Randy just smashed an overhead lob into your court. Check it:
You've received a personal invitation from the man himself. No more whinging and whining about inclusion and transparency. The Series is making an effort—now you need to by proverbially putting up, or shutting your pie hole.
As fans, this is not the image
we want to project
Best case scenario, show up at the Hilbert Circle Theatre round about 5:30 on Monday, with 26 of your closest friends, and grab one of the 1,781 FREE seats. Settle in, and get the dealio on the state of our beloved sport. IMPORTANT: Seating is first come, first served, so don't screw the pooch.
A personal show of support is ideal, but if you absolutely can't make it, BE SURE to log on to IndyCar.com, where all the action will be streamed LIVE, in your face, via the Internet.
What: State of IndyCar Presentation When: Monday, February 13, 2012 at 5:30 pm Where: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis or streaming at IndyCar.com
Oh, enough. I see you... on the floor... in your little print dress... feet pattering and arms flailing. "I don't want to watch... you can't make me... I don't want tooooo [snot globule defiantly hits the floor]."
Here's the ultimate question: What else are you going to do? There are zero other racing events of any consequence, this weekend, and the "Super" Bowl isn't till next week.
I know they're not Indycars, and I know it's a ridiculously loooong "race," but here are just a few reasons why you should watch the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona (random order):
It's one of the top 5 greatest automobile races on the planet
This year is the 50th anniversary
There are 20-something current or former Indycar drivers participating (Dario, Montoya, Briscoe, Golden Graham, Pruett, RHR, Max, and many more!)
It's the unofficial kick-off of the U.S. racing calendar
The DP pigs have been beautifully redesigned
It will definitely, maybe be sunny there
You don't have to watch it all, just pick a favorite IndyCar shoe, tune in every now and again to get up to speed, and put a little racing in your life when YOU HAVE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE.
I'd overwhelm you with an impressive list of deets, here, but the crack staff over at SPEED, of course, is ON IT. Everything you'd ever want to know going into the Rolex is right here, but this will get the wheels turning: Broadcast of the 50th Rolex at Daytona begins Saturday at 2:30 p.m eastern on SPEED.
Promise. You'll get something out of it, or your money back!
The Mrs. adores old movies—speaking frankly, a crack addiction would likely occupy less of her psyche than a Fred Astaire film. But I digress...
So, recently, during one of her epic TCM sessions, she came across the 1950 flick, To Please a Lady, starring Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, and [4-year-old-boy voice] WACE CARS!
The Mrs. is smart, beautiful and, without question, thoughtful, so she quickly snapped it to the DVR for me.
Simmer. This isn't going to be a long-winded cinematic critique. Just wanted to give my peeps a heads-up that there's a lot of awesome racing footage that lies within. In fact, the writer definitely had the dudes in mind, because it's equal parts dialogue and racing porn.
Some killer midget footage (which I had no idea was as big a phenomenon as it was back in the day), but the real star? The Indianapolis Motor Speedway. kaBOOOM. Awesome scenes in the latter half of all the sights and sounds of a 50's-era Brickyard spectacle—crowd shots and all kinds of rare delights.
Here's the point: Watch. It. Even you cynics who wouldn't normally have anything to do with a black and white film or a movie made before, say, Meatballs (highly, highly underrated for its cinematic importance, by the way).
Here's the official trailer, but WHOA UP, there, quick-draw. The trailer is short on the race scenes I speak so highly of, so don't turn your nose up until you've laid eyes on the full-length feature (it's a quick 90 minutes, or so).
Check your local listings on TCM, dial up Netflix, whatevs... just do it.
