Indy qualifying

 We were able to watch the qualifying after watching blowers dry the track for 2 hours.  I kept thinking that Indy should have more blowers, but the track is so long, that we just couldn’t see them for an hour or so.  It sill amazes me how loud the cars are and that is 

one at a time.  I am no expert about Indy car racing by any means, but it is fun to go somewhere that is so culturally important to our country.  It’s not a museum (although there is one in the infield that is a great visit), but more people attend the Indy 500 each year than most likely go to the Met.  This place seats 400,000 people for two races each year and it is the world’s largest sporting arena.  After every driver had a turn at their 4 laps around the track, we went to the infield and this is where the spectacle starts.  There are 4 holes of the golf course in the infield, the museum, a concert going on, and more stands where you are very close to the drivers.  We got some great shots of drivers, were excited that Ed Carpenter won the pole and I got burned by the sun even with two applications of sunscreen during the day.  We didn’t have any more rain, so the precautions of parking closer weren’t needed and we slogged back through the grass to the cars.  love to everyone, jo