Tony, Tony, Tony
Mon 30 July 2007
So, I’m thinking about the Brickyard 400. First of all, I refuse to call it the “Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.” I hate corporate names. It’s so impersonal. It will always be the Brickyard 400. Nobody calls it the Allstate 400 around here. (Just like in my head, it will always be Deer Creek instead of Verizon Wireless Music Center, and it will always be the Hoosier Dome instead of the http://www.iccrd.com/or Lucas Oil Stadium.) But anyway, yesterday Tony Stewart made his second win at the Brickyard. I think it’s especially nice when someone from Indiana wins. Tony hails from Columbus, which is about an hour south of Indianapolis on I-65. My brother-in-law knows one of the guys who works on Tony’s car (or something like that). One year, they went to Tony’s house briefly on New Year’s Eve. They said that Tony’s house is just a plain house in a normal neighborhood, nothing to draw attention to it. He’s got some nice stuff in it, but the house itself is fairly modest. (Except that I think he has three houses like that.) Juan Pablo Montoya came in second place. He is the only driver to have raced at Indy as a Formula One driver, a NASCAR driver and as an Indycar driver. The Indianapolis Star reports that police arrested 29 people over the Brickyard weekend, mostly for public intoxication. In comparison, the Indy 500 weekend raked in 67 people in handcuffs, and the F1 weekend nabbed 12 with the silver bracelets. But regardless, I’d say that the Brickyard this year went off pretty well overall. I’m glad that Tony Stewart won since it didn’t seem like there was a lot of people rooting for him. They were mentioning him on the news because he was from Indiana, but not a whole lot of speculation on whether or not he was going to win. So, good for Tony! And good job to all the other drivers who completed the race without crashing. NASCAR fans seem to be some of the most diehard fans, especially in the Midwest. And these fans bring in a great economic impact was on the city. So, until next year, the Brickyard will always be the Brickyard.
: Brickyard 400, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Tony Stewart, Juan Pablo Montoya, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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