F1 race- Indianapolis July 4th 2006

As I said my husband is interested in sports.. as a part of it we went to F1 race which is held in Indianapolis Indiana state USA on July 4th 2006. For me this is the first time watching a sports car race live .. but for my hubby it was 2nd time ..

We started from Chicago that day morning and it was around 4-5 hrs drive to Indianapolis from our place.all the roads which lead to stadium was full of traffic and every car pool lot was filled that day. the private parking places was also full that day.Small shops and exhibition stalls filled that place it was like a huge event taking place.

We parked our car nearby and purchased 2 tickets from an outside vendor for 90 dollars.By that time NA SCAR event was taking place and we had no time to see that event as we were looking for the big one...we walked around all the stalls and had fun for a hr or so and then in search of our seats..as the time approached the cars were on their stops and having final checkups.. the hero's of the event was giving interviews to the channels and at 1'o clock the event started.there was just welcoming round at the beginning and then the race started.The hero Michael Schumacher was in 4th place in the beginning.In the first round there was a accident which eliminated around 4-6 cars from the race.there was no damage to the persons but it just stopped the race for about 15-20 min.the race was very fun and exciting and in the middle there were pit stops for every racer and everyone did their own job in minutes.At last Ferrari Star Schumacher was in the first place.. that was his 7Th time continues championship in Indianapolis ground.and the sad thing is he retired that day.. that was his last F1 race... as the event completed award ceremony was arranged and all of us were very happy to see him.