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"....Skeeter's...obviously,dress like your wife"
Hearing protection.
Wow, good for you. Have fun. Indianapolis was the first place I ever saw fireflies and I loved the warm summer nights.
Hope you have fun. If you can stay in the shade that would be good and of course have a lot of water handy.
FREE THE INDIANAPOLIS 500!!
An Animal House quote comes to mind:
Bluto: My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
Otter: Better listen to him, Flounder. He’s pre-med.
And have fun!
Go back in time 40 years and you’ll see a good race.
GPS to negotiate the freeways.;-) I frequently get lost driving through Indianapolis. GPS saved me the last two times.
i was there last year- defied all expectations and I wanted to attend the 500 since i was a little kid (took me 44 years to get there!!)....as i type this I am listening to the radio broadcast of the 1982 race (tells you the type of fan i am)...
this years 500 is the 100th anniversary and is sold out (I’m having major leg surgery and I can’t go)...
1) try and attend Carb day on Friday or at least go to the track on Saturday and explore...
2) the Museum is a must...
3) get there REALLY early on Sunday- try and get there no later than 8AM. If you are driving the traffic will be insane...
where are you staying?? where are you sitting? when are you getting into Indy??
Definitely don’t miss out on Carb day at the track - it is the Friday before the race. It’s a lot of fun and this year the band Journey will be playing. There will also be an Indy Lights race that day and the pit stop competition. I have not missed an Indy 500 since 1973.
There are so many great men in this race. On a personal level they are awesome guys, but I'll never forget the one winner who rejected the traditional sip of milk. That REALLY ticked me off!
Don’t park your car under the GoodYear blimp !
Infield is insanity. Best seat vary depending on your interests. We loved to sit behind the pits
Thrilling event. Went there in High School. Lots of bare boobs.
Advice? Turn it back into an American car race.
Take a rain coat! I’d take some sun screen too, but definitely a rain coat.
5) if you go to Carb day sit down low in turn 1 (Carb day is GA)...there is nothing like sitting there as cars come screaming at you 235MPH!!
It’ll be a blast.
A good buddy lives there and goes every year and gets the full package. I always like hearing his blow by blow account. He used to attend the F1 races while that was going on too.
"....Skeeter's...obviously,dress like your wife"
If you can get tickets on one of the many shuttle options, I'd consider it and plan on taking a long time to get back to your base camp.
Two really good stops on Main Street in Speedway are Daredevil Brewing and Big Woods Brewing. Big Woods has excellent food. There's also a little pub on Main called BBQ and Bourbon. They have great food and sell Daredevil Beer.
Definitely plan on going to the Speedway Museum. All the cars, including the Marmon Wasp, are still in running order. Pic below is Parnelli Jones driving the Marmon Wasp around the Speedway in 2011.
Tonight we dine in Cincinnati!
Go to Mike’s Speedway Lounge. A dive bar by the railroad underpass. It looks scary as s#!+ but a fun place with a lot of race regulars. You know you’ve been accepted if you get invited upstairs to ogle the crowd from the balcony.
You’ve got to walk the streets from just past Mike’s to the front entrance and kick all the crushed beer cans. It’s like walking on an aluminum street. (At least it was like that a few years ago!)
Hurry to any crowd that is cheering! Likely to see boobies.
Do take a walk around the perimeter of the infield. You will likely never again see that many drunks, stoners, sleazy women, and crazy goings on as the infield.
The race is amazingly short! For 500 miles, it is only about 2 1/2 hours. A blink of an eye when you are there.
Be prepared to wait forever to get out afterword. Take a book and enjoy. Don’t try to crowd out. It isn’t fun.
Enjoy!