Some of the sights from the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 as seen through the DTC lenses.
19 year old Sage Karem prepares for the Tag-Heuer Pit Stop competition. He went on to the final round, only to be defeated narrowly by the pit crew of Scott Dixon.
Simon Pagenaud’s Ayrton Senna tribute helmet
Frank Santoroski catches a quick ‘on the run’ interview with DTC friend Charlie Kimball
The absolutely stunning Pennzoil livery seen on Helio Castroneves’ Penske machine.
Kurt Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya, two guys with a lot of NASCAR experience, compare notes.
The aforementioned Kurt Busch went on to a sixth place finish and took ‘Rookie of the Year’ honors.
Sebastien Bourdais is affectionately known as ‘The Frog.”
Security were constantly telling people “Get down!! You cannot stand on the pit wall!” However, they let this guy get away with it…
My lovely wife, Laura, with one of the legends of the Speedway: Three-time 500 winner Bobby Unser.
Charlie Kimball in his ‘office.’
Laura did a ‘selfie’ on the grid pre-race. Of course, I photo-bombed her….
2013 IndyCar Series Champion, Scott Dixon
Simon Pagenaud and Marco Andretti at the driver’s meeting
Penske drivers Helio Castroneves and Will Power catch up with former teammate, Ryan Briscoe.
Juan Pablo Montoya in the pit lane
We ran into Florence Henderson and I inadvertently called her ‘Carol’…At least she got a laugh out of it…
The process of assembling the cars on the grid before the race
Another true legend of the Speedway, Dario Franchitti, talks with the press about his new role as pace car driver
Team Target’s Scotty D and TK during a Chevrolet ‘meet and greet’ event.
Kurt Busch’s car on the grid
The Captain, Roger Penske, discusses strategy with Helio Castroneves
Sharing the milk…
Daddy, Momma, Michael: go ahead and kiss those bricks…I don’t wanna!