Tony Borroz opens up what has been dubbed ?The 2018 Indy 500 Notebook? for an unedited look at The Greatest Spectacle In Racing. This new series will span the days leading up to and after the 102nd Indianapolis 500. The 2018 Indy 500 Notebook is an unfiltered look and what makes the Indy 500 so alluring in the first place. 
The prologue can be found here.
Part 2: ?Hey Hinchcliffe, Wanna Race" Then Go Faster!? here.
Part 3: ?Carb Day? here.
Part 4: ?By This Time Tomorrow? here.
Part 5: ?On The Fly ? Before The Green Flag? here.
Part 6: ?On The Fly ? Everything That Matters? here.
Part 7: ?A Modest Proposal: The EV 500? here.
One of the things about being a car guy, and I’m sure this comes as no surprise, is that you become the de facto font of all car knowledge at the office, the bar-b-que or wherever. Once this year’s Indy 500 was over, I got a few emails from an old friend of mine, Blaine. We were in punk bands together and have worked off and on in the intervening years on video games and museum designs and a bunch of fun stuff. Blaine’s a great guy, but not what one would call a gearhead. Here’s what he asked: “TB what was one of the most surprising things about this race, and what was one of the best things"”
Well, it was kind of unsurprising if you gave it some thought.
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