Memorial Day weekend is always an exciting weekend in Indianapolis. Our tradition as of the past few years has been to attend the Indianapolis 500 race. This year we got to share the excitement of the Indy 500 with our niece Anna and her husband, Keegan. They drove to our home on Saturday evening from Illinois. Sunday morning we were up bright and early to go to the race. Ben invited his friend Harry to go, also. Sam and Nick chose to not go to the race this year, leaving us with extra tickets.
Josef Newgarden was the big winner this year in an exciting finish. Keegan won our family competition by drawing Newgarden's name out of a hat. He will have bragging rights until next year's race! We stayed after the race to watch the post race activities of a victory lap, kissing of the bricks (the winner and his team kneel down and kiss the bricks at the finish line) and hear an interview with Newgarden. Such a fun day!
Later that night our neighbors Gene and Nancy invited Eric and I to attend the post race dinner on Monday night, the following night. What a fun and unique opportunity for us! After a cocktail and pictures with the Borg Warner trophy, Newgarden's winning car and the car Newgarden won for wining the race, we enjoyed dinner and then interviews with each of the drivers. The drivers are pretty young and were very entertaining to listen to and hear about the shenanigans that happen behind the scenes!
