Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Scenes from the first two days of practice for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500.

Good, sweaty American fun inside the Snake Pit.

A superhero, a couple of Bachelors, and an NBA All Star walk into the Speedway.

All that’s left to do is to go racing.

“This could be the last time I run Indy.”

“Winning the 500 is the last box I need to tick in my IndyCar career.”

“The easiest time of all is when I’m in the car, especially here. It’s easy to not care about anything else.”

There is beauty in the simplicity of the “Race Day Chic” attire. There is majesty, even.

“One does not wait to face Helio in competition. One simply enters a location where Helio is already competing.”

Of the food options at IMS, one vendor stated, “People get them for their dogs.”

“You can make a career out of anything.”

The weekend concluded with Will Power atop the podium, the third win at Indy in the fifth year of the event. Can you say dynasty?

Hot tip: They’re traveling in the opposite direction.

“You are strapping these guys on a piece of metal that is as fast as a tomahawk missile, and then you are expecting them not to have fatalities,” Coronado says. “Actually, I am surprised in the 17 years I have been doing this that we have not had more.”

Guests and drivers walk the red carpet at Saturday’s Rev event at IMS.