Hi John,
Have fun at the 500, if you've never been to the 500 before, or never seen the speedway, its well worth the trip. I'm a veteran of thirty Indy 500's. Hell, if your looking for a good party just go to the area around the speedway the night before the 500. They usually start queuing up the taffic on Sat. afternoon and the streets around the speedway (16th & Georgetown) just become a giant block party. The local police are pretty laid back about the whole open alcohol container thing. In recent years tickets have become pretty easy to come by. It used to be one of the toughest tickets in all of sports but the CART/IRL split and subsequent downward spiral of Indycar racing have taken a heavy toll on the prestige and attendance of the event. You'll see ticket scalpers outside the gates with big fistfulls of tickets going dirt cheap. Last year there were huge blocks of empty seats up in the third turn near where we were sitting. Shame because during the days of the CART turbo cars is was a pretty mind blowing spectacle. I've pretty much thrown in the towel on the 500, just think the IRL is useless. The Mid-Ohio ALMS round is the week before, thats where I'll be headed. Have fun in Hoosier land.
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