A Spectaular View

This parade lap photo shows exactly what I saw the entire race as I turned my head left. My normal comfortable sitting position is to look slightly to the left and my head will turn farther that way. I was sitting a short distance into the turn. The North Chute was not directly to my left. It was angled away from me slightly. Before me stretched a breathtaking view. I could see the last half of the third turn, all of the short straight and the entrance of turn four in front of me.

As the cars rolled by a stiff breeze blew a wave of exhaust in my face. I chuckled to myself as I paraphrased Robert Duval in "Apocalypse Now" when I noted that the smell of methanol fumes smelled like Victory!

The photo on the right shows the view to my right that I could not see because my head doesn't turn that way.

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Last updated:November 20, 1995

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