Kilted at the Coca-Cola 600

**MacWage** · 28th May 07, 06:28 AM

FYI:

Casey Mears, who won, is the son of Roger Mears (former Indy driver) and nephew of Rick Mears (famous Indy Car driver and winner of Indy 500).

I have pulled for Casey since his rookie year in cup (and in Busch series the year before). I am SO EXCITED he won, and for JJ Yeley (former rising open wheel "rising star"), Kyle Petty (son of Richard Petty), and the rest of the top 5, most of which are usually fighting for 15 on back somewhere.

**kallen** · 28th May 07, 08:30 AM

Lets not forget...Dario Franchitti(A Scot) won the Indy 500.

Yes it was good to see some unfamiliar faces in Victory Lane...but darn it, I like Tony Stewart.

**Jerry** · 28th May 07, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by kallen

Lets not forget...Dario Franchitti(A Scot) won the Indy 500.

Yes it was good to see some unfamiliar faces in Victory Lane...but darn it, I like Tony Stewart.

Does anyone know how a Scot wound up with a name like that?

**MacWage** · 28th May 07, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by JerMc

Does anyone know how a Scot wound up with a name like that?

Born and raised in Scotland with Italian parents.

Dario is also Mr. Ashley Judd.

(I pulled for him in the Indy 500)

Side note: At one time, there was a lawsuit between Dario and Coultard about helmet design, though I forget which was the plainiff.
Dario added the present Italian elements to his as a result of the lawsuit.

**Jerry** · 29th May 07, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by MacWage

Born and raised in Scotland with Italian parents.

Dario is also Mr. Ashley Judd.

(I pulled for him in the Indy 500)

Side note: At one time, there was a lawsuit between Dario and Coultard about helmet design, though I forget which was the plainiff.
Dario added the present Italian elements to his as a result of the lawsuit.

Thanks. Dario was one of the 3 I was pulling for. Of course the others were also "Andretti Green" too, Danika and Marco.

**PaulX608** · 29th May 07, 05:36 PM

Another kilted member of the Andretti Green cheering section here. I was so sick with the flu, I barely managed to see most of it through my exhausted haze. But what a scary moment for Marco. Being upside down at 200+ didn't look like much fun. Rusty Wallace, in the booth, knows what that's like after ol' #3 bumped him coming off the last turn at Talledega in '93 and sent him across the finish line backwards and airborne before flipping and rolling in the infield. Thank God Marco came out of that one!