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[quote=Steve Best]Fascination with the Indianapolis 500 began with summers with my father.  Dad liked to go to car, motorcycle midget and micromidget races in the local area.  Every Sunday afternoon you could almost count on a trip to one of the local tracks to see one form of racing or another, but on Memorial Day we always had the radio on to listed to the Grand Daddy of them all, The Indianapolis 500.  We would usually go fishing and the old car would be next to the bank with the radio on and Dad and I fishing.  While we did not catch much, we sure enjoyed the racing and Sid Collins.  Dad's favorite drivers were Bill Vukovich early on and AJ Foyt later.  Dad never made it to the hallowed ground of racing but the first time that I was able to go to the race was 1989, a warmish day with sunshine and my son with me.  We talked about what this day would mean but little did we know the impact on us.  As we walked into the grounds the sheer enormity of the track just overwhelmed us.  The spectacle was something to behold, we just got surrounded and drawn into it and it was like being a kid again.  The color and pagentry of the build up to the race.  We got there at about 8:30 AM  and there was always something going on and it built to a fever pitch right up to race time.  While to many folks from Kentucky, there is only one race in May and it is at the beginning.  To our family now, there is only one race in May and it is at the end of the month of May and lasts about 3 and half hours rather than 2 minutes.   Since that time in 1989, our family has made our pilgrimage to Indianapolis at least once during the month of May to participate in the THE GREATEST SPECTACLE IN RACING!!!!!!!  My daughter, youngest son and I have continued this tradition each year.  We have enlarged our weekend by visiting the Night Before the 500 at "O'Reilly Raceway Park (IRP).  It makes for a great weekend of racing.  Our family thanks the visionaries who built the speedway and those kept it going over the years and those who will preserve it for years to come.  Look forward to coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for years to come with my children and grandchildren.[/quote]<br><br><br>

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