Tradition looms large at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home to the race as big as any in the sport and marking a key milestone.
Reporting from Indianapolis — In 1958, a budding race-car driver named Mario Andretti first laid eyes on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
His family, which had arrived from Italy three years earlier, had driven from its Pennsylvania home so that Andretti could watch the Indianapolis 500.
After the race, the 18-year-old made it to the infield to walk on the famed 2.5-mile track, which includes a narrow front straightaway lined with grandstands on both sides.
Jeremy McGrath is enjoying life immensely. Officially, the Supercross legend and 72-race winner is retired. However, he’s still as busy as he wants to be through his involvement with Thor Motocross and Parts Unlimited, the Honda Supercross team and Johnny Greaves Motorsports, the team he drives the 2WD Monster Energy Toyota for in the new Traxxas TORC stadium off-road series.
Sunday evening, after returning to Southern California from the TORC series’ debut weekend in Texas, McGrath took the time to reflect on his illustrious career and what he’s doing now while driving home with wife Kim and daughters Rhowan, 31/2, and Bergen, 11/2…Â Details
