Indianapolis GP - Friday Practice

Friday, August 7, 2015 MotoGP Practice Day Infield Displays - Dani Pedrosa Honda tent Lorenzo M1 Behind the controls The only thing most of us would see ON track People lined up to get a pic with this one! Heidi, me, Jurgen Heidi & Jurgen in Brno - then and now Coming out of turn 9 Moto GP Practice Roll the throttle! Bradl's first GP on an Aprilia Moto Guzzi - cool bikes Check out the pipe... Turn 15 - Moto3 - Ferrari 98 Hanika, 17 McPhee 17 John McPhee 2 Gardner, 63 Khairrudden, 48 Dalla Porta Turn 16 - 76 Hiroki Ono MotoGP - 93 Marquez, 29 Iannone, 50 Laverty Turn 11, 38 Bradley Smith 19 Bautista Turn 15 - 45 Redding, 46 Rossi 99 Lorenzo 41 Espargaro, 46 Rossi, 45 Redding Turn 16 - 46 Valentino Rossi 19 Alvaro Bautista 46 Valentino Rossi At the Vendor Marketplace New BMW S1000XR

I got to the Speedway early so I'd get a decent parking spot but was directed away from a good space. Luckily, I met a nice man on the lot who told me it was OK to go closer and I got a spot much easier for my aching knee. Good thing. The day was hot and the walks from place to place were long.

I watched the warm-ups from different corners along the track. I've posted some of the pictures here. Remember, I didn't have my SLR camera... just a point and shoot with a decent zoom lens.

A highlight of wandering the infield was that I saw Jurgen and Heidi, who I'd met Thursday at the IMS office while we were picking up our race tickets. They didn't speak much English but managed to tell me they had taken a trip around some very scenic spots in the USA before capping off their trip with a visit to the Indy GP. After Indy, they planned to hop on a plane to the Czech Republic and watch the Brno MotoGP live. Their first MotoGP was in Brno in 1978! That year, Kenny Roberts won the 500cc Championship AND Graziano Rossi (Valentino Rossi's dad) raced for Suzuki. Not sure the 500cc classification went to Brno that year... I'll have to ask Heidi & Jurgen!

MotoGP Qualifying - Saturday