The Greatest Spectacle in Racing Thread

[SuperTex14]

Giggity!

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

Lindsay is terrible.

 

[lisa]

I'm nervous for Kurt already.

 

[StandOnIt]

Lindsay is terrible.

she is getting paid, you aren't, you come by it naturally.

 

[VaDirt]

Goosebumps have started. God I love this race.

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

she is getting paid, you aren't, you come by it naturally.

Get off my lawn.

 

[StandOnIt]

attendance has been reported to be up for the week 120%. I would like to think that Kurt has something to do with the rise.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Cool lookback at ABC's fifty years.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

12:16 green flag

 

[SuperTex14]

attendance has been reported to be up for the week 120%. I would like to think that Kurt has something to do with the rise.

It looks pretty full on the front stretch, a good hour before everything starts. Glad I'm watching from my cave!

 

[Nitro Dude]

Lindsay is terrible.

I disagree.

 

[SuperTex14]

I like Newgarden, but that milk piece totally reminded me of 'the gimp' in Pulp Fiction. Too far, ABC.

 

[Nitro Dude]

I love the fence segment.

 

[Lazyking]

Why couldnt Nicole Briscoe do the preshow?

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

Why couldnt Nicole Briscoe do the preshow?

Conflict of interest.

 

[Nitro Dude]

Why couldnt Nicole Briscoe do the preshow?

She was in the parade yesterday.

 

[SuperTex14]

The place is packed!

 

[Nitro Dude]

The place is packed!

Yep, and the pre race has been really good. I know i will get a little teary eyed when Jim Nabors sings Back Home Again In Inidiana for the last time.

 

[Lazyking]

LeAnn Rimes..my god

 

[FLRacingFan]

This race has just about everything beat when it comes to pageantry.

 

[Lazyking]

Best invocation ever

 

[Greg]

Be ready Jim Nabors, 12:04 it is special.

Sadly the last time. Godspeed good man.

 

[Lazyking]

If i wasnt a race fan, the only race I'd watch is the indy 500

 

[SuperTex14]

Be ready Jim Nabors, 12:04 it is special.

Sadly the last time. Godspeed good man.

The true anthem for the 500.

 

[Greg]

If ABC commercials out "back home in Indiana" congressional hearings had better happen.

 

[Professur]

Another sad rendition of your national anthem.

 

[mkline]

I'm not really an Indycar fan but I never miss the 500.Prerace is always good too.

 

[Zerkfitting]

Round 2 for today starts with Jim Nabors

 

[SuperTex14]

onions, someone's chopping onions.
...and then the Captain (Penske) with a shoutout to Kurt trying for the double... class!

 

[VaDirt]

onions, someone's chopping onions.

Here too!

 

[Nitro Dude]

The Indy 500 has always and will always be my favorite race. Since i was born and raised just a few miles from Indianapolis and had Gary Bettenhausen as a neighbor when i was in my 20s, this race always brings back a lot of great memories. Sometimes i regret not pursuing a career in Indy car racing instead of drag racing.

 

[Racer1930]

Jim sang the song and the balloons flew and the engines are running

 

[Racer1930]

The Indy 500 has always and will always be my favorite race. Since i was born and raised just a few miles from Indianapolis and had Gary Bettenhausen as a neighbor when i was in my 20s, this race always brings back a lot of great memories. Sometimes i regret not pursuing a career in Indy car racing instead of drag racing.

I remember sitting out under the shade tree with my Dad listening to the race on the radio. Dad would have his clipboard tracking the race events. I wish I had those race notes now.

 

[Nitro Dude]

GO KURT

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

Another sad rendition of your national anthem.

Lee Ann Rimes is gorgeous but that performance was ear-killing.

 

[#17D500winner]

Is there an open wheel driver any more overrated than Marco Andretti? I'm constantly hearing his name but for no other reason than the name

 

[Nitro Dude]

GO MONTOYA

 

[SuperTex14]

The Mayor FTW!

 

[Marcingak]

Boogity, boogity, boogity. Let's go racin' boys!

 

[Racer1930]

Briscoe nearly made a mess there early...but he saved it.