My first Indy 500 - on track for 2001 pre-race ceremonies!
In 2001 I went to the Indy 500 for the first time with Amy East and Terry Cook. I had an all access badge thanks to helping Amy with her duties working with ESPN on Bump Day, and the result was an experience that any true race fan would die for and a memory that will last forever. We saw numerous celebrities, the Marmon Wasp, the drivers get their photo taken on the yard of bricks, the traditional pre-race ceremonies, the National Anthem (the contoversial version sung by Steven Tyler), the command to fire engines and the flyover from the frontstretch! Just awesome...
About WiLL
The WiLL brand was a marketing approach shared by a small group of Japanese companies who decided to offer products and services that focused on a younger demographic from August 1999 until July 2004 in Japan. The companies that participated were the Kao Corporation, Toyota, Asahi Breweries, Panasonic, Kinki Nippon Tourist Company, Ltd, Ezaki Glico Candy, and Kokuyo Co., Ltd.. Toyota also engaged in a similar "youth oriented" approach in North America, with the Project Genesis program. This sele...
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