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05/24/2007: "500 Miles Of Eye Candy"
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I'm heading out to fish white sea bass in the morning, so you get your eye candy tonight.
Fishing is how I've traditionally spent the Memorial Day weekend. The whole idea behind Memorial Day is to remember those who died fighting for our freedom, and to celebrate those freedoms they fought for. For us, that means fishing.
The one thing I can remember about Memorial Days past other than fishing is listening to the Indy 500 on the radio as we fished. The idea of auto racing - something so seemingly visual - being broadcast on the radio seems counterintuitive, at least until you've heard it. There's something very cool about having 8 guys stationed around the track, each watching their little segment of the oval, and handing the race off to the next guy down the track. It's very stirring.
Of course, there's another visual element of the Indy 500 that's a little harder to describe over the radio - the increasing number of women drivers. This year, for the first time ever, there will be three women at the wheel of an IndyCar when the green flag drops. We just couldn't let that pass ...
Sarah Fisher is back after a couple years off, and while she's a sweet girl and a solid racer, she's not quite up to the Eye Candy standard. Milka Duno might be, but she's gonna have to prove to me that she can do more than qualify for the last row before she gets a shot at the title.
So that leaves the poster girl for the IRL, Danica Patrick. Still a stunner as she makes her third start at the Brickyard, she has yet to capture the excitement of her first 500 in 2005, when she led the race with fewer than 10 laps to go. She's back with a new, stronger team, and frankly is running out of excuses. She really needs to win one soon or risk being branded the Anna Kornikova of motorsports. As you can see, she's been working out hard to take another shot at the boys - we'll see come Sunday how she does!
