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Just a side note ----- before the Indy 500 was ever televised (yes, there was a time when it wasn't), my Dad, who was a Volunteer Fireman for 60 years, used to march in the Memorial Day parade, rush home, still in his FD uniform, and listen to the race on a transistor radio 'glued to his ear' for the rest of the day...
In those days, the race was run on the ACTUAL Memorial Day, which is May 30th...before it was changed to a Monday holiday...
My Dad loved the Indy 500...he and my Mom went to the race when they were first married and he never forgot that excitement...
He also loved NASCAR too, and that is how I came to be a race fan...it's been a huge part of my life since I was little...
My Dad passed away in September 2008, so it is very hard for me to watch and enjoy either series, however I still watch these races in his memory and to keep the tradition alive...I hope he now has a 'front row seat in heaven' to see any race he wants...
And I am enjoying seeing the Camaro Pace Car in both the Indy Series and NASCAR!!!...
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