The Indianapolis 500 - Legends Day

To kick off the Memorial Day weekend festivities, Jim and I attended Legends Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This was a great event that allowed us to get up close to the drivers and their cars of tomorrow's race. We were amazed that we were allowed to freely roam through the garage area where the mechanic crews were making last minute adjustments to the cars. 

Alexander Rossi's car

Marco Andretti's car

A past Indy 500 pace car

There was an autograph session with all 33 drivers. The lines for autographs were really long, so we chose to bypass the lines and instead got great photos of the drivers by hanging off to the side of the autograph tables. 

Scott Dixon, Alex Palou, Rinus VeeKay, Ed Carpenter, Marcus Ericsson, & Tony Kanaan signing autographs (from right to left)

Pole winner, Scott Dixon

The event concluded with all of the drivers out on the track receiving the final driver instructions. We didn't know what to expect from Legends Day, but we were so glad we attended. We felt like we had an inside view on the drivers and their cars. We can't wait for the race tomorrow!

All 33 drivers receiving final instructions

After the morning at the track, we came back to the hotel and got cleaned up before meeting my brother, his wife, his wife's sister, boyfriend, daughter, and daughter's boyfriend in downtown Indianapolis for some fun.

We started at a bar for appetizers and drinks, before making our way to HandleBar Indy - a pedal pub. For two hours we pedaled our way around downtown Indy stopping every so often at a local bar for more drinks. We had so much fun!

Jim, me, Mike, Lynn, Dave, Kristin, Genevieve, & Gleason

We had a great time pedaling and drinking around downtown Indy!