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>>GERRY: THE FASTEST FIELD IN
HISTORY IS POISED TO TAKE THE
GREEN FLAG FOR THE 105TH RUNNING
OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 AND THE

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BEST NEWS IS, THERE WILL BE FANS
ON HAND TO WITNESS THE GREATEST
SPECTACLE IN RACING.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS

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WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.
BILL ...
>>BILL: THANK YOU, GERRY.
VETERAN SCOTT DIXON WILL LEAD

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THE FIELD OF 33 THAT INCLUDES
NUMEROUS YOUNG GUNS, FORMER
WINNERS AND AN ALL-FEMALE TEAM.
AND JOINING US TO OFFER A

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PREVIEW IS A VETERAN OF THE
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
RADIO NETWORK, JAKE QUERY, WHO
WILL BE CALLING THE RACE FROM

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HIS PERCH HIGH ABOVE THE THIRD
TURN.
JAKE, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
...

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GOOD TO SEE YOU MY FRIEND.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL AND
IT'S WEIRD FOR ME TO THINK I'M
ONE OF THOSE OLD VETERANS AS

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OPPOSED TO THE YOUNG GUN
COVERING THE RACE BUT THRILLED
THAT IT'S THE MONTH OF MAY.
>> AGAIN EVERY MAY PRESENTS US

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WITH A STORYLINE USUALLY 33 BUT
THIS SEEMS TO BE PARTICULARLY
SO, AGAIN, WITH THE EMERGENCE OF
YOUNG STARS AND A VETERAN LIKE

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THE ICEMAN ON THE POLE AND GREAT
RACERS COMING FROM THE BACK OF
THE PACK.
WHERE DO YOU BEGIN?

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WHERE DO YOU BEGIN?
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF STORYLINES
TO YOUR POINT.
SCOTT DIXON IS THE CLASS FIELD

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IN SUCH A DEEP FIELD AND SO MUCH
GOES INTO 200 LAPS AND NOBODY
KNOWS THAT MORE THAN SCOTT WITH
ONE WIN BACK IN 2008.

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YOU LOOK AT LEO AND THE QUESTION
WITH HIM IS WHEN YOU ARE
OPERATING WITH THE TEAM AND YOU
NEED SEVEN CLEAN PICKED STOPS

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AND YOU ARE WORKING WITH GUYS
THAT ARE NOT DOING PIT STOPS
EACH AND EVERY WEEKEND OVER THE
COURSE OF THE SEASON THAT COMES

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INTO PLAY KEEPING THAT CLEAN AND
BEFORE PENSKE NO QUESTION THAT
HIS TEAMS ARE USED TO RUNNING UP
FRONT, BUT WHEN YOU START IN THE

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BACK OF THE FIELD THE QUESTION
BECOMES IS THAT A CONCERN WHEN
THEY HAVE OTHER CARS AROUND HIM
SET YOUR CAR UP IS TOTALLY

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DIFFERENT THAN HAVING A CAR SET
UP FOR BEING FAST WITH 32 OTHER
CARS CREATING ALL KINDS OF AIR
BOUNCING OFF THE CARS.

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YOU WOULD THINK ROGER PENSKE'S
CARS WOULD HANDLE THAT AND BE
SET UP FOR IT AND GET THEMSELVES
TOWARD THE FRONT, BUT THAT'S ONE

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OF THE THINGS THAT IS THERE TO
WATCH.
>> IT WILL BE GREAT BECAUSE THE
OBVIOUS THING FANS BACK AFTER

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NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND LAST
AUGUST.
SO THE ATMOSPHERE -- EVERYONE IS
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE

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GRAND STANDS FILL UP NOT TO FULL
CAPACITY BUT IT WILL BE GREAT TO
HAVE FOLKS BACK AT THE TRUCK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.

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IT WAS SO STRANGE.
ALMOST A GUILTY FEELING TRUTH BE
TOLD TO BE INSIDE THE VENUE IN
AUGUST AND CALL THAT RACE.

