Doubt it Sal.
There's nothing like the excitement of the Indy 500. In 1989, I spent the
CART weekend at Laguna with Emerson Fittipaldi, more or less the same sort
of experience Patrick had at Indy. I was raised at Monza in Italy and my
father put on the Driver Of The Year Award for Formula One all through the
sixties. I've never been to Indy, but I know there's no race in the world
that compares to it. Every driver that goes there is in awe with the
experience. Indy is legendary and a single CART race at Laguna is no match
(and I hate ovals).
Mike
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> From: Sal Versaggi <versaggi@vom.com>
> To: Patrick Jones <axng4me@yahoo.com>; Solo2 <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Indy 500 experience
> Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:51 PM
>
> Come out to Laguna and work the CART event and it's almost as good, and
with
> all the same players---- Sal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Jones <axng4me@yahoo.com>
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:44 PM
> Subject: Indy 500 experience
>
>
> >Thought I would share with you some of the totally awesome times I had
> >this past weekend at the 500.
> >
> >Bradley Motorsports teamed up with CAN and we were the main sponsor of
> >#12, driven by Buzz Calkins at this years race. I had four days of
> >full pit and garage access along with viewing the race from the new
> >suites above the new garages built for F1.
> >
> >This was my first Indy and what a treat. I had tweleve laps around the
> >track in the pace car with Anthony Edwards, James Garner, and Parnelli
> >Jones driving. I had dinner with AJ Foyt, met Johnny Rutherford, and
> >sat at the bar with Bobby Unser. I was on the grid when the cars came
> >out for the start of the race and saw the **intense** looks on several
> >of the drivers faces. I was standing on the yard of bricks when the
> >order came, "Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!"
> >
> >At that point, 200,000+ fans and 33 - 650HP V8s made a noise I will not
> >soon forget.
> >
> >Watching Buddy Lazier try so hard to catch the amazing Juan Montoya -
> >wow. At the end, I took a golf cart and ran around the new F1 track
> >that will host the USGP on September 24 this year. Buzz finished the
> >race with 194 laps and 18th place. The car looked like it had been
> >sand blasted. ESPN and ABC had coverage of the Team CAN car, and we
> >hope to be back in "The Show" next year.
> >
> >Now, if I can keep those g-Force's from wearing out on the Neon...
> >
> >patrick
> >98 Neon ACR
> >98 Viper GTS-R #33
> >
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