The speedway at Indy IS well worth a visit if you are in the area.
I just got back from a couple of days in the Indianapolis area and managed to squeeze a visit in.
I took Steve's advice and got the back seat on the bus...very impressive, quite an awe inspiring place..
The musuem too...very cool..lot's of nice stuff..including the second birdcage Maserati I've seen this year....can't actually be that
many, can there?
Best thing of all, musuem, track tour ...6 dollars in total...great value....
Steve, thanks for the tip..
was guest of Dick Simon Racing at the 1995 Indy 500, excellent day.
A Mate of mine who i was traveling with at the time knew him from years back and landed a few weeks work on the spanners for him,
oh and a few weeks on the secretary too as i remember
well, after nearly 2,800 post it had to happen sometime
I had to drive for nearly 8 hrs and 480 miles on a Saturday to see the track, but I thought it was worth it too.
As you approach, its cool. I sat in the mcdonals on the main bolevard leading up to it and its all so nice and well laid out....compares well against
our oval at Corby, stuck behind the power station 
Its a big place, just staninf in the infield I had to take loads of pics to get a panorama shot of just one end of the track!
Its a real shame they dont let you off the bus......and I did TWO laps yer cheapscate. Shame they got a guy with miky mouse voice to do the
commentary on the bus.
The maserati - was that the red car made with unrealistically tiny round rods as a chassis?
The cars I enjoyed were the 1911 winner, the gas turbine car, and mansells 1993 3rd place car. The pics around the walls of all the winners was good
too!
shame there wasnt a race on!
I was also suprised how many cracks there were on the track surface, and those bricks looked a bit clean to be original too!
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steve
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
The maserati - was that the red car made with unrealistically tiny round rods as a chassis?
Alan
One of the birdcage maserratti's was flown over from the states to appear at the Goodwood Festival of speed a couple of years back,caused a lot
of camera pointing that one.
not been on the theory group for over a year.
gave up when they all started discussing carbon fibre chassis building at home.
doubt any of them are building anything!
just waffle
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steve
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson..........The maserati - was that the red car made with unrealistically tiny round rods as a chassis?...........
yes that was it.
dont start a picture war alan - i got loads
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steve
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
yes that was it.
dont start a picture war alan - i got loads
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steve
my moneys on alan
he's had more time slapping (the filler on) than steve
so.... you'd like me to post about 20 nondescript pictures of the view from a bus going around indy ?
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steve
[Edited on 11/12/03 by stephen_gusterson]
They can't be any worse than my 21...
However, your point is well taken....