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ONCE THE RACE BEGAN YOU ARE
FOCUSED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON
THE TRACK, BUT I THINK CHARLIE
KIMBALL SAID IT BEST THE SOUL OF

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THE INDY 500 IS THE FANS AND IT
WAS SOULLESS.
EVEN AT 135,000 WHICH IS A LOT
OF PEOPLE THERE WAS A BUZZ AND

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ELECTRICITY TO HAVING FOLKS
THERE, SO TO HAVE PEOPLE COME
OUT I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE
THEN THE FIRST TIME I SLAM ON

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THE BRAKES BECAUSE SOMEONE JUMPS
IN THE WAY IN THE WALKING PATH
AS I'M TRYING TO GET OUT TO TURN
THREE OF NEVER WELCOMED THAT

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MORE IN MY LIFE.
>> AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FANS
TO SEE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE
TAKEN PLACE AND I HAVE NOT BEEN

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OUT THERE YET.
ROGER PENSKE HAS DONE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE TRACK AND
I'M HEARING IS TERRIFIC.

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>> IT IS.
5,000 GALLONS OF PAINT AND
THAT'S THE START OF IT TO PAINT
OVER IT WHERE YOU USED TO SEE

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CINDERBLOCK WALLS AND AREAS THAT
HAD BEEN AGING.
NO DOUBT IT'S GOT A FACE LIFT
AND NEW FENCING FOR THAT MATTER

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SO EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT NEEDED
TO BE AESTHETICALLY IMPROVED HAS
UNDERGONE AN IMPROVEMENT.
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

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FROM THE ENTRANCE ALL THE WAY
THROUGH I THINK THE
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP WAS EXCITED
ABOUT SHOWING THAT OFF LAST YEAR

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AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH
THE WORLD'S CIRCUMSTANCES SO A
LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR FANS TO
LOOK AROUND AND SAY THAT HAS

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UNDERGONE A QUICK POWER WASH
WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.
>> ANOTHER INITIATIVE THE
MAJORITY FEMALE TEAM LED BY SOME

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WOMEN AND SHE IS A VETERAN AND,
AGAIN, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
INITIATIVE.
>> IT IS AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE

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AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE PENSKE
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP TO TRY AND
DIVERSIFY NOT ONLY THE FAN BASE
BUT THE PARTICIPANTS.

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AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO GET A
DIVERSE FAN BASE AND GROW THAT
THEN TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS THAT
THOSE FANS CAN RELATE TO, SO TO

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BE ABLE TO HAVE A TEAM WITH
PREDOMINANTLY FEMALES AND
SYLVESTER HAS NOT BEEN HERE
SINCE 2015 BUT SHE'S EXPERIENCED

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AND COMPETITIVE AND A FAN
FAVORITE BECAUSE OF HER PLEASANT
PERSONALITY AND DRVING STYLE.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN ALL THE WAY

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AROUND AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
STARTING TOWARD THE BACK OF THE
FIELD THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT
ACCESS TO ROGER PENSKE'S TEAM

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TELEMETRY AND DATA SO THE WAY
THEIR CAR IS SET UP AND THE RACE
MAY BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN
QUALIFYING SO SHE MAY HAVE AN

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OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE HER WAY
THROUGH THE FIELD.
>> JAKE AS WE WRAP UP ITS WELL
DOCUMENTED YOU NEARLY SUFFERED A

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FATAL HEART ATTACK AND RUSHED TO
THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
THE DOCTORS SEEM DO AND IT'S SO
WONDERFUL.

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THE DOCTOR THAT SAVED YOUR LIFE
WILL BE JOINING YOU AS YOUR
SPOTTER IN THE THIRD TURN ON
RACE DAY.

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THAT IS TREMENDOUS.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THE FACT MY HEART
HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH THE INDY

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500 SO ONE AND DECIDED TO CLOG
ITSELF UP AND I WENT TO
COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK AND THE
DOCTOR I'M LUCKY HE WAS WORKING

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THAT DAY BECAUSE HE GAVE ME AN
ANGIOPLASTY AND A STENT AND TOLD
ME THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE
I WAS AWAKE AND HE SAID YOU

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TALKED THE ENTIRE TIME AND I
SAID IF I TALKED THE ENTIRE TIME
DURING YOUR JOB WHY DON'T YOU
COME AND SEE MY JOB WHERE I HAVE

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TO TALK ALL THE TIME SO HE'S
EXCITED FOR IT AND I'M EXCITED
FOR IT.
IT'S SYMBOLIC, BUT HE'S A GREAT

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GUY AND HE IS THE REASON I AM
ABLE TO GO TO THE GREAT RACE AND
I WANT HIM TO BE A PART OF IT.
>> THE IMS RADIO NETWORK NOTHING

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BETTER AND EVERYBODY THAT IS A
CONSENSUS SO WE WISH YOU THE
BEST AND LET'S HAVE A GREAT RACE
DAY AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US

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JAKE.