#1: The 100th running of the Indy 500 has some fantastic possibilities

The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 will take place on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Here are comments from some of the drivers who talked about the weather forecast, Honda’s emergence to compete with the Chevrolet engines, and the will to win the Memorial Day weekend race. “So let’s do it again”.

Not to be overlooked are in-form Frenchman Pagenaud, victor of the last three IndyCar races, and Power, a former Series champion who is desperate for a first 500 victory.

“When I started, it was only me. There’s a certain area there where I think only drivers can understand it. That was very inspirational to me”.

To put it into context, of the drivers who’ve won the Indy 500 in the past decade, only three-time victor Helio Castroneves was better in his first 500 than Busch was. “We can’t wait for Race Day and this is yet another part of the day to look forward to”. I’m not too anxious about it…. Knock on wood, we’re safe….

“I take that as a good thing and hopefully I can land somewhere that I call home and I can go for the championship and the wins that one day I still hope to have”. People made a big deal about coming back here, but I don’t have any bad memories of the speedway. – Graham Rahal, Columbus, Ohio native, starting in the ninth row, 26th on the grid.

Shaw helped arrange a November 1945 deal for Rickenbacker to sell the track to Terre Haute businessman Tony Hulman Jr., who refurbished it in time for the 1946 race. Nothing is like this place.

“This has been a year of growth and opportunity for the Verizon IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway”, said Mark Miles, chief executive officer of Hulman & Company. “But I wouldn’t hate it if it were cool”.

A year ago, James Hinchcliffe almost died. “We don’t have hours before an event to start getting into a mental zone”. This is going to be a insane race. “After the struggle in qualifying, we really focused on the race”. We’re not here to qualify.

The two Hoosier lawmakers spoke of the 500’s legacy, its importance to IN and its significance IN the world of racing.

It all started in 1933 after Louis Meyer won his second Indy 500, he requested a cold bottle of buttermilk to quench his thirst.