collection.  I've always been told what resides in the basement of the IMS Museum is even more breathtaking than what's on display.  I suspect some of the Ford collection will be in Indy for the month of May, especially Clark's 1965 Indy winning Lotus 38.
Fax

Hi Werner,
               That sounds like an excellent plan. I am envious of the Ford museum which I should get to some day. The other two I have been to and are well worth a visit. Have fun.
Phil

Hi Phil,

why don't you just come from Toronto to Detroit (train or flight) on 24th, we'll do the Henry Ford together, drive to Indy together and you go back by plane then after the race. Just a thought...

Hi Werner,
               That does sound like an excellent idea. I'll buy an extra lottery ticket  ;D
I know it would be a great time to hang out with you at those museums...and Bars :laugh:
Phil

whoohoo! tickets are confirmed, 8 tickets for J-upper :)

Werner, Neil, off we go!

 :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Great news that most of us have finally been given a ticket allocation from the speedway, although does puzzle me a bit how some of you manged to get upper J stand when you applied in October and I applied in June for the same stand but got allocated North Vista seats instead, but hey ho !

Anyway onto other things, I see that you have 8 tickets booked in J stand, so who are they all for as I have only seen the names of Werner, Dirk, Henk and Neil mentioned, so are the other 4 for partners or do we have other Club Arnager's coming too ?

As suggested on Facebook, I think it would be great to organise a group meal together at a resturant after the race has finished for Sunday evening and have a Club Arnage get together.

Maybe Fax can suggest a suitable venue or resturant and once number are known, then we could perhaps make a booking to reserve a suitable size table. Allowing enough time to exit the speedway taking traffic into consideration of course.

Below is a rough draft of my plans for my dad and I's trip which includes as much racing as possible.

Friday 20th May - Fly to Cincinnati, drive to hotel at Indy,
Saturday - Qualifying at Indy, Dirt track racing at Kokomo Speedway in the evening.
Sunday - Bump day at Indy.
Monday  - Speedway Musuem
Tuesday - Sight seeing
Wednesday - dirt track racing at Terre Haute.
Thursday - USAC Silver Crown at Indy Fairgrounds .
Friday - Carb Day at Indy  /Sprint cars at Bloomington,
Saturday - Legends Day at Indy / Little 500 at Anderson Speedway
Sunday - Indy 500 / Club Arnage meal
Monday - Drive to Lawerenceberg for the World of Outlaws.
Tuesday - Fly home from Cincinnati

I believe we are in Stand H, or J.  Won't know for sure until next Friday, but I've been tipped off that they will be Christmas presents from my parents.  As far as a post-race meal?   That's an interesting one because we usually head for the interstate as soon as we get back to the car.  Dave Harper is probably the best one to give advice on that, since he lives in the Indianapolis area.  I would imagine most restaurants will be busy, but can't say for sure.  Traffic is very congested after the race, especially around the west side of the city.  There are some good sports bars & watering holes near Lucas Oil Stadium (where the NFL Colts play).   We've always stopped on the way back to Cincinnati in a small village called Oldenburg, near the Indiana-Ohio border, there's a little village inn called Wagner's, that has Warsteiner Dunkel on tap, and the best fried chicken in the Midwest.  But as I said its way over near the Ohio border.
Fax

For those travelling to the 100th running of the Indy 500.
he event takes place at IMS Indianapolis Motor Speed Way which is located in
the town of Speedway Indiana.
The Union Jack Pub is worth a visit for both Beer and Food. It is a racing themed pub. Can be very crowded on race week end. http://www.unionjackspeedway.com/
Vast helmet collection and original racing art on the walls. be sure to visit all the rooms.
Phil

I can only second that, been there a couple of years ago. Nice place.

Agreed, the Union Jack is pretty good.  If your looking for a awesome breakfast near the speedway, hit Charlie Brown's Pancakes and Steakhouse over on Main St. Right around the corner from IMS, and just down the street from Dallara's North American HQ.  It's a greasy spoon that's been there forever, and is a longtime favorite with the drivers and crews during the month of May (and the rest of the year for that matter), it's normal to walk in and find a famous name digging into a omelette, great memorabilia collection decorating the walls also.
Fax

we could also do the eating and drinking on saturday if that helps for the planning :)

Chris, the other 4 tickets are for friends of Werner, i think americans

why i got upper J don't really know,maybe because i already had an account with Indy and bought tickets 3 years ago for J stand?

still need to arrange travel details but can't wait to go :D

Saturday night is a non starter for me as my dad and I will be going to The Little 500 at Anderson Speedway, north east of Indianapolis.

