Archive for May, 2010

Terence Mann Is Not Concerned About Low Track Attendance Numbers This Month

Posted by Roy Hobbson on May 13th, 2010 under Indy 500  •  21 Comments

“People will come, Roy,” he told me confidently as we walked the IMS grounds. I wasn’t so sure, frankly. “They’ll come to Indy for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up at the Track not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at the gates as innocent as children, longing for the past.”

Carb Day Miscreants Who You’ll Want to Avoid

Posted by Roy Hobbson on May 12th, 2010 under Indy 500, Roy Hobbson  •  31 Comments

Carb Day is a wondrous affair full of merriment & drink. And while the vast, vast majority of those in attendance are delightful people who mean you no harm, there are certainly a few categories of nare-do-wells who you MUST be aware of. Some are potentially violent … others are merely catastrophically annoying. All can ruin your day if you’re not careful.  These are [...]

So It Begins

Posted by Roy Hobbson on May 12th, 2010 under Indy 500  •  16 Comments

May in the Pagoda begins today. Not because I’m operating under the nonsensical laws of Angstadt-ian Time Units (1 minute = 17 rows of soy beans² + a lunar eclipse), but rather because I’ve spent the last two weeks dutifully clearing the decks of my day job. Nothing shall infringe upon this glorious run of debauchery & [...]

Housecleaning on West Coast Time

Posted by Roy Hobbson on May 3rd, 2010 under Housecleaning  •  Comments Off

Greetings from some terrible airport hotel in Eugene, Oregon … where I’m currently stuck. Indefinitely. How this came to be is not important. Equally unimportant is the delay of this week’s Willy T. Ribbs Report. It will certainly not be up today, although not for a lack of trying. For you see, where I was on Saturday did not have [...]