It's been almost three months since I've updated this blog. Back in late March, my last update included my take on the Carl Edwards/Brad Keselowski rivalry that boiled over during the race at Atlanta, where Edwards sent Keselowski airborne and upside down.
Back to the present. A lot has happened in the past three months. NASCAR had it's most competitive race in history at Talladega in April, which featured a NASCAR-record 88 lead changes and 29 different leaders, and it was capped off by this photo finish:
Moving on to the month of May. I always look forward to this month as much as I do for February. It's all about one race. The race--The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is always the center of attention in the racing world because of the great race, held during the last Sunday of May. This year, the odds-on favorite was defending champion and three-time winner Helio Castroneves, who had won the pole and shared the front row with Penske Racing teammate Will Power and 2007 Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti.
Last year, Castroneves came into the month with a huge cloud of uncertainty after legal issues to begin the year. Then he went on to dominate the race and score an emotional victory. But Helio will have to wait until at least next year to capture his 4th Indy win. This year's race went to Franchitti (pictured on the right). But it wasn't without a spectacular crash on the next to last lap, when Mike Conway's car was launched into the air and into the catch fence after touching wheels with Ryan Hunter-Reay, who had run out of fuel. Here is the finish of the 94th Indianapolis 500:
