[simple simon]

Well the time is upon us ... in about an hour the 2008 Indy 500 will be starting .... too bad no one is trying to double dip this year by running the 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same day

i should be here for anyone wanting to chat during the race .... hope its a good one

[Bob Tanner]

I am impressed with the pre-race. It's not entirely all Danica all the time. A good mix. (Although the beach shots of her in a thong bikini were seeing more of a race driver than I really needed to)
The parade yesterday evening was well done and made me proud of my home town, plus it was good to see my high school band performing.

I pray for a good, safe race this afternoon. To all 33 drivers, via con dios.

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

my high school band performing.

they had High School when you were a kid ?

i figured it was like Little House on the Prairie and you had one class for 1st threw 8th grades then went to work for Pa

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by simple simon

they had High School when you were a kid ?

i figured it was like Little House on the Prairie and you had one class for 1st threw 8th grades then went to work for Pa

I did attend a one-room school the first three years I was in school (Thornburg School, Anderson, IN - 1946-1948 ) . They had 1st thru 8th.

Sorry NASCAR fans. There is no auto race in the world which has more pageantry and more tradition than the Indy 500. I've seen it since 1950 and, to this day, I can't hear them play Taps without tearing up. Glad to see Jim Nabors back singing Back Home Again in Indiana.

I'm glad they finally replaced Marie Hulman giving the Start Your Engines order. She was painful to watch.

[simple simon]

Graham Rahal tags the wall and ends his day early to bring out the second caution

[Lefty Noob]

I, unfortunately, am unable to watch the race right now. Who's in the lead and what lap are they on?

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Who's in the lead and what lap are they on?

ill let ya know after this round of pit stops .... still under yello

im lucky my boy went out to play

[simple simon]

fire in AJ Foyt IV car in the pits .... they got the fire out and got him out ... he is walking away and they are working on the car in the pit-stall

[simple simon]

ABC is doing a great job so far ...... real time scoring at the top and split-screen for commercials

[simple simon]

lap 40 right now still under caution

Scott Dixon
Dan Wheldon
Tony Kanaan

top 3 running order

[Racer Duck]

For the most part I agree, the pre-race was good.

However, I thought the focus on danger was a bit long. It's not that it doesn't exist, but it put a "downer" on the race before it ever started. They kept the same tone with the driver interviews.

The girl who sang the Anthem needs to go back and look at the music. I doubt she'll see her "mistakes", but hopefully some non-politically correct musician will point them out.

And speaking of "politically correct", did I miss it or was there no reference to our armed forces...

I was amazed the first caution (for debris - a mirror "falling off") ended uptaking 10 laps!!!

now back to the race.

[simple simon]

back to green flag racing and Foyt is back out there ..... amazing after the fire

Danica is running 13th

[simple simon]

Marco Andretti is up to 4th ..... John Andretti is in 14th .. glad to see John out there

[simple simon]

caution out on lap 62 as Marty Roth gets into the wall and ends his day

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

For the most part I agree, the pre-race was good.

However, I thought the focus on danger was a bit long. It's not that it doesn't exist, but it put a "downer" on the race before it ever started. They kept the same tone with the driver interviews.

The girl who sang the Anthem needs to go back and look at the music. I doubt she'll see her "mistakes", but hopefully some non-politically correct musician will point them out.

And speaking of "politically correct", did I miss it or was there no reference to our armed forces...

I was amazed the first caution (for debris - a mirror "falling off") ended uptaking 10 laps!!!

now back to the race.

Agree about the National Anthem. Oh well, it was better than what Stephan Tyler did to it back in...? 2005?

I saw several references to the military. They don't make a massive thing our of it because it is generally understood that the race itself is a tribute to the military. They flyover was good, the pre-Taps announcement was about what they always do and they showed the military marching off the track in ranks and made reference to their being introduced to the crowd and carried around the track in back of various vehicles.

They were missing from the 500 Festival Parade the night before, though.

Tragedy did hit my home track last night A track helper spreading oil dry after a wreck in the Little 500 was hit and killed. I just hate things like that.
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