Yes, I am a speed freak.

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What a day! A busy day with the open wheel racing for about 5 hours worth (Indy 500 & Monte Carlo Grand Prix), sorry, I am not a NASCAR fan.

I hope you guys watched this 500 race because it was the 2nd closest finish in history with the margin of .06 second where Sam Hornish Jr. passed Marco Andretti to take the checker flag.

I have not watched the 500 since the CART split, now with IRL and Champ car, each took a different type of racings (oval vs. road course). When I heard Michael Andretti, Al Unser Jr, and Eddie Cheever Jr came out of their retirements to race, and I was not about to pass this 500.

There were some spectacular crashes early on, but the thrill came in with about 20 laps to go. Each corner is usually wide enough for one car to go through safely at 200+ MPH, but as the 2005 winner Dan Wheldon and Tony Kanaan were fighting for the position, they overtook a slower car as three of them going through the turn together!

I really thought Michael Andretti was going to win it, with just a few laps to go under the yellow caution flag, but he fell back as the race went under the green again. Michael’ son Marco took the lead from there to the final turn of the race, but he didn’t have the speed to top Sam Hornish Jr.’s late charge, and finished in second place. What a race!

Now it is time to watch the Monte Carlo Grand Prix that I taped. It is going to be easy to watch because I already know that the sensational Spaniard Alonso had won.