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Headline: Will McCarty of isitMayyet.com

Message: I've attended the previous twenty 500's, but my family has
been attending for over forty years.
While many race memories run through my head, the tradition of the race
to me cannot be described without including my family. There are thirty or so tickets in my family
that brings relatives from Ohio, Louisiana, Alabama, New Jersey, and Hong Kong
to Turn 3 every Memorial Day weekend.
From great food and spirits, particularly the cream cheese and olive
bagels on race day, to decorative coolers commemorating an attendee's
graduation, known as “the mother cooler”, the weekend is all about the
celebration of family with the race as the cornerstone.

The race itself is a journey from Cincinnati
to Indianapolis,
once in rented vans but now in a chartered bus.
While many family members can no longer attend
the race due to children or age, their spirit is still felt at the race as they
watch on TV back home. The excitement
builds as thirty people, of whom only one has ever actually lived in Alabama, sing with Jim
Neighbors. Quite simply, the best moment
of the year every year can always be narrowed down to being with family as the
cars scream into Turn 3 on the very first lap of the race.

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