One is for me, one for Martijn and the other 2 for former colleagues from Detroit.

I'd also be interested in a sunday evening meal in Indy, since I will stay at the track until Monday after the race, my flight out will leave around noon.

Anyone knows if it's possible to stay on the campsite (Coke lot, 1C) until monday morning - or do they close it down after the race?

Werner, when i was there in 2012 it was ok to stay until the monday morning

Agreed, whenever we've camped there, we have always waited until the day after the race to get out of town.  Trying to get a big camper (I think you guys call them caravans) out of there right after the race would be nightmarish.  It's way to congested to attempt it, so they allow everybody stay in residence for another night.  Best to kick back, fire up the grill, relax with some cold beer, and watch the scenery go by.
Fax

Sounds like a plan!

We are confirmed for J Lower,  Section 12, Row J.  Wohoo!
Roll on May (we're expecting four inches of snow tomorrow, May can't get here soon enough).
This gives a good idea of the view from J.
http://indymotorspeedway.com/standmap_j.html
Fax

excellent news :)

our travel plan is materializing as well

we are flying into Portland Oregon on the 18th, and from there travel east :)

Portland is a beautiful city, and has some of the best breweries in the county. Be sure to sample some Rogue Dead Guy Ale while there, it's from nearby Newport.
I got a text from Matt Harper telling me he, and brother Dave will be attending the 500 as well, so CA will be well represented at the Memorial Day classic.
Fax

great news, will definately try the local brews :)

Rogue Dead Guy, pretty sure that is what I had a pint of on St Paddy's day last year in Miami with Smokie. Strongest and most expensive beer on the menu as it turned out. Geoff nearly had a heart attack when he got the bill.

Is this the stuff Chris? Yum!  They must have really marked it up at that pub, because it's usually pretty reasonable.
Fax

Fax, Matt, Phill, any suggestions on flights from the oregon/washington state area to the indy area around the 26th of may? looking at roadtrip connections but struggle to find something for a decent price on european sky-scanners. i have reviewed
seattle-chicago (ok, but with united)
seattle-detroit (expensive)
seattle-st louis (stopover)
seattle-fort wayne (stopover time)
seattle-louisville (stopover/expensive)
missoula-chicago (no go)
anything to indianapolis airport is stopover, anything from portland as well as far as i can see

trying to tie in our flight into portland and trip to yellowstone into something efficient...
any airports i am overlooking?

thanks!!

Hi Dirk3D,
              Although the US airlines offer some very reasonable prices it comes with the
drawback: You can't get there from here  :(  Direct flights even between major cities are hard to find.  I am only familiar with the airlines serving the eastern states perhaps some one with west coast experience could comment.
If making connections I always stay with the same airline as it makes transfers easier and they may even hold a flight for you. especially if there are a few people travelling together.

Phil

Hi Dirk,
You may want to see what flights are available into Cincinnati.  Delta has a lot of flights into CVG, and its a painless one and three quarter hour drive from CVG to Indy on Interstate 74, around one hundred miles.  I think Chris is flying in and out of Cincy. Dayton or Columbus are other options to consider as well.
Fax

thank you for the response guys, much appreciated! we will figure something out :)

Yes i am flying into and out of Cincinnati.

ok we figured it out :)

a bit out of the box, but we are taking the scenic route :D

the Empire Builder eastbound, from Seattle to Chicago, 46hr trainride through the real unknown USA, looking forward to that adventure! any of you any experience with this one?

kind regards,

Dirk jan

My only experience of train travel in the US is from Cincinnati to Chicago about twenty-five years ago, it was comfortable but not exactly the most scenic ride, mostly corn & cows.
Read that the race is very close to being sold out for the first time in over twenty years, that's 235,000 seats!  Throw in the infield crowd and probably looking at around 300,000 to 350,000 for raceday.  Not the half a million they used to get in the good old days, but damn close.
Fax

Hi guys, our tickets arrived today.  Oh my! They are stunning, clear plastic, or lexan, with a hologram-ish finish, secured in a commemorative pouch.  A protective lanyard will be a must.  A month and a half away.
Fax

great news!

i got confirmation they would send our tickets early next week with international priority :)

counting down the days!!

Excellent!

Awaiting my tickets also and says they are packaged when I checked last night.

Had some good news though, my application for media credentials for the event have been approved.  :)

good news Chris!

our tickets have been shipped so hope to have them over the weekend :)

tickets arrived!

