Yesterday, Grandma and Grandpa took Avery for her first visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Grandpa was the person who introduced me to racing and who first took me to IMS, too!) They enjoyed a few hours of practice as teams are getting ready for Pole Day this weekend.
Here she is behind Takuma Sato’s pit box. Sato is the series points leader heading into the 500.
She thought she was pretty cool to be able to wear Mommy and Daddy’s scanner headsets.
This is victory lane.
And they took this picture just for me. My favorite driver is going for his fourth 500 victory, putting him next to A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears on the Mount Rushmore of Indy 500 winners.
Avery wanted to eat popcorn, but they couldn’t find any. So they enjoyed an elephant ear instead.
And of course she fell asleep in the car on the way home. I hope she will be a race fan just like her mommy!
Just about a week and a half until race day!
A new racing fan