GP of Indy Weekend

Road Course Practice & Qualifying Friday.
 

Inaugural GP of Indy Saturday.
 

First day of Indy 500 Practice Sunday.

Plus 6 Mazda Road to Indy Series Races.

 

What a weekend!!!  We didn't want to leave.

 

 

Why we loved it:

The weather made qualifications really cool


Dry Track


Wet Track

Dry Track

Wet Track
(which led to a crash by Ryan Hunter Reay that ended qualifying )


 

We saw lots of cars and drivers:

The winning car.

(being pulled out to qualifying)

Josef (...does anyone else matter? Not for Alex)

This is one of a million times we saw Helio on his bike
(he certainly gets his exercise at the track...and he's always smiling!)

And this is Helio's cool car

with the old Pennzoil paint scheme

(our mom really likes this) 

 

Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Dixon, Marco Andretti's cars

headed to qualifying on Friday.

  

The Mayor of Hinchtown on Friday. 

Get well Hinch!

We hope we will see back in his car soon after his concussion in the race Saturday.

 

 

We got pictures with lots of friendly drivers:

 

Pippa Mann

(She even took a selfie with us)

 

 

Oh, and the Kids Zone and the

racing simulator games were awesome!

The two USF2000, two Pro Mazda and two Indy Lights series
on Friday and Saturday were really cool!

Colton Herta (#98) & Peter Portante (#24)
Cars getting lined behind the grandstands to go out for Race 2



THANKS IMS for a Great Time

Can't wait to see you again soon for the 500!




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GP of Indy recap

Awesome inaugural race!

The top five:

Simon Pagenaud 

Ryan Hunter-Reay

Helio Castroneves
 

Sebastian Bourdais

Charlie Kimball

The Weather:

* Sunny
* 78 degrees
* Pretty Hot (although the slight breeze that came once in a while was nice)

Other Stuff

* Carlos Munoz and Mikhail Aleshin crashed into polesitter Sebastian Saavedra when he stalled on the standing start.  It was really scary and just looked like an explosion from our seats luckily everyone was ok.

* Graham Rahal crashed into the wall on a restart after having a very good race.

* Rookie Jack Hawksworth (who started on the front row) made a great showing and led 30 laps before fading late in the race.

* James Hinchcliffe was hit in the head by a piece of debris late in the race and suffered a concussion and will have to undergo further evaluation before being allowed to drive. (EJ Viso will fill in for him in the #27 car for now)

* Josef Newgarden made some contact on the first restart and fell back eventually finishing 17th. Alex was not happy to see Josef in the back all day but still cheered every time he went by.

Thanks to J. Douglas Boles for opening the great seats above Gasoline Alley for all general      admission spectators when the spectator mounds got really full.

This was the super view we had from those seats:

15 Days till the Indy 500

Only 15 Days until we see cars racing around the IMS oval

at over 220 MPH!!!

The number 15 car won the Indy 500 in 2004

with Buddy Rice behind the wheel.

GP of Indy recap

Lots of action today at the IMS for qualification and practice for the GP of Indy

The top six in quals:

Sebastian Saavadra

Jack Hawksworth

Ryan Hunter-Reay

Simon Pagenuad

Will Power

Scott Dixon

More about it:

* Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed exiting turn 14 that ended his day

* Josef ended up 15th

* Mikhail Aleshin got a penalty for interfering and got bumped out of the top twelve putting Graham Rahal in

 

Had a blast checking out all the views from around the track and can't wait till the race!

 

17 Days till the Indy 500

Only 17 more days till the Indy 500!
 

 

Dario Resta drove the car number 17
to victory in 1916
after finishing second in his rookie year in 1915.