“The Indy 500 is easily the most impressive tradition I have ever experienced,” Spencer May ’09 writes in a new blog post, “A First-Timer’s Take on the Indy 500,” for Missy Farren & Associates, Ltd. In the post, Mr. May describes his adventures on Race Day: from the pre-dawn departure with a police escort, to touring the garages, to visiting pit alley and watching a pit stop.  “Standing 6 feet from the wall the smell of seared rubber filled my nose,” Mr. May writes, adding that the day ended happily, with an American win and Mr. May heading back to his hotel via a second police escort.

“It took a few hours for the adrenaline to wear off and the fatigue to set in,” he writes. “But I slept with a smile after watching the most spectacular race ever.”