Sunday Sunday Sunday. Race day is here! Look for Christian Diamond and I on the grid during pre-race. We're allowed to walk the track up to one hour prior to the race. Get some Graham Rahal!

 

Hey guys!

I`ve watched the race on TV...that was really tough,given the high temps and all the yellow flags...
a lot of lead changes there
I did miss though what happened that Rahal lost so many places after being long time at 6th/5th

 

Graham was as high as 3rd at one point in the race. I think it was mid to late race. I don't remember when he pitted exactly, but he fell back a little and then moved up a few spaces. Christian and I talked with him for a bit in his RV after the race, but it's not really my place to comment. I'll let Graham handle that here if he chooses.

It was a GREAT race. There were a record number of lead changes. The old record was 31 and we broke that today. I lost count at 33, but I think there were 35-38 changes maybe? They were all on the front straight too. We were on the hill in turn 3. At times, they were going into that turn three wide! So cool to watch!

I'll have my race day photos up later tonight.

 

OK. The photos are taking forever to upload. I have 123 that I kept from today. I'll update the thread tomorrow with my favorites.

 

OK. Update time! Yesterday was amazing! Seriously hot, but there's nothing like seeing the Indy 500 in person. Turn three was a party as you can see in some of the photos. There are a lot from yesterday. Enjoy!

Bright and early at the Speedway


Oh it's going to be a party!


Stagger on the tires


Tires everywhere!
















To the winner goes:


RIP


Martina McBride warming up for the National Anthem


Graham's pit








Crazy Kanaan fan who was also from Seattle

 

Race day prep






Off to tech inspection




Waiting for Tech Inspection


Laying down on the job




I don't think that's running quite right






Prepping the fuel hose


Cars to the pits:




Warm up






The crew




It was crazy packed on the grid

 

In front of the pagoda with our gear
Me


Christian/Prohydro


Lineup of Official 500 cars


Turn three action from here on out……





During the tribute to Dan Wheldon


and his Indy 500 winning car


Let's go racing!




It's on!








There were several yellow flags late in the race.


This was a common site on the hill at turn three


No clue why they decided to make a pyramid. I'm sure the beer had something to do with it.


Great race Graham!

 

Here's a quick video from my iPhone of lap 1!

Lap 1 Indy 500 - YouTube

 

Absolutely amazing! What an opportunity, and thanks for sharing it with us. Killer photos, too!

 

Amazing thread, so happy for you to experience this.