Anyone know why Florence Henderson was standing with Rossi when he got out of the car? Wondering if she is a financial backer or something.
She was the honor marshal this year or something. Just a celeb they import to jazz things up.
Apparently she has been to the race a number of years now singing a patriotic song at the opening. Here is what I found for this year.
Henderson will skip “God Bless America” as the Indy 500 celebrates its centennial race this weekend. She instead will serve as grand marshal and deliver the “drivers to your cars” command.
Here is a link to her background to the race.
http://fox59.com/2016/05/28/heres-a-story-of-a-lovely-lady-and-gomer-at-the-indy-500/