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. 

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Simon Pagenaud’s Ayrton Senna tribute helmet

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Frank Santoroski catches a quick ‘on the run’ interview with DTC friend Charlie Kimball

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The absolutely stunning Pennzoil livery seen on Helio Castroneves’ Penske machine. 

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Kurt Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya, two guys with a lot of NASCAR experience, compare notes.

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The aforementioned Kurt Busch went on to a sixth place finish and took ‘Rookie of the Year’ honors.

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Sebastien Bourdais is affectionately known as ‘The Frog.” 

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Security were constantly telling people “Get down!! You cannot stand on the pit wall!” However, they let this guy get away with it…

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My lovely wife, Laura, with one of the legends of the Speedway: Three-time 500 winner Bobby Unser.

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Charlie Kimball in his ‘office.’

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Laura did a ‘selfie’ on the grid pre-race. Of course, I photo-bombed her….

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2013 IndyCar Series Champion, Scott Dixon

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Simon Pagenaud and Marco Andretti at the driver’s meeting

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Penske drivers Helio Castroneves and Will Power catch up with former teammate, Ryan Briscoe.

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Juan Pablo Montoya in the pit lane

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We ran into Florence Henderson and I inadvertently called her ‘Carol’…At least she got a laugh out of it…

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The process of assembling the cars on the grid before the race

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Another true legend of the Speedway, Dario Franchitti, talks with the press about his new role as pace car driver

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Team Target’s Scotty D and TK during a Chevrolet ‘meet and greet’ event. 

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Kurt Busch’s car on the grid

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The Captain, Roger Penske, discusses strategy with Helio Castroneves

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Sharing the milk…

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Daddy, Momma, Michael: go ahead and kiss those bricks…I don’t wanna! 

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