No! It does not mean 500 Indians without nipples; it is the century old American motorsport icon, older than Coca Cola, Levies, and/or M.D, it is the world most single day sport spectacle ever. Oh yah, the number of spectators filling up those grand stands always exceed those of World Cup Finals (I call it Kick Ball some of you might call it Soccer or Football), Super Bowl and World Series.
Around 300,000 spectators will fill up the grand stands in the Brick Yard, and that does not include the tailgaters who will fill up the parking lots outside. Back in 80s and earlier the # of spectators in Brick Yard always exceeded the population of Indianapolis.
Indy 500 has never been an all American race and legends like Sterling Moss, Sir Jacky Stewart and Sir Jack Brabham will attest to the claim, but for decades it was all male race.
Man! Am I glad to see it has transformed? 2011 Indy 500 grid lineup includes 4 beautiful ladies from around the world. Danica Patrick (US), Pippa Mann (Great Britain), Simona De Silvestro (Switzerland) and Ana Beatriz (Brazil) will race alongside their male contenders.
Beside 12 American, there will be 21 land fighter pilots from around the world who will fill up the traditional 33 position in the grid:
Alex Tagliani…Canada (Pole sitter)
Scott Dixon……New Zealand
Oriol Servia…..Spain
Will Power……Australia
Dan Weldon….Great Britain
Dario Franchitti..Scotland
Takuma Sato…….Japan
Vitor Meira………Brazil
James Hinchcliffe…Canada
Bertrand Baguette…Belgium
Helio Castroneves….Brazil
E.J Viso…………………Venezuela
Justin Wilson…………Great Britain
Jay Howard…………….Great Britain
Tomas Schekter……..S.Africa
Tony Kanaan……………Brazil
Simona De Silvestro…Switzerland
Paul Tracy………………Canada
Ryan Briscoe…………..Australia
Alex Lloyd …………….Great Britain
Pippa Mann……………Great Britain
Ana Beatriz…………….Brazil
Oh! Can’t even imagine how these land fighter pilots drive in speed over 235 mph (just over 420 kph for you Metricers) straight twd a concrete wall without lifting their right foot even a millimeter, and they do this for 500 miles.
Best of luck and I wish a safe race to all those Gladiators. As always it is tomorrow the Memorial weekend Sunday which will be broadcast live through ABC starting 11:00 am USCST.
BTW: 1 of my employees has his own way of pronouncing the Indy 500, he calls it “Indianapolee Phy hunree” and he always put a smile on my face the way he say it.
Around 300,000 spectators will fill up the grand stands in the Brick Yard, and that does not include the tailgaters who will fill up the parking lots outside. Back in 80s and earlier the # of spectators in Brick Yard always exceeded the population of Indianapolis.
Indy 500 has never been an all American race and legends like Sterling Moss, Sir Jacky Stewart and Sir Jack Brabham will attest to the claim, but for decades it was all male race.
Man! Am I glad to see it has transformed? 2011 Indy 500 grid lineup includes 4 beautiful ladies from around the world. Danica Patrick (US), Pippa Mann (Great Britain), Simona De Silvestro (Switzerland) and Ana Beatriz (Brazil) will race alongside their male contenders.
Beside 12 American, there will be 21 land fighter pilots from around the world who will fill up the traditional 33 position in the grid:
Alex Tagliani…Canada (Pole sitter)
Scott Dixon……New Zealand
Oriol Servia…..Spain
Will Power……Australia
Dan Weldon….Great Britain
Dario Franchitti..Scotland
Takuma Sato…….Japan
Vitor Meira………Brazil
James Hinchcliffe…Canada
Bertrand Baguette…Belgium
Helio Castroneves….Brazil
E.J Viso…………………Venezuela
Justin Wilson…………Great Britain
Jay Howard…………….Great Britain
Tomas Schekter……..S.Africa
Tony Kanaan……………Brazil
Simona De Silvestro…Switzerland
Paul Tracy………………Canada
Ryan Briscoe…………..Australia
Alex Lloyd …………….Great Britain
Pippa Mann……………Great Britain
Ana Beatriz…………….Brazil
Oh! Can’t even imagine how these land fighter pilots drive in speed over 235 mph (just over 420 kph for you Metricers) straight twd a concrete wall without lifting their right foot even a millimeter, and they do this for 500 miles.
Best of luck and I wish a safe race to all those Gladiators. As always it is tomorrow the Memorial weekend Sunday which will be broadcast live through ABC starting 11:00 am USCST.
BTW: 1 of my employees has his own way of pronouncing the Indy 500, he calls it “Indianapolee Phy hunree” and he always put a smile on my face the way he say it.
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