Pole day at the Indy 500 moving to Sunday? It know don’t who
came up with this grand farce of an idea at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or
was it the IndyCar Officials? I feel that the group of people making decisions about
the greatest race in the world, but now I am scared that life is slipping away
from real tradition over there at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I was reading
an article in the USA Today and just stopped breathing over this action and it’s
like no one even cares, or people are just to afraid to even comment over the article because something else might change. I hope
when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp, makes a change they will take in
this thought and make sure the president they put in place passes a physiology
test over the balance of how not to mess up the greatest race in the world,
called the Indianapolis 500 mile race. I feel that time has offered the
greatest fans in the world to create an forum that is only motive is to keep
the Indy 500 safe from this kind of drama in that future. I see that we need to
bring back the reason that the Indy 500 is so special to so many fans. TRADITION.
Now maybe this is just a cry out to see if anyone would respond or if anyone
would even care. I have been getting emails over this very subject so I thought
I would write about it; because I do love the Indianapolis 500 race. I can’t
get negative here because maybe IMS will mess up so bad that Tony George will
have to come back into power to save us all. I still think that is the only
answer we have at this point. I just thinking; as I was, looking back in time as a young man back in the
1970’s just lying on the hill over on the fourth turn praying for a safe pole day and
that the best weather for that day. Pole day meant so much to me back in the day that
you had to get inside the track at 5:00am in the morning just to get a grand
spot to see the day’s adventure that may lie ahead. I remember the clouds forming in the air and
trying to make race car shapes and drivers images out of the clouds. The practice session in the morning to see who
might have the pole by the end of the day. When; everything in the world meant
for your favorite driver, to make the race in a solid position on the starting
grid. I remember the sponsors on these cars, and even the colors on the cars. I
remember how my heart quit beating as the cars hit the race track at the Greatest
Race Track in the World the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I will keep praying
that young people have in their heart; the passion I had when I was young, over
this great kind of racing. I want the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway to really understand who they hire over there and
understand the people that buy tickets to that race track, buy the ticket because of, the
fans just love the whole atmosphere over there. I will keep praying that the
ones making the decisions over at the Greatest Race Track in the World to be in
thoughts of the ones that really believe in that sport. To believe that
something might be wrong here, yes we
might have a problem with this action.
I do love that race and that is all I have to say about this subject!
Jim Gandolf
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