Hello and welcome to my first update from the 100th Indianapolis 500. This first update comes from England, and will probably not make sense given I have been awake since 9am yesterday morning and for those who follow me on twitter overnight would have seen first hand evidence!
Anyway, it's cold, wet and foggy here at Heathrow, something I am expecting when I land in the US, yep, shoulda brought a brolly. Due to land in Newark sometime this afternoon, evening, morning? Then onto Indianapolis, I am not a sleeper on coaches planes, or even trains to come to it, thankfully it will be a short rive from the airport... the airport hotel! For those reading this in the US, you know my details and how to get hold on me I will have a US cell number so if you want it just shout. My love of America has been influenced by Indycar and Man v Food so if you want to share that, let me know.
So for the next three weeks I will bring you the stories, news, moments, sights, sounds and cultural highlights (not including Carb Day) from the Speedway and around Indianapolis, hey, I may even throw in a little Chicago and St Louis for good measure, particularly if the Cubs keep winning, if they start loosing, call me Billy.
Over the coming weeks I will have the opportunity to sit down and chat with a number of drivers and well, a Scottish-Italian named legend too so if there is anything you would like to know about the race, the events, ongoings just let me know and I can share it all with you. I will also attempt periscope around the track so give me a follow there (find it by searching @indycaruk), like the Facebook page and on Twitter too. The cars hit the track early tomorrow so assuming I wake up, I'll catch you there, on on here, somewhere, let the month begin.
Anyway, it's cold, wet and foggy here at Heathrow, something I am expecting when I land in the US, yep, shoulda brought a brolly. Due to land in Newark sometime this afternoon, evening, morning? Then onto Indianapolis, I am not a sleeper on coaches planes, or even trains to come to it, thankfully it will be a short rive from the airport... the airport hotel! For those reading this in the US, you know my details and how to get hold on me I will have a US cell number so if you want it just shout. My love of America has been influenced by Indycar and Man v Food so if you want to share that, let me know.
So for the next three weeks I will bring you the stories, news, moments, sights, sounds and cultural highlights (not including Carb Day) from the Speedway and around Indianapolis, hey, I may even throw in a little Chicago and St Louis for good measure, particularly if the Cubs keep winning, if they start loosing, call me Billy.
Over the coming weeks I will have the opportunity to sit down and chat with a number of drivers and well, a Scottish-Italian named legend too so if there is anything you would like to know about the race, the events, ongoings just let me know and I can share it all with you. I will also attempt periscope around the track so give me a follow there (find it by searching @indycaruk), like the Facebook page and on Twitter too. The cars hit the track early tomorrow so assuming I wake up, I'll catch you there, on on here, somewhere, let the month begin.