A day that started with rain and clouds gave way to at least a little sunshine just in time for the “50th running” of the 500 Festival parade on May 26, 2007. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning served as the Grand Marshall and special guest AJ Foyt celebrated his 50th anniversary at Indy. All 33 of the drivers competing in the Indianapolis 500 were joined by celebrities, bands, floats, and more to delight the crowds that lined the streets of downtown Indianapolis.   read more »

A massive crowd gathered and braved the threat of rain to see a performance by Kid Rock on Carb Day for the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   read more »

Two-wheeled vehicles are on their way to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in September 2008 but they’ll look a little different than this one. This is a photo of a Grady Brothers Inc. employee compacting the new asphalt being laid in turns 7-9 of the Speedway’s recently modified road course. The MotoGP motorcycles that will race on the course weigh something over 300 pounds with a max speed of about 208mph, while the Caterpillar CB-534D XW Asphalt Compactor in the photo weighs almost 25,000 pounds and can travel at a max speed of just 8mph!   read more »

It’s hard to believe that its been two months since I’ve been out to the Speedway to check out all of the construction on the new road course sections being built for the Red Bull Indianapolis GP coming on September 14, 2008. We’ve had some glorious Fall weather in Indy recently, so on October 30th I hopped on the “Track Tour Bus” to get some updated photos. Then on November 1st I had a unique opportunity to get an up close and personal view of the paving process in turn 9.   read more »

Photos from Carb Day for the 2007 Indianapolis 500, May 25, 2007. Includes shots of the pit stop competition (won by Helio Castroneves), Kenny Brack’s performance on the Pagoda Stage, vintage cars at speed on the oval and the huge crowd that gathered for a concert by Kid Rock.   read more »