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Message: I have been to ten races so far in my short thirty years that I have lived. There are tons of memories that I have made here that I will cherish forever. There will never be one, I doubt, any better than the first one when I was about twelve years old. Arie Luyendyk won that year, in the Domino's Pizza sponsored car I believe. I was very young then, but growing up my mother had always been a huge Mario Andretti fan and wanted to go to a race. So that year, my father surprised her with two tickets to the race. My dad said he would drive her to and from the track, but that he didnt want to attend the race itself for personal reasons. My mother knew that I was really getting into racing and made me a deal. We have a huge family and the dishes had been piling up, so she told me that if I did all of those dishes, I could go with her. I couldn't hardly believe what I was hearing. I had been to the track itself for the first time that year already, thanks to a class field trip, and now a chance to be there in the stands, I was full of excitement. It took me almost four hours, until probably midnight or so the eve of the race, but I finished those dishes off, which was a lot for a twelve year old at the time. I'll never forget coming from Crawfordsville, IN, into Speedway, on Crawfordsville Road, and getting dropped off at the gates and walking in to my first race. I was in total awe of everything, the crowds, the smells, the atmosphere, everything to that young man was so surreal. I will never forget spending that fine day at the track, and developing a tradition that I still enjoy to this day!! Thanks Indy for reuniting with CART!!!!

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