Twitter never lets you down! Just one tweet sent my phone into battery meltdown. Looking forward to the new Indycar season I asked for your memories of your first Indycar race, where it was, when, who you were with any memories of that day.
So lets get things underway with Rick Snodie, My first race was at Elkhart Lake, WI in 1991 and I went with a friend and my brother. We camped all weekend. I remember having pit access and seeing Paul Tracy in the pits. My daughter and Mom came on Sunday and my daughter got Arie Luyendyk's autograph. Michael Andretti won the race. The other series running that weekend had Walter Peyton competing in a stock car.
The first of many 'first races' came from Indianapolis, Mike Patterson remembers 1976, My Mom, Dad, younger brother and I piled into a station wagon with my Dad's co-worker and his wife and son. We watched from Reserved Parking which was up against the fence outside of the backstretch. Got poured on and the race was called after 102 laps but my hero, Lonestar JR, Johnny Rutherford won the race which made my day!
Aaryn Ryan from 1996 Indy 500, the most vivid memories was parking at Don's Guns and sitting behind the pits.
Moving south westerly to Pheonix, Matt Archuleta remembers a visit from the mid 1970's, loud and glorious. Here's a blurry pic of me on the left and my family
So lets get things underway with Rick Snodie, My first race was at Elkhart Lake, WI in 1991 and I went with a friend and my brother. We camped all weekend. I remember having pit access and seeing Paul Tracy in the pits. My daughter and Mom came on Sunday and my daughter got Arie Luyendyk's autograph. Michael Andretti won the race. The other series running that weekend had Walter Peyton competing in a stock car.
The first of many 'first races' came from Indianapolis, Mike Patterson remembers 1976, My Mom, Dad, younger brother and I piled into a station wagon with my Dad's co-worker and his wife and son. We watched from Reserved Parking which was up against the fence outside of the backstretch. Got poured on and the race was called after 102 laps but my hero, Lonestar JR, Johnny Rutherford won the race which made my day!
Aaryn Ryan from 1996 Indy 500, the most vivid memories was parking at Don's Guns and sitting behind the pits.
Moving south westerly to Pheonix, Matt Archuleta remembers a visit from the mid 1970's, loud and glorious. Here's a blurry pic of me on the left and my family
North of the boarder, and Steve Wittich first trip to an Indycar race was the Molson Indy at Mosport in 1978 won by Danny Ongais, I was seven, and all I remember was the blur of colour.
A return to Indianapolis for a few stories and memories, firstly from Andrew Loviseck, and the 1985 500, I was sat against the fence between Turn 1-2. Saw Sullivan spin & win and saw a lot of other things I was prob too young to see.
A return to Indianapolis for a few stories and memories, firstly from Andrew Loviseck, and the 1985 500, I was sat against the fence between Turn 1-2. Saw Sullivan spin & win and saw a lot of other things I was prob too young to see.
Michael Miller's first race was a more recent memory, the 2012 Indy 500 two days after I graduated from High School. I had been going to the track for years for practice, but I won some race tickets.
A few years earlier and to the 1972, when Mark Donohue was victorious, Tom Waitt remembers, I was a kid and was mesmerized by Mark Donohue and the beautiful blue 66 Sunoco car at IMS.
A few years earlier and to the 1972, when Mark Donohue was victorious, Tom Waitt remembers, I was a kid and was mesmerized by Mark Donohue and the beautiful blue 66 Sunoco car at IMS.
DJ's first Indy 500 was in 2001, thinking that Michael Andretti was going to win when there was a rain delay after halfway. And the Aerosmith "incident"...
Chris Meinaltowski was 6 and a half for his first trip to the Indy 500,
at that age I was blown away by the sounds, the smell of the fuel, & the odd little bump at pit out.
We round off part one of this trip down memory lane with a journey to these shores, in 1987 to Silverstone and Brands Hatch, Andy Hallbery remembers, when USAC brought the Indycars to Silverstone and Brands Hatch. I was eleven! I got Gordon Johncock and Danny Ongais autographs.
at that age I was blown away by the sounds, the smell of the fuel, & the odd little bump at pit out.
We round off part one of this trip down memory lane with a journey to these shores, in 1987 to Silverstone and Brands Hatch, Andy Hallbery remembers, when USAC brought the Indycars to Silverstone and Brands Hatch. I was eleven! I got Gordon Johncock and Danny Ongais autographs.
Part two will be up in a few days, in the mean time, be sure to check out Sporting Memories Network and the Alzheimer's Society.
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