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[7/16/2001]
The roar of the engines shook throughout the streets and its surrounding lake front. It's high pitching whines echoed from both the industrial and residential buildings around the neighbourhood. There was tremendous buzz through the grandstands, watching, listening, and feeling the cars as they flew by at mind numbing, heart stopping speeds. Welcome to another year of Molson Indy. For the first time in my life, I was a little part of the action.
Fido, Special K, ms. toxin and I decided it would be a blast to spend the day downtown watching the Indy car show. After a hurried lunch at Subway, We split into pairs and rode down to the races. That alone was half the fun. Today was the perfect day for a bike ride, and a brisk but leisure cruise down the DVP was what I needed to clear my head and raise my spirits. Since neither Fido nor I are morning risers, we didn't get down to the Molson grounds until 1:30pm. By then, more than half of the race had already flown by. We walked up to the window to buy tickets, and found out it was $48 per person. Shocked, we decided scalpers were probably a better way to go. Fido scored big, getting a pair Row 3 Gold seats (right by the pits and checkered finish line), for a mere $60 dollars. One of them was even a pass to the paddocks. I on the other hand, did not score, for I got a pair of Golds for $140. Yeah, shelled out big time for tickets, however, both my tickets were paddock passes. When put in perspective, each gold ticket was $225 each, it was somewhat of a bargain. Anyway, to make a long story short, by the time we sat down, there was only 15-20 laps left. The Toronto track is extremely tough, and there are a lot of crashes. This means that what I did see of race, a lot of it was run under a yellow flag. Whatever, I'm not a car guy, so I am glad I didn't sit there for the whole race. Still, it was fun and kind of exciting. It doesn't beat motorcycle racing, but I guess it was neat. ....Once is enough, it's not exactly cheap. |