Jeff's Indy Talk: Taking the green flag

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Taking the green flag

Welcome to my blog on all things Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar. After months of promising (threatening?) to start my own blog, here it is. I will combine my passion as a fan with my experience as a journalist into timely tidbits that inform and entertain. Thanks for joining me on the ride.

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I'm a collector

I collect just about anything related to the 500 and IndyCar racing: Yearbooks, programs, post cards, diecasts, decanters, autographs, T-shirts, media guides, newspapers, books, magazines, trading cards, bobble heads, plastic models, CDs, DVDs. I even have View Masters (remember those?) and a blow-up Goodyear blimp, which hovers serenely in my basement. I think the following sums up this mania best. Once, while at the Mailroom on 16^th Street I was looking over some items, and my mother told the owner, Frank Gilbert, “He’s been hooked on this since he was about 5.” “Well, there are a lot worse things to get hooked on,” was Frank’s response. Indeed. I love hearing from fellow collectors about their prizes and how they got them.