Ever since I was a kid, I have considered the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend to be one of the greatest days of the sports year. There were two sports I loved as a kid – baseball (specifically the Cincinnati Reds) and car racing. And it wasn’t just any car racing, it was IndyCar racing. And the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend was (and is) the day that they run theIndianapolis 500.

It’s hard to remember, but open wheel racing was once the undisputed champion of the racing world and the Indy 500 was the undisputed champion of auto racing. It was THE biggest one-day sporting event in maybe the World. It was bigger than the Super Bowl by far for most of my formative years and all the biggest names in racing were in the field – Andretti, Foyt, Unser,Unser, Unser, Sneva, Mears and on and on.  CLICK HERE FOR THE REST...