The famous brick finish line at Indy. The entire course was originally paved in bricks (hence the name "Brickyard"), but bit by bit (part of the backstretch and some home stretch near the finish line were the last to go), pavement claimed all but this stripe.


The leaderboard in the infield.


Jim Clark's British Racing Green Lotus, Richard Petty's #43 (taken while he was still alive - RIP), and Eddie Rickenbacker's racer (old-school). There are a lot of cars kept in the Indy museum, but these three belong to some of the most renowned drivers in racing history.

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base


One of the many airplanes that has been christened Air Force One, this one served Presidents including Reagan and Carter before being retired.


Those are wax figures, not models - which is why I couldn't find anyone to pose in the second picture. Pilots got creative with their planes back in the WWII era...

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The official Speedway website
The Wright-Patterson AFB website
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