Angela, Dylan (Angela’s boyfriend) and I went down to the free day at the Honda Indy. the weather forecast was hot and sunny. Gillian was working and Claudia was at Auntie Carolyn’s. This year they had scheduled a race on Saturday and Sunday. Due to the wet weather they ended up postponing Saturday’s race until Sunday morning and then running the second race in the afternoon. Here is the winner of the second race, Mike Conway.

The winner of the first race was Sebastien Bourdais.

Local favourite, James Hinchcliffe.

He didn’t fare as well in either race.

One of my favourite drivers, Helio Castroneves of Brazil. He finished second in the first race and 12th in the second. He is the current points leader in the Indy standings.

The parade of cars as they head out to the track for the first practice session.

The number 27 car of James Hinchcliffe.

After the practice session we had lunch and then headed over to Turn 3 to watch some of the other series practice sessions.

We didn’t make it down last year and one major change now is they charge $35 to access the Indy Car Paddock area, it use to be free as well. Even without access anymore, the free day is still a good chance to see the cars and drivers up close. We didn’t stick around for the second practice session for the Indy cars. We beat the rush hour and headed back to the car at Clarkson station. It is good the trains run every 30 minutes now.