It was an exciting Indy 500 this year.

It was one of the nicest Indy 500 races that I have seen last weekend. It was a cloudy day, and it had rained earlier in the day. The possibility of rain complicates the strategy of the race teams; they do not race in the rain unlike Formula 1. When it's a sunny day, it's far easier to decide when to go to take a pit stop, etc. But in a cloudy day one can see the sparks flying off of the metal parts scraping against the pavement when the tires are not warm yet, or during the crashes. It's like fireworks.

My favorite driver, Tony Kanaan, did not win because of bad strategy, and because of bad luck. Although Dario Franchitti won, most of the attention was focused on his wife - the rain drenched Ashley Judd. There is something about beautiful women wearing wet clothes that attracts a lot of media attention :).

Here is BBC's recap of the race.