We lived about seventy miles from the Indianapolis 500 Motor Speedway. in those days, during the month of May, there was daily activity at the track. The drivers and teams would practice daily during the whole month of May in preparation for the big Memorial Day classic. In the early days, qualifications would take two weekends and was normally interrupted by rain or bad weather.
The drivers and teams would practice daily during the whole month of May in preparation for the big Memorial Day classic. In the early days, qualifications would take two weekends and was normally interrupted by rain or bad weather.
The race was always held on May thirtieth, making it fall on a weekday more often than not.
I can always remember listening to the race; every activity would stop so we could gather around the radio to listen to the pageantry from beginning to end.
The first race I remember was in 1953 when a lot of the old timers were still racing, Eddie Sachs, Billy Vukovich, Johnny Parsons and others always provided an exciting race.
It was a sad day in 1954 when Billy Vukovich was killed during the annual classic.
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