The Indy 500 is far and away my favorite diversion from the
road. Actually it’s not something I took advantage of during downtime on the
road. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is in my back yard, 50 miles away. For
many years I made it a point to be here for race week.
Our first race was around 1972; we had heard the fun way to
do it was go down the day before. We had a pickup with a
