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Jerry putting on sunscreen ... it was damn hot. |

Jerry singing ... I think ... |

More sunscreen ... |

And more ... |

View of the track (behind turns 1 & 2) from where we parked. |

Before the race: the cars sitting in the pits. |

Before the race: shot of the flag stad with turn 3 in the background. |

Before the race: the cars coing out of the pits for their warmup laps. |

Before the race: the last cars leaving the pits. |

Before the race: pole sitter comng down the front straight. |

Before the race: wide shot of the leaders coming by. |

Before the race: last time by before the green flag. |

Before the race: the cars coming to the line for the start of the
race. |

And they're off! |

The leaders coming by again. |

There they go ... again (they did this another 197 times). |

The leaders on the front straight with the leader pole in the background. |

Zoomed in a little. |

The leaders coming out of turn 4. |

Sam Hornish, Jr. (the driver I was rooting for since his number was
4) charging to the front. |

Jerry and I went down to the front during the one caution of the race. |
The
drivers coming by on the caution. |

The drivers coming by ... at 220 mph (this was the fastest race ever
in N. America). |

The cars were going damn fast. |
Shot
of the leader pole. |

Cars in turn 4. |

Sam Hornish, Jr. coming to the line. |

Sam Hornish, Jr. lapping another car. |

Sam Hornish, Jr. taking the white flag (this was just about where
we finally got shade at our seats). |

Sam Hornish, Jr. takes the checkered flag! |