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Genre: Sports
Date of upload: Dec 25, 2020 ^^
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@wesbeam5949
3 years ago
This was Indianapolis 500 number 17 for me. It was the first for my wife. Parked against the fence in turn 3 with a pickup truck and 8' X 8' plywood deck over the truck bed. Drove in at 5 AM when the gates opened. We cooked a bacon and eggs breakfast on a Coleman stove. The whole area smelled like a breakfast kitchen as everyone was cooking. A few hours later, Tom Carnegie would cue his microphone over the Speedway public address system.. testing 1, 2, 3.. GOOD MORNING RACE FANS ! A few hours later we would crack open our first beers. Pabst Blue Ribbon, Strohs and Miller. Cold beer and cold fried chicken for the afternoon. Turn 3 was different back then. It later became a bit more crazy. People burning old furniture they had brought along. Then the burning of whole automobiles! In the following years the Speedway moved to change the infield to get rid of all the craziness. What's now called "The Snakepit" is nothing like the old Snakepit we had from the 60's, 70's and 80's. It now consists of a stage for rappers and hip-hop performers. The youth of today can appreciate this Snakepit party. I can have my fond memories of the old Turn 3. We can only hope things will get back to normal at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Thankfully, we have Roger Penske running things now. Oh yeah.. this video by far has the best resolution yet for the 1980 race. Thanks for posting it.
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