2024 Indy500

[@mayormerq08-23]

That was so awesome! Thank you so much...this is the first race that I have missed (either live or on TV since Bobby Unser won in 1968!) and I truly appreciated your perspective! Thank you again, WOR!

[@tiner8774]

I have attended every 500 since 1993. It always amazes me how one might hear a pin drop during the playing of taps. The service of our soldiers is as important as the race.

[@Malibu-wr6mo]

Great video! Your epic! Thank you for this perfect fan perspective!

[@oilcandroid1133]

Great rundown of the day

[@markhansen5352]

Good documentary, you need to go for the whole weekend! Carb day is the best day. And don’t forget Back Home Again in Indiana! best tradition of any sport!

[@Phil00484]

Nice personalized perspective. It was great that you had easy access to your car for the rain delay.

[@robdonnelly6537]

6:36 big positive to parking in the infield, we were under turn 4 stands with little to no info as to what's going on, and car was .75 mi away outside the track 😅

[@shaunaheard1636]

Great Documentary. That was my Elmo beach ball that I bought from the Dollar Tree. I thought that the fans might enjoy it. LOL You were sitting a few rows up from where I was at. (NORTHWEST VISTA SEC 6) I’m glad that they got the race off and that you enjoyed the race. I hope to see you out at the track sometime till next year. Till next time my friend. CHEERS! 🏁🏎️💨👍😉

[@westernohiorailway]

Including ELMO was for my coworkers. ELMO stands for Enough, Lets Move On, and we say that when we've beaten a horse to death in a meeting. So I loved Elmo.

[@DustyTail]

Interesting track vlog. Well done. You did some hiking that morning.

[@igor.rabelo87]

Amazing! Watching at Santos, Brazil.

[@BGOutdoors01]

We used to go to the brickyard 400 every year. One year as a reward for renewing tickets every year, you got to drive around the track the next day. The kids from Speedway high school were out in force cleaning up the stands. The school got to keep the aluminum and use the money to fund things for the school. Dont know if that is still the case or not

[@jffmcz]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@xjcrossx]

I was right above you in the 1st row of the top section. Been in the same spot for 21 years

[@kevinlawhorn4273]

I was to the left of you section 19 NW vista up section. Great seats up there

[@catronc22]

Damn good video!! Very informative and great views!!! As a fan who has only seen Indy on TV, I think the best move made was stop showing wives or girlfriends at the most critical time on the last lap!!!!

[@melvaperunko42]

Terrific perspective and Commentary

[@terrycallahan9576]

Very cool. My 51st. Only correction, that was Ryan Hunter Reay, not Carpenter. Good job!

[@westernohiorailway]

Ah Snap, you're right. I had Ed on the brain for some reason. That's gonna bug me, but I'm still too tired to fix it.

[@terrycallahan9576]

@@westernohiorailway I have done that. We had good seats. I was in NW Vista Deck, Section 19, a little above you. I like it up there because nobody can block your view. Looking forward to race number 52. Go Pato.

[@yonstenger]

Correct. Carpenter was not the spinner. In fact, m the “101 lap” notation in the video had me laughing because as he said most race fans dread rain. But for the first time in my life my brother and I were chanting “rain, rain, rain” about 3/4 through as Ed was off sequence and inherited the lead! I don’t know how many races that guy has left and as lifelong Hoosiers we would’ve gladly taken a technicality that day!

[@alexwilhite8874]

Great content , been to 100th and family has many more

[@GospelGary]

Used to enter under track same entrance in my hot rod 'Vette with Hooker headers opened up (side pipes: we'd pull the mufflers out & sneek 'em into the motel room & hide 'em under the bed & hope the maid didn't kick 'em & find us out) '71-74. Yellow shirts used to get mad when we blew everybody's ear drums out but never caught by Indiana State Police.

[@Christianntaylor]

How do you park in the track on race day lol

[@yonstenger]

You can purchase a parking pass from IMS just like seat tickets. There are several different lots inside the track itself.

[@kevindearing4704]

I'm there on section 3 just to your right.

[@jasonjackson1100]

And there's the "The Beast" and no other wooden roller coaster in the world!!... Lol

[@jasonjackson1100]

From Grand Rapids Michigan.... There's the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and nothing else!! Lol

[@TristanEllis-vn1bd]

Where’s y’all sit?

[@westernohiorailway]

T4, northwest vista

[@TristanEllis-vn1bd]

@@westernohiorailway my seats were J stand first section near the very top. I didn’t stay because of the weather my father was with me as was my brother

[@a5dr3]

No one should ever sit anywhere but e stand under cover. Basically box 3 to 12. Vastly superior experience in every way. Including being able to see pits from pole position back.

[@DustyTail]

Tell us that’s where your seats are without telling us that’s where your seats are. 🙄.

[@a5dr3]

@@DustyTail I just don’t know why people would bake in the sun when you can sit under the tv camera for less than face if you buy on the street. Sat all over the track with my dad when I was a kid and there’s nothing close.

[@alessandro-alex144k]

IMS 👍 --- Autodromo dei miei sogni , l'autodromo Alex IndyMonza 🇮🇹🏎️🏁🏆🥳🎆👍 , però da non confondere con l'autodromo di Monza .

[@ctlt-pg4tm]

What's all that hollering during Taps ? Disgusting

[@HPayne62]

One of those guys who stands outside of big events doing a fire and brimstone speech about repentance and the rapture. I've seen guys like them outside the Daytona 500 and outside the line to get into a John Mayer concert.

[@westernohiorailway]

@HPayne62 has it exactly right. It pissed me off at the time. But when I edited the video, I realized he was making my point about the crowd during taps. The crowd got so quiet you could hear this one clown outside the stands fairly clearly. It's the only time you could hear him all day.

[@yonstenger]

Yea… I mean, those guys have every right to be there doing their thing like anyone else and I’m sure they’ve purchased a license as well. But, it’s a bit ironic that the “heathens” he is trying to change are more aware of their surroundings and respectful than him. Kinda killing his own point. Clown indeed. Lead by example.

[@HPayne62]

@@yonstenger I've never particularly cared for them but if I can give them the benefit of the doubt, there's a chance they never even heard the PA. I went to a NASCAR race at Talladega a couple years ago where I got in late because of some ticketing issues and I never heard pre race ceremonies. I didn't know the national anthem was being sung until I had a fighter jet pass over me. May have been the same case.

[@yonstenger]

@HPayne62 That’s fair. It’s a very busy place.

[@wilburshaw9330]

I left my hose at 3:30 from Avon, Ind. was in my seat by race time. Didn’t get wet. Everyone was already there, light traffic. It was my 60th race. Experience counts.

[@FOH3663]

Same ... we left around 2:30 from New Pal area, parked, walked in, no problem. Now admittedly, I was a bit nervous, it didn't feel right ... but watching the radar, no way was I taking my crowd out there. We were seated right as the track dryers were being put away. Perfect. 54yrs here, consecutive (except for covid).