The Indy 500

Last year, May 25th 2008 we were able to attended the Indianapolis 500, (which is the most coveted race to win in the Indy Car racing series) thanks to Tory's uncle, Roger Penske. He has 2 drivers in the Indy! I'm not going to lie, I did not want to go! I was about 6 months pregnant, watching a bunch of cars go around for 500 miles did not sound like fun! However, it was actually a blast, those cars are so fast and so loud that all I did for the first 30 mins was laugh! (No. I don't know why my reaction was to laugh!) We both had such a great time, and feel very lucky to have been able to attend the INDY 500! When we went, Roger's drivers took 4th (Helio) and 23rd (Brisco), but this year 2009 his driver Helio Castroneves,(You might know him better from dancing with the stars) won the race, making it his third win for the indy 500, and Roger's 15th win! When we were in Indianapolis last year, we got to meet Helio and he was such a nice guy! We are so happy for him! Here are some pictures from last years race...


We went to a fun parade they had down town the day before the race



We got to attend the dinner they held for all the drivers and the sponsers. We were able meet all of Roger's old drivers, including the famous Rick Mears!!!

Car number 3, driver Helio Castroneves

Car number 6, driver is Ryan Brisco

Tory's cousin, Jay Penske's car, driver Tomas Scheckter

Tory and me with are cool head phones, we could hear whatever the drivers and thier pit crew were saying and they also helped us from going deaf with how loud the cars were!

Rogers two cars and Jay's in the middle




Carl, Mikey, Trygg, and Tory in the pits before the race.