I was there a few weekends ago, and did the Circuit Tour and a visit to the Museum. The tour guides expect about 400,000 this year, and you can still buy infield tickets on the day. They did indicate that all the seats are sold, but they were still encouraging people to turn up on the day.
It was an awesome tour, and well worth the 2 hour drive from my Hotel in Mason, OH.

Well that's it flights booked

Evil Sam & Me are now officially going

(don't tell Dirk - as I told him I had already booked the tickets -  ;D )

So small road trip before - a real Planes, Trains & Automobiles  - going to be good

A daddy's treat? Or is Sam digging in the pocket?

>Martini...LB

In Mason Cobra?  Your in my neck of the woods, we live on the east side of Cincinnati.  Mason has some good watering holes, hope you were able to find them, as well as the Kings Island amusement park, and the Lindner Tennis Center.
The museum at IMS is pretty awesome.  What's in storage in the basement is as impressive as what's on display upstairs.  They rotate many the cars on display, so what you see now, may be different from what's on the floor eight month's from now.  There's also a great photo studio on the second floor, you can find a photo of virtually any driver, or car that's ever turned a lap at the place.
Fax

No - some of his working savings and his Grandad died early this year, so I think he is blowing his inheritance on the flight - so some thinking nce to remember him with

& I will pick up the cost of his beers in USA (which will be almost as big)  ::)

excellent Neil, looking forward to it, in 2 weeks from now we will arrive in Portland Oregon!!

microbreweries here we come :D

Yea nice microbreweries beer

note to us - don't pick up a car after the flight to Portland - as we will may be a bit over the limit   ;)

and also, like the freaky deaky dutch - they drive the wrong side of the road

Hi all,

a quick question to our US friends: The schedule mentions a IPL 500 Festival Parade from 12:00pm - 01:30pm in Downtown Indianapolis for Saturday 28th May but I couldn't find further details. Anyone knows the route of this parade and how best to get there from the track when staying on lot 1C? Is it worth to go there?

Hi Werner,
I haven't been to the parade since I was a kid, but it always draws a big crowd in downtown Indy.
I found the 500 festival parade route here http://www.500festival.com/node/162.
Might be worth taking a drive over from the speedway.  Its a short drive from the track to downtown. There are several routes you can take to the parade route, but the easest is to take 16th east, past Methodist Hospital to Meridian, and then turn right (south).  https://www.google.com/maps/search/indianapolis+motor+speedway/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?sa=X&hl=en&dg=dbrw&newdg=1
There's a lot of stuff to do downtown over race week, lots of parties, and there's a big memorabilia show, it used to be at the Indianapolis convention center, but I think it moved to a new location.
Fax

Hi Fax,

thanks a lot, that's first class information and advice!
BTW: Fax, Chris 24, Dirk-Jan, Neil, is there any way we could catch up on Friday or Saturday evening for a couple of cold one's? Any suggestions for a time/location? Campsite or bar nearby?

Werner

Hi Werner,
Would love to meet up for some brews on Saturday night, but unfortunately working until early Sat. evening.  We're going to make the drive over from Cincinnati early Sunday morning, I hope we can catch at some point on raceday, perhaps in the camping lot before everyone heads to the track.  We usually park right in that area where you guys will be camped.
Are any of you guys going to be in Indy this coming weekend (the 21 & 22)?  A few of us are heading over Saturday for qualifying,  That would be a great time to meet over some cold brews.
The weather has been unusally wet & cool the past few weeks, but it looks like a warmup to more normal May conditions is on the way later this week.
Fax

Afternoon Gentlemen,

Well I set off on my big Indy adventure on Friday morning and the Dutch / English contingent are setting off from Amsterdam today on their road trip to Indy. They arrive at Indy on Friday and will be meeting up with Werner and they are all staying on the Coke Lot Camping 1C.

I understand that there will be 8 of them in total.

I would still like to try and organise a group meet up after the race on the Sunday evening, possibly to all go somewhere for a meal together if we can find a place that can cater for our large group.
So who is up for meeting up and going out for a meal ?

Interested people that I know of so far,

My dad and myself = 2

Scott Hovanac + 1 = 2

Neil No Panic, Werner, Dirk and the other Dutch = 8

Hopefully , Fax, Matt and Dave Harper  ?

So what are your thoughts guys, are you up for it and if so what numbers can I expect so that I know how many we are dealing with when trying to find somewhere that can cater for us.

