Continued from June 29, 2021. I figured since we're getting ready to go back in a few weeks, I should try to finish this thread. To see the previous posts, just click on the Back to Indy 2021 label below.
SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021.
No rain, but man was it cold. Coffee at the Shed (run by the Legion Auxiliary) was up to $2. I bought a poppy and found that they again did not have newspapers.
From a newspaper article from yesterday's paper, there was an article about how much Indy car drivers get paid. The answer is that nobody knows for sure. There is no public information available.
Another article mentioned that the race will be televised live in the Indianapolis area for only the 5th time ever. The other times: 1949, 1950, 2011, 2020 (pandemic). The race is shown in its entirety in the evening. WE like to watch it to get the bigger picture, but the last several years we have a problem staying up the whole time.
The 2021 race is a sell out at 135,000 people. This is way less than the Indy can hold, but there is still the coronavirus going on. This will be the largest group assemblage sine all this began in 2020.
Masks are required.
Since there was no way of knowing whether there would be a race this year, I did notice a definite lack of dated souvenirs which will save me some money.
--RoadDog
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