By Susan Phillips
I’m going to finally write the post I have been trying to write for the past ten years. Not generally one to toot his own horn (at least in public), George tries to keep things on the down-low when it comes to what it takes to write this blog. This may take some convincing, so I hope it sees the light of day. After what happened this weekend at Milwaukee, I cannot keep quiet any longer.
Good Morning from The Milwaukee Mile. It is a beautiful 69° morning with hardly a cloud in the sky. For a Friday, the crowd was decent yesterday, but things are buzzing quite a bit more this morning. We are still an hour and a half away from Indy NXT qualifying, and qualifying for the NTT IndyCar Series begins at 1:15 pm local time (CDT). It will be shown on Peacock.
I now get it why fans love to watch racing at The Milwaukee Mile. I already had a good idea, but it’s now been confirmed. From what I saw in practice, there will be some good side-by-side racing this weekend, and the main stands provide an outstanding viewpoint for watching it all unfold.
Contrary to what I posted early this morning, Susan and I are now ensconced in the Milwaukee Mile media center. Many of you commented here and social media. I received a call from IndyCar around 10:15 this morning letting me know that they had created a couple of spaces for us. That’s fine, we don’t require a lot. So now, we will be back on our normal race weekend posting schedule. All is well.
After being away for almost a decade, the NTT IndyCar Series returns to The Milwaukee Mile this weekend – for a double-header no less. The Hy-Vee Milwaukee 250s will consist of a (sort of) night race on Saturday, and a Sunday afternoon race to scratch your Labor Day weekend racing itch. The big question is; will this weekend resemble the twin processional races at Iowa last month, or will it be more like the very fascinating race at Gateway a couple of weeks ago? We will probably have an idea which way things will go, by the end of this afternoon’s Practice One.
When Santino Ferrucci won the pole ths past Saturday, everyone seemed excited. Being a lifelong AJ Foyt fan, I was ecstatic. Kevin Lee and the rest of the NBC booth seemed as ecstatic as well. I was happy for both the driver and the team, and I thought this was going to be universally popular. Silly me.
Sometimes you get a surprisingly thrilling race like last weekend’s race at Worldwide Technology Raceway, and sometimes you get a dud. The 2024 Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland was something of a dud – at least in my opinion. It’s bad when qualifying is much more exciting than the race itself.
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