May 29, 2016

Wow!! Now that was a good race today my friends! The 100th running of the Indy 500 did not disappoint me at all.  It was full of drama and highs and lows just like it should be.

I really wanted James Hinchcliffe to win because of all that he has gone through with his injury last year almost bleeding out and dying. Then he gets pole position this year. That would have made a great story.

My number two pick was Helio Castroneves to win again and climb the fence like he does. He is always fun and a great racer.

My number three pick was Juan Pablo Montoya who won last year and is an amazing racer.

I have photos of all these guys and I was ready for my blog work but no, we have a big surprise winner! It is American racer Alexander Rossi who has been in Europe racing. He ran a great race!

His team owner is Brian Herta who did the same thing with Dan Wheldon in 2011, took a long shot and won it!

We lost Dan Wheldon to a bad accident in Las Vegas a few years back... so my blog has photos of Dan today in his memory since I don't have any of Alexander Rossi, not many people do unless you have been in Europe!

The photos are from 2005, 2007, and 2008. One is of Dan and Tony Kanaan, a teammate who had a great race today. Another photo here is of a visor I have of Dan's. I still have it. I traded a photograph with Dan for the visor.

I'm sure Dan is smiling upstairs with this victory of his old team.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann