Get up close to the fence during Indy 500 qualifying, and you’ll witness something that you simply can’t anywhere else: an open-wheel race car diving into a turn at 240 mph. You can watch this on TV, you can watch it from your grandstand seat, but nothing will reveal the magic of Indy 500 qualifying like watching it with your face pressed against the fence. Or, in my particular case, the infield wall dividing the pit lane from the race track.
It sounds obvious, but it’s not until you witness it and sort of do the math that you truly understand the physics at play, and the bravery of the men and women behind the wheel. A four-whee …
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Author: Jerry Perez
