Thursday May 18th 2006 - PRACTICE DAY
Brian got suite passes for today compliments of
University Place - conference Center & Hotel - IUPUI
Our suite #156 was above the F1 Garages. It is the first one
nearest the Bombardier Pagoda. Sweet suite. It said
Andretti-Green on the door. There are nice bathrooms for each
suite. This is the first time anyone has invited me to a suite at
the speedway.
It had rained before our arrival. No cars had taken the track
yet, but the track was almost ready for Indycar practice.
The rain came down.
the scoring pylon in the background.
Sitting inside the suite watching the lightning to the west was cool.
out! It would only take a couple of hours to dry the track.
make sure it was in tune and ready for practice.
He's spotting for now.
and extinguishers.
with sponsor VideoPoker.com
whizzes by on the track.
down his helmet, attached the Hans Device and is about to climb
into his car, when nature calls! He runs through Gasoline Alley
and to the closest john. Then, he has to wait in line. Too funny!
Then to make matters worse, some guy comes over asking for an
autograph!
Did I mention its loud? Am i just getting old or are the cars louder?
free Budweisers. They even gave us a gift bag to take home. But
the nicest perk were the Pit Passes. Cooooool.
When we drove in today, we were planning on coming in on the
south entrance on 16th Street. I was surprised to find a huge line
on 16th Street for a rainy Thursday.
I decided to drive away to 10th Street and circle back around to
Georgetown where I was able to drive into the track with relative
ease. We opted to park in the 1st turn, which was kind of muddy
due to the recent rain.
We left just as the rain was returning. Good timing once again!
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