Indy 500
Went to the Indy 500 today. It was awesome! To attend that race has been something I've wanted to do since I was small. To finally accomplish it was incredible! The cars were so loud, we had to wear earplugs and went so fast, over 200 mph, that it only took the lead car 47 seconds to circle the 2.5 mile track.
Of course the pace car was a Corvette. On the down-side, the race kept being delayed due to rain. It was supposed to start at 11am, but didn't until 1pm. They ran 27 laps and called it again for rain. It didn't start again until around 3pm. They ran 180 laps and called it for rain again. A short time later, they called the winner, Buddy Rice. He regained his first place position twice after pit stops. Anyway, it should have ended around 2pm had all gone well. We had really good seats and could see the beginning of the race, the cars in pit row, and the finish line. We could also see turn 1 and 2.
A lot of "STARS" attended too. Academy Award-nominated movie actor Morgan Freeman drove the Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car. Jessica Simpson sang the Anthem. Her husband was there too. Lee Ann Womack performed. Other stars were: David Letterman, Television host of "The Late Show with David Letterman, Indiana native and co-ower of Rahal Letterman Racing (Buddy Rice is the driver), Melissa Joan Hart, star of "Sabrina The Teenage Witch," Jim Caviezel, who starred as Jesus Christ in the Mel Gibson film "The Passion of the Christ," "Survivor" star and Indianapolis native Rupert Boneham, Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, Jane Pauley, former co-host of the popular number one rated morning program, "Today" on NBC, Indiana native, Judge Reinhold ("The Santa Clause", "Beverly Hills Cop," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High",) Patrick Dempsey ("Sweet Home Alabama," "CanÂt Buy Me Love",)James Garner ("The Notebook," "Grand Prix")and a native Oklahoman from Norman, Jim Caviezel (actor), Jared Fogle (Subway restaurants front man), Mike Patrick (ESPN football anchor), Maria Menounos ("Entertainment Tonight"), LeVar Burton ("Star Trek: The Next Generation), Neal McDonough (actor), Charles Fazzino (artist), Florence Henderson (actress), Jim Nabors (actor, singer), Ruth Buzzi (comedian), Godsmack (rock band), Andrew Firestone (TV's "The Bachelor"), The Judd's (country singer), Michael Madsen (actor), Peter Reckell (actor), and Adam Mesh ("Average Joe".) They were all driven around the track in separate cars. Pretty cool.
Ok, so they call the race, announce the winner and immediately begin to say over the loud speakers, "Tornado Warning, Tornado Warning, Tornado Warning. Evacuate the grandstands immediately. Marion County is under a tornado warning." Major bummer and scary too! So we all herd out and the sirens are blaring. We have to walk a ways to the truck and when we get there and turn on the radio, it's saying that tornadoes are along I-70, the exact way we need to go. We drive home all the way for over an hour dodging tornadoes that we don't know where they are or how big. We're surrounded by them and they don't even know how to track them or tell where they are like we do in Oklahoma.
Compared to Sooners dealing with tornado alley, Hoosiers are way behind in knowing what the heck is going on and exactly where and how big. They don't have any spotters out and I never heard them say whether these tornadoes were F0 or larger. When they announce there is a warning, they say for the whole county and not specifically where it is or where it will track next. I really geforecastingd with the storm forcasting here. When we get home, Vigo county in under a tornado warning too and the last 20 miles or so the road were partly flooded.
So to end, the race was awesome and I hope to go agin, the storms I hated and wish they knew how to track them the Sooner way!
Went to the Indy 500 today. It was awesome! To attend that race has been something I've wanted to do since I was small. To finally accomplish it was incredible! The cars were so loud, we had to wear earplugs and went so fast, over 200 mph, that it only took the lead car 47 seconds to circle the 2.5 mile track.
Of course the pace car was a Corvette. On the down-side, the race kept being delayed due to rain. It was supposed to start at 11am, but didn't until 1pm. They ran 27 laps and called it again for rain. It didn't start again until around 3pm. They ran 180 laps and called it for rain again. A short time later, they called the winner, Buddy Rice. He regained his first place position twice after pit stops. Anyway, it should have ended around 2pm had all gone well. We had really good seats and could see the beginning of the race, the cars in pit row, and the finish line. We could also see turn 1 and 2.
A lot of "STARS" attended too. Academy Award-nominated movie actor Morgan Freeman drove the Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car. Jessica Simpson sang the Anthem. Her husband was there too. Lee Ann Womack performed. Other stars were: David Letterman, Television host of "The Late Show with David Letterman, Indiana native and co-ower of Rahal Letterman Racing (Buddy Rice is the driver), Melissa Joan Hart, star of "Sabrina The Teenage Witch," Jim Caviezel, who starred as Jesus Christ in the Mel Gibson film "The Passion of the Christ," "Survivor" star and Indianapolis native Rupert Boneham, Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, Jane Pauley, former co-host of the popular number one rated morning program, "Today" on NBC, Indiana native, Judge Reinhold ("The Santa Clause", "Beverly Hills Cop," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High",) Patrick Dempsey ("Sweet Home Alabama," "CanÂt Buy Me Love",)James Garner ("The Notebook," "Grand Prix")and a native Oklahoman from Norman, Jim Caviezel (actor), Jared Fogle (Subway restaurants front man), Mike Patrick (ESPN football anchor), Maria Menounos ("Entertainment Tonight"), LeVar Burton ("Star Trek: The Next Generation), Neal McDonough (actor), Charles Fazzino (artist), Florence Henderson (actress), Jim Nabors (actor, singer), Ruth Buzzi (comedian), Godsmack (rock band), Andrew Firestone (TV's "The Bachelor"), The Judd's (country singer), Michael Madsen (actor), Peter Reckell (actor), and Adam Mesh ("Average Joe".) They were all driven around the track in separate cars. Pretty cool.
Ok, so they call the race, announce the winner and immediately begin to say over the loud speakers, "Tornado Warning, Tornado Warning, Tornado Warning. Evacuate the grandstands immediately. Marion County is under a tornado warning." Major bummer and scary too! So we all herd out and the sirens are blaring. We have to walk a ways to the truck and when we get there and turn on the radio, it's saying that tornadoes are along I-70, the exact way we need to go. We drive home all the way for over an hour dodging tornadoes that we don't know where they are or how big. We're surrounded by them and they don't even know how to track them or tell where they are like we do in Oklahoma.
Compared to Sooners dealing with tornado alley, Hoosiers are way behind in knowing what the heck is going on and exactly where and how big. They don't have any spotters out and I never heard them say whether these tornadoes were F0 or larger. When they announce there is a warning, they say for the whole county and not specifically where it is or where it will track next. I really geforecastingd with the storm forcasting here. When we get home, Vigo county in under a tornado warning too and the last 20 miles or so the road were partly flooded.
So to end, the race was awesome and I hope to go agin, the storms I hated and wish they knew how to track them the Sooner way!
posted by Mines Broken @ Sunday, May 30, 2004
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