Memorial Day weekend is always a motorsport extravaganza.
Starting the morning here, we saw the Ferrari mounted Sebastian Vettel beat his teammate Kimi Raikkonen in a 1-2 win on the 74th running of the Monaco Gran Prix.
With barely time for a bowl of Cheerios, the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 was kicked off by Jim Cornelison singing Back Home In Indiana. A good show in Jim Nabors style!
Two-time Formula One champ Fernando Alonso decided to skip Monaco for a run at Indy. A good showing was made with him leading a few times till a blown engine knocked him out late in the race. Takuma Sato won marking the first time the Japanese driver has won the race. Helio Castroneves finished second and Ed Jones came in third.
Rounding up the day with the Nascar Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the Nascar calendar, made even longer with a hour and a half rain delay at about the half way point. The youngster Austin Dillon wins his first career Nascar Cup series race. My man Kyle Busch got second, I think that's his third second place finish this season. Martin Truex taking third.
Man my neck and eyes hurt from like 15 hours of TV auto racing.
But it's worth it,
Nothing like a all day orgy of motorsports.
Starting the morning here, we saw the Ferrari mounted Sebastian Vettel beat his teammate Kimi Raikkonen in a 1-2 win on the 74th running of the Monaco Gran Prix.
With barely time for a bowl of Cheerios, the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 was kicked off by Jim Cornelison singing Back Home In Indiana. A good show in Jim Nabors style!
Two-time Formula One champ Fernando Alonso decided to skip Monaco for a run at Indy. A good showing was made with him leading a few times till a blown engine knocked him out late in the race. Takuma Sato won marking the first time the Japanese driver has won the race. Helio Castroneves finished second and Ed Jones came in third.
Rounding up the day with the Nascar Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the Nascar calendar, made even longer with a hour and a half rain delay at about the half way point. The youngster Austin Dillon wins his first career Nascar Cup series race. My man Kyle Busch got second, I think that's his third second place finish this season. Martin Truex taking third.
Man my neck and eyes hurt from like 15 hours of TV auto racing.
But it's worth it,
Nothing like a all day orgy of motorsports.