There’s more to America’s racing capital than the celebrated speedway By Richard Varr
The engine purrs loudly as I brace for the turn. I know I’m snuggly belted in, but my instinct is to hold on—to what, I’m not sure—as the pace car zips along the sharp corner at one end of the colossal Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I feel an enormous g-force that quickly abates once back on the straightaway. I’m relieved it’s over, but at the same time thrilled I’ll again feel the scary exhilaration on the next curve.
Need for speed: Outside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame and, top, the century-old racetrack itself.
16 COAST TO COAST Summer 2013
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