1996 winner Buddy Lazier in the 1911 era Inter-State |
Lyn St. James, 1911 Buick |
AJ was holding on to his hat and several people around me were complaining that he was on a cell phone. |
The Izod/Hot Wheels jump. Coming down the ramp. |
In flight. |
Sliding to a stop, but he still went into the sand. |
Past drivers in 100 years worth of old cars. |
1963 winner Parnelli Jones in the no. 32 Marmon “Wasp” that won in 1911 with Ray Harroun. |
1969 winner Mario Andretti in the Boyle Maserati that won in 1939 and 1940 with Wilbur Shaw. I thought Mario was Italian, but he looks like a Pole in this shot. |
1983 winner Tom Sneva in the Blue Crown Spark Plug Diedt/Offy that won in 1947 and 1948 with Mauri Rose. |
1968, 1975 and 1981 winner Bobby Unser in the No. 8 National that won in 1912 with Joe Dawson. |
1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987 winner Al Unser in the No. 82 Lotus-Ford that won in 1965 with Jim Clark. |
1974, 1976 and 1980 winner Johnny Rutherford in the No. 4 Pennzoil Chaparral/Cosworth (the Yellow Submarine) in which he won in 1980. |
1990 and 1997 winner Arie Luyendyk in the No. 30 Domino’s Pizza Lola/Chevrolet Indy in which he won in 1990. |
2003 winner Gil de Ferran in the No. 66 Sunoco McLaren that won in 1972 with Mark Donohue. |
Kenny Brack in the Belond Salih/Offy that won in 1957 with Sam Hanks and 1958 with Jimmy Bryan. |
Flyover by the B-2 |
When I arrived, these seats were almost empty! |
Front row l to r: Oriol Serva, Scott Dixon, & Alex Tagliani. |
The field files by getting ready for..... |
The start of the 2011 Indianapolis 500!!! |
Will Power's day went bad fast when his tire fell off after the first round of pit stops. That's Danica Patrick going past. |
Dario Franchitti. |
James Hinchcliffe had hit the wall coming out of three and still slid past me. |
He was OK, but it took a while to clean up. |
A bad end to the day, but it could have been worse. |
The restarts were the most exciting part, so I'm putting several up here.... |
Danica was leading at this point late in the race. |
Another restart. |
Three wide at Belleville is one thing, but here??? |
This shows how much of a pain the posts & catch fence are for taking pictures!!!!! |
..... as he tried to slide to the win. |
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He had such a lead that Wheldon is only now coming into view just disappearing behind the infield fence. |
Wheldon catching Hildebrand to win the race. |