Also do any of you know a place or recommend a place to try as you probably have a lot more local area knowledge than me or the others.

I have race day parking on Lot 1 B which is next door to where the others are camping so should be easy to meet up after hopefully. Scott Hovanac however is parking away from the track and using the shuttle bus service, but sure we can sort out getting him back to his car afterwards if necessary.

Not sure what sort of access I will have too data whilst in Indy but should have wifi at the hotel so you message me then, or my mobile phone number is +44 7939 674168 if you want to stay in touch via text to make arrangements.

Anyway, over to you guys for your views and ideas.

Regards
Chris Clark

PS. Saturday evening I am going to Anderson Speedway for the Little 500 so not available for beers before the race, same Friday as going to the sprint cars at Bloomington.

This Saturday and Sunday I will be at the track but also heading off to some dirt track racing both evenings at Brownstown and Kokomo.

There is a memorabilia show at the track itself on Legends day (Saturday ) from 8 am to 5 pm in the Pagoda Plaza Pavillion, 96 vendors and free admission.
https://www.facebook.com/IndyMemorabilia/

Hi Chris,

I would be in for a post race dinner, that's a great idea. But I cannot suggest a location, I'm new to Indy.

Best

Werner

www.mikesspeedwaylounge.com

Only issue with this place is its the complete opposite end of the speedway from where our seats are and camping / parking lots. I know dad won't walk that far so we may have to leave it a bit after the race and then drive there once traffic quietens down.

Hi Chris,
            This one on West 25th Street is very nice. Only one I have been to more than once  :)
http://www.unionjackspeedway.com/

The traffic clears remarkably fast after the race. I remember waiting for a friend who had to file his story and 40 minutes after the race there were less than 12 cars left in the lot and the road was empty. You will need to plan though as ALL roads are made One Way out and away from the Speedway.

Phil 

I think its unlikely we will be able to make the dinner, while I'm certainly up for it, we're going to be travelling over from Cincy with a small entourage on raceday, and I suspect they're going to be wanting to head back east shortly after the race.
As Phil said, the streets are all one way away from the Speedway after the race, and they become very congested with both pedestrian, and auto traffic.  The Speedway is located in what is largely a residential area, and Georgetown and 25th in particular are very heavy with spectators on foot.
I'm definitely hoping I can catch up with some of you on race morning, we will be there bright & early to beat the traffic. And as I mentioned, I will be there all day this Saturday for qualifying if anyone is around, and wants to share some shits & giggles.
Fax

For those coming over for the 500, the museum is a must see while your here.  Racer magazine has a nice gallery of photos from the museum, gives a good idea of what's on display currently.  The Penske display is very cool with the Porsche 917/30, and the Trans-Am cars.
Fax
http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/129656-gallery-ims-museum-tour-penske-exhibit#!2016Indy500_MarshallPruett_Museum518__165
http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/129668-gallery-ims-museum-tour-part-2#!2016Indy500_MarshallPruett_Museum518__260

sadly we missed about all of you last weekend... it was a blast, but sooo busy!

well maybe another time :)

Agreed, it was shame we couldn't meet up, but between working Saturday, and the lunacy of trying to get in on race morning (traffic was more of a bear than usual), it just wasn't in the cards.  We parked in the back of the Coke lot, chugged a quickie beer, and headed straight into the track.
Terrific, hard fought race, with a unexpected, and popular winner.
I hope everyone who came over had a great time in Indy.
Fax

Hi Fax,

yes, sad we couldn't meet, may be next time. Indy was a blast, we all had a great time. Perfect weather, a super-exciting race, lots of fun, the whole week end has definitely exceeded my expectations. I've put some pictures on the web, for those who want to look: https://goo.gl/photos/zTpCbdxqZn4DyNoU6



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I'm really glad you guys had a great time, I was a bit concerned about the race week weather when the early forecast's came out.  I would liked to have spent more time over there than we did, but work has been crazy, six day work week's the norm since Christmas.
Indycar is going through something of a resurgence of late, with a influx of terrific young talent.  After two difficult decades, I'm hoping Indycar can keep the momentum building.
Watching them in person lapping the speedway at 230 mph is still breathtaking to me, even after all these years.
From your photos it looks like you were just a couple of sections over from us in Stand J, we were in section 13. If you saw some goofball walking around in that area wearing a Graham Rahal Steak n Shake shirt, good chance it was me.
Fax

Ah sh*t, we really just missed us, I was in stand j, section 14, row p, place 12