Will Energy – Driver for Staff Penske
This primary-person essay is a part of a particular collection main as much as the 109th operating of the Indianapolis 500 on Might 25 on FOX by which INDYCAR drivers penned letters about what the historic race means to them. Learn all of them here.
To the Indianapolis 500,
Each time Might rolls round, I begin eager about how particular this place actually is. There’s simply nothing prefer it.
For those who come on race day, it’s an occasion you’ve by no means seen earlier than. The sheer variety of individuals, the environment, the historical past — it’s unreal. You’re feeling it the second you roll by means of the gates.
[The race] challenges you in each method — mentally, bodily, emotionally. And when issues come collectively, it rewards you in a method no different race can.
It’s been seven years since I gained the five hundred, and I nonetheless keep in mind each second of that day. Driving into victory lane with that many individuals cheering … it provides you goosebumps. As a driver, it’s the final word feeling — one thing you dream about from the beginning of your profession.
This race isn’t simply one other cease on the calendar. It’s the one all of us need. It challenges you in each method — mentally, bodily, emotionally. And when issues come collectively, it rewards you in a method no different race can.
The followers are an enormous a part of what makes all of it so particular. You present up rain or shine, 12 months after 12 months, and convey an vitality that lifts everybody. That’s a part of what retains the five hundred alive and thriving in any case these years.
Thanks for letting me be part of your story — and right here’s hoping there’s one other large second nonetheless forward.
See you quickly.
– Will
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