Indy's 100th Year

I am looking at this last month of events at the most famous race track in the world and was very impressed at all of the action. I never talk about the parade at all, but this year the parade was very grand. I was so worried that the race it self would of been the same ol action at the end of the race. Let me tell you this was not the case at all. If you didn't see the race, well you missed it. Someone was on the last lap and then the spotter must of started to head down to the winners circle and left the driver out there as a rookie! Well Dan Wheldon was not a rookie and knew the race was not over until you cross the start finish line and the checker flag was a waving at you. Look can you even think the ending of the race would of been that dramatic? Parnelli Jones; I believe won the 50th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 mile race at IMS; in the car number 98 with a very great promoter and car owner J.C. Agajanian was the best car owner and race promoter of all time. Now I can say that Dan Wheldon won the 100th Anniversary running of the Indianapolis 500 miles race in car number 98 ! Look the Lord loves a good clean race; and on Sunday in the smack middle of the the State of Indiana, would you of thought that there would of been such a race at all? On the fact that Panther Racing let Dan Wheldon go; and the driver they replaced Dan Wheldon with wrecked on the last lap of the race! Then Dan Wheldon crossed the start finish line as the 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 winner in with an under budget race team and was fired at midnight after winning the 500!Wow! Yes world that is what we saw on Sunday the 29th of May 2011. Dan Wheldon earned $2,567,255 from an overall purse of $13,509,485 for his victory in the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Dan Wheldon won in car number 98! This was not a power house team and some major car owners to spoil the end of the day fans. This is the race that the world wanted to see.

Jim Gandolf