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Do you know what is fun?
May. 27th, 2007 08:44 pmDriving down the highway with the Indy 500 on the radio. Suddenly the trucks and cars on the road become your competition as you fight your way to the finishline. Sure you are only going 75 mph but in your mind...its 225 and you are coming up on turn 3.
My dad used to listen to the 500 in the car. Since we are so close the race, it is blacked out on TV until the evening. So he used to either turn on the stereo and listen in the house or listen as he drove us kids somewhere. Ususally the latter. We always have called him Larry-O Andretti because he always drove a little too fast on those days. Now I know why.
Yeah the 500 has been fun for other reasons this year but it is something that my family has always followed. I can remember going to the track as a little girl. I can remember going to all the time trials with my dad and his company over the years. And I can remember following the race so closely last year because I was homesick and the race was a little piece of home.
Now if only I could really drive 225 mph.
My dad used to listen to the 500 in the car. Since we are so close the race, it is blacked out on TV until the evening. So he used to either turn on the stereo and listen in the house or listen as he drove us kids somewhere. Ususally the latter. We always have called him Larry-O Andretti because he always drove a little too fast on those days. Now I know why.
Yeah the 500 has been fun for other reasons this year but it is something that my family has always followed. I can remember going to the track as a little girl. I can remember going to all the time trials with my dad and his company over the years. And I can remember following the race so closely last year because I was homesick and the race was a little piece of home.
Now if only I could really drive 225 mph.
