House guests should arrive tomorrow.
... but THE RACE IS ON!!
It has been a few years since I attended The Indianapolis 500.
I am crunk!!
OMG now I want to go too!!
Should have been there!!
Following post moved from where it made no sense to here, where it makes a little more sense:It's a good thing, a sheltered existence, you know.
So, you would never have gone with me yesterday. (Sorry, I am still pumped up!! It was fucking AWESOME!!) You would not have gone with me into a crowd of over two hundred and some fifty or more thousands to watch the "Greatest Spectacle In Racing?"
Two hundred twenty six miles per hour, average speed around the track to take the pole position. That is approximately 365Kph for just over 4km around the track average speed, readying for a race that is about 800Km, according to google - that is over one hundred meters per second in a four wheeled, self contained vehicle, pal, for several hours all at once. I know you get the math, but FUCK!! It IS amazing to experience this first hand! Does this not intrigue people anymore?
How about watching in real time while the "yet to be winner" takes the lead for the last time at well over that speed down the straightaway at only BARELY a hand width apart from each others tires, winning or sheer disaster the outcome from four mens' abilities to keep their nerve or lose it and crack them all up? They were SO fucking CLOSE together!!
I am honestly feeling that I am getting way to old to ever miss another thrill like this, ever again.
I have missed many Indy 500s over the years, but I am re-thinking my priorities today.
(Hell, I have lived here since the early nineties and only just experienced my ninth Indy 500)