Larry Webster. Hmm. Seen this byline for years. Did I enjoy the content? Yes, yes I did. Looking forward to enjoying you, along with Sam Smith et al in the Hagerty community. Oh, sir- I am Indianapolis, born&bred, first "500" @ 4, in 1963. Unbroken streak until the service sent me to the Middle East in 1980. My daddy&his older brother Unk Bruce raced dirt&midgets (street raced, too, but they're both long passed the arm of johnny law), met Steve Kinser as a fourth grader. Marched in the 500 Festival and opening, 'round the track parades with Harvey Gill's Boy Scout Band, '70-'77, with many special track/pit privileges from wearing the uniform; gotta tell ya, marching with a snare drum or cymbals, in the late May humidity, in that bowl of asphalt is only for the young, 9° of banking is nothing at 180+, but very harsh on a band formation of kids- we didn't see any outside wall, we saw endless track, hot and sweaty. Seen glory (AJ Foyt in '77), crazy, like Danny Sullivan's back stretch 180° loop, tragedy- Art Pollard, Swede Savage- and even with the spec car rules now, never lost my love for Indy. Maybe one day I'll write in about when Teo Fabi let some Scouts sit in his black 930 Porsche, and politely/calmly answered a thousand eager questions from juvenile starstruck fans a couple hours before his successful qualifying run. A true gentleman racer, Mr. Fabi.
