Went to the race on Saturday. Really meh. But it was so fucking nice to be back at IMS and in the stands with other people. Had me a big ol' pork tenderloin with the cooler full of beer I carried in (still one of my favorite sports traditions, being able to bring coolers in). I strongly dislike W Power, so perhaps that's why I disliked the race. Also was hoping Dixie could close out the championship but Josef climbed too many spots and Dixon couldn't quite catch up enough.
I also went to the Iowa race and took my 10yo for his first in-person race. He loved it. We had our radios and he brought some binoculars. That's an awesome track there in Iowa just outside of Des Moines. Next year we may camp there. One cool part is that my buddy is one of the radio broadcasters for the series and during the race gave a shoutout to my son - who lost his mind when he heard that called out over the radio - "And here today cheering on Indy native conor daly are a couple friends of mine from indy, shout out to little BGS jr who's here watching his first race with his dad."