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corsairboss
 Post subject: INDY 500 Start on Sunday
PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2006 11:07 pm 
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Make sure you watch the opening Ceremony's of the Indy 500 on Sunday..!!! Big Surprize...!!!!!!!
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What was the surprise? ABC messed up on the flyover so I could not tell what it was!
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Yeah really! I think they were F-18's.

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The jets were about 20 seconds too early for their pass and the video from the helicopter was terrible.
Where was the P-47?

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WTF! No free-for-all Warbird balloon bust? Tough room..tough room... :shock:

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 Post subject: Indy 500
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They where supposed to show the 3 P-51 Mustangs..!!! Darn.!!!!!
Nathan Davis, Tom Wood, and Jim Read's.
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Glad they got Tom's motor in this week!
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 Post subject: Indy 500 Fly-By
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To Bad they did not show them on the coverage for the Indy 500, we where looking forward to seeing them on TV.
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Yikes! I hope the coolant door was open and off or that thing is running hot!

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Tom Wood's motor has less than 5 hours on it.
Hopefully it is NOT hot and he only forgot to reset the switches to AUTO;-)
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