June 17, 2013
By now, all the race cars have been packed into their trucks and are headed back home. Milwaukee IndyFest 2013 is over and it was a good one!
Ryan Hunter Reay won the race for the second year in a row and Helio Castroneves had a great race finishing second. Helio had a good idea. They substituted Wisconsin State Fair cream puffs for the traditional podium champagne!
Marco Andretti, won the pole position and had a few problems during the race. In the end it was Ryan's day.
Graham and Bobby Rahal looked frustrated and couldn't find any speed.
Sage Karam, won the Indy Lights race and was fast all weekend.
Alex Tagliani spun his car right in front of me in turn 4 during the race!
Oriol Servia and JR Hildebrand were looking for Indy Car rides walking around pit lane.
Tony Kanaan, our Indy 500 winner, was very busy with the media and fans. He had a pretty good race.
It was good to see Sebastian Bourdais back in an Indy car. It was the prettiest car on track but full of problems!
Some of the race's highlights are shown in the attached photos.
Have a good week and if you would like a copy of any photo please contact us.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
June 10, 2013
This coming weekend Milwaukee's IndyFest is going to happen!
This past weekend the Indy cars were in Texas and Helio Castroneves won the race and did his usual fence climbing after he won!
I am hoping Helio wins Milwaukee and the championship!
He's fun to watch and follow because he has sooo much energy.
His good friend Tony Kanaan won the Indy 500 and now Helio is on his way to hopefully winning the IRL championship.
Attached are photos of Helio's first year in an Indy car at the Milwaukee Mile in 1999. He won the pole position that weekend with a new track record. Also attached are some pictures from last year's race at Milwaukee IndyFest.
Enjoy and come join us this coming weekend for some Indy car fun!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
May 27, 2013
Today's blog is a pleasure to do because it is about Tony Kanaan winning the Indy 500 race!
Tony, is one of those guys who should have won the Indy 500 more than once already but hasn't. He has had bad luck at each previous attempt to win the great race.
Each time Tony has raced at Indy he has had the lead for a while but just not at the right time. This time, everything went his way and I think every person at the speedway was happy. It was his time finally, to pour the milk on his head!
His face will now be put on the huge Borg Warner trophy that has every previous winner's face on it. Tony joked about his big nose being put on the trophy!
It was a good race, a fast race, nobody got hurt and the good guy finally won! I even had a tear in my eye when Tony won!
Congrats Tony, you deserve all that comes with winning the Indy 500! He will have a very busy week this week because he is the Indy 500 winner!!
Attached are a few photos from the Milwaukee Mile race in 2012.
If you would like a picture of the Indy 500 winner please contact us.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
May 20, 2013
My favorite time of year is here! In the background here on the television right now is Indy 500 qualifying!
It is a weekend full of good and bad drama and stories.
A good story is that Conor Daly is qualifying for his first Indy 500 with A J Foyt's team. So far he is in the show and I hope he has a good race. His father Derrick Daly has some Indy 500 stories of his own.
Helio, Dario, and Marco Andretti are in the race and personally, I am pulling for Marco. It is his time for a win and he always has a good run at the speedway.
The story of the weekend of course is the race for pole position and Ed Carpenter has won it!
Ed Carpenter is a family man who lives in Indianapolis. He likes to work around the house himself and take the kids to school. Ed is so plain and normal, you could say he is vanilla! He is part of the Hulman/George family that runs the speedway and the first family member to be in the race. I wish him luck and a safe race but watch out Ed, Marco is coming!
So far, no crashes have occurred that I know of and let's hope it stays that way. At 226 mph we do not need any crashes.
Attached are some of my favorite racers that have won Indy or should have. I can't put all of them up, but here are a few and if you would like a print on your wall at home just let us know.
Enjoy and have a safe Memorial Day and Indy 500 weekend! I think I hear Jim Nabors practicing his song that he sings every year before the race, Back Home In Indiana.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
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April 8, 2013,
Just a very quick blog today because it's Spring and we have chores to do!!
I did those chores while watching Ryan Hunter Reay win a great race in Alabama. His shoes were busy in the cockpit today. Here are some photos from the 2012 IRL race at the Milwaukee Mile.
Enjoy, and as always, they are on sale for a limited time this week only, a 13 X 19 is $60.00 for a limited edition print!!!
Contact us soon and have a great week.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
March 25, 2013
As I write this blog on Sunday March 24, my IRL Indy Car racers are racing in the streets and on the runway of the airport in St. Petersburg, Florida! The Indy Car season has begun!
I wish them a safe season and hope that Marco Andretti has a year to remember. He always races well at Indy and on the ovals, but seems to have issues with the road and street courses.
According to a few publications I have read, he is changing his driving style this year. Hopefully that will help him win some races. Then maybe he could go for the championship because I know he has it in him to do it!
With his father, Michael Andretti, and grandpa, Mario, he has some good guidance. Good luck Marco and be fast!
Enjoy a few photographs from 2006 and 2008 at the Milwaukee Mile.
Limited edition 8 1/2 X 11 archival prints are for sale the week of the blog at $50.00. Wouldn't one look nice in your office or race room? Contact us soon and we can also make you a larger print if you would like.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
March 18, 2013
The start of the open wheel race season is this weekend in Melbourne, Australia with Formula 1. Next weekend we have the IRL in St. Petersburg, Florida. It's time for a racing blog!
Today, we look back at Danica Patrick in 2005 at the Milwaukee Mile's IRL race.
Danica had three years of Toyota Atlantic racing and many years of kart experience. She was now ready for Indy cars. Bobby Rahal and David Letterman took a chance and put her on their team with Buddy Rice as her teammate.
She had a pretty good year winning the Rookie of the Year award and finished 12th in points. Her highlight of the year was the Indy 500 where she started 4th and finished 4th and also led for 19 laps. She was the first woman to lead at Indianapolis in history.
Danica also earned 3 pole positions in 2005. At Milwaukee she started 6th and finished 19th due to an accident.
Thanks to Danica, every little girl was now into racing and Indy cars. I also think that Danica was a popular name for babies in 2005! When these little girls grow up we will find out how many become race car drivers and have the name Danica.
Television ratings went up and so did interest in Indy cars thanks to Danica. Every step of her life was now being followed. Her parents, Bev and TJ, have been her number one supporters.
It is a nice little racing family and I continue to wish them the best of luck even though she is now in NASCAR!
Blog photos for your office or race room are on sale for $50.00 for a limited edition 8 1/2 X 11 archival print. Danica would look nice in your race room. Wouldn't she?
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
