Indy Motor Speedway

Just got back from a trip to Indiana. We had 5 stops basically running in a circle around Indianapolis. The trip went well and we got done quickly, working through the night.

Then we had to go pick up our backhaul. Turns out it was a brokered load for Coca Cola bringing some stuff to Chattanooga. (42,000 lbs of bottled Coke, Diet Coke and Sprite.)

As we were waiting to make the turn onto the road that the pick up facility was on, I noticed something else. This HUGE set of grandstands. I knew the Colts played in downtown Indy in a dome, that wasn't it. Then it dawned on me. I was actually in Speedway, IN and that is the home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They run the Indy 500 (Formula 1) and the Brickyard 500 (NASCAR) there.

So I snapped a quick pic before we made the turn and drove down the front streatch. This is actually the corner of turn 1 on the racetrack.

Coolness! Never been there in person before.

Kind of a cool experience!