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Welp, at least now I know that Mother Nature isn't totally biased against NASCAR!

[vetteldixon]

volume UP for a minute of rain ASMR from the 108th running of the indianapolis 500 🔊🌧🧱

[tyresdeg]

josef newgarden | may 26, 2024 | 108th indianapolis 500

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arrowmclaren You guessed it. 😉 Arrow McLaren confirms Callum Ilott for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500.

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108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Liveries

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Marcus Armstrong after Practice 3 for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 (15.05.2024)

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In the winter I can go snowshoeing, cross country skiing and downhill skiing and perhaps throw in a 108th running indianapolis 500 indianapolis motor speedway shirt ice fishing. I’m not a hunter, but those who hunt will find deer and bear up the wazoo along with wild turkey, quail, pheasant, rabbit, coyote and many other game species. If you can’t bag game in New Jersey, then you aren’t a very good hunter. On the downside there is the traffic. It can be bad, but nowhere nearly as bad as some other places in the US where I have lived and traveled (hello Washington DC area and LA!). Taxes and cost of living are high. I’m paying $1,100 a month in rent for a tiny (700 sq ft.) log cabin that doesn’t have a single closet. It is also miles from any mass transit and the nearest supermarket. In may other states I can have quite a nice house for that money. It costs LOT to live in NJ.

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20/05/2024 108th Indy 500 “50 years since McLaren’s first Indianapolis 500 win. Now, race week is here.”

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Morning Round-Up for Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th

Morning Round-Up for Memorial Day (in the U.S.), May 27th. On this day of remembrance for my fellow veterans who fought & died in wars lets take a few minutes to talk a little bit about the sports weekend. In the U.S. for decades & decades today has not just meant barbecuing & an extra day to sleep in it also means that the Indianapolis 500 had taken place yesterday. This year which was the 108th…

[formulahuh]

omg i cannot believe alexander rossi won the 108th running of the indianapolis 500!!

[ala18b-town]

Linus Lundqvist— Final practice done! Next up - the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 🤩 We will be rolling off P27. 200 laps to make some good things happen! We from Indiana understand the impact of the world’s greatest spectacle! See you all Sunday. 🇺🇸 12:45 pm / 🇸🇪 18.45 #BeTheOne / #Indy500 / Chip Ganassi Racing / NTT INDYCAR SERIES

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Katherine Legge will attempt to qualify for the 108th Indianapolis 500 in an entry fielded by Dale Coyne Racing with RWR, with primary sponsorship from beauty brand e.l.f.

“I’m honored to be back at the ‘500’ to represent such a groundbreaking and historic effort put forward by e.l.f.,” Legge said. “e.l.f. is truly changing the face of motorsports by lifting women up and challenging norms. Janet Guthrie set the stage for this type of moment back in the ‘70s, and I’m honored to carry it forward with Dale Coyne Racing with RWR this year.

“When I was 9 years old, I decided I wanted to be a race car driver, and I never would have dreamed a beauty brand would one day be my primary sponsor in the Indy 500. Together with DCR, Honda and e.l.f., we will truly empower women who are breaking barriers, pushing boundaries and testing the limits by giving them the confidence and a path toward realizing their dreams, whatever they may be.”

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The boys (and girls) of Benton

By Jonathan Monfiletto

To the auto racing fan in me, Memorial Day weekend means one thing: three of the world’s most prestigious and most spectacular races taking place on the same day, the Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500, and the Coca-Cola 600, all on the Sunday of the weekend.

To the American patriot in me, Memorial Day weekend means I get to do all of those fun things – sitting around watching races all day, eating too much good food, enjoying the first taste of summer with the late spring sunshine, hanging out with friends – because many men and women have served and sacrificed in the U.S. military to defend our freedoms, protect our way of life, and keep our world safe.

Naturally, then, as Memorial Day draws near, I am thinking about those who have answered Uncle Sam’s call of duty and been willing to lay down their lives for their fellow Americans. For this article, I am particularly honoring and remembering the men and women from the Yates County town of Benton who served their country and community during World War I.

You ask, why do I focus on this specific group of veterans? That’s because I recently helped provide research for local history projects for the fourth-graders of St. Michael School in Penn Yan. One of the students chose Yates County World War I veterans for their topic and then decided to home in on veterans from Benton, where this student and their family live.

In 1921, shortly after what was then called the World War or the Great War, E.D. Harrison, of Penn Yan, compiled and published a book titled “Yates County in the World War, 1917-1918.” This book details the stories of the men and women from Yates County who took part in World War I, including the units in which they served and the battles in which they fought and other aspects of their service.

As I gathered research for the student, I perused this book and learned the stories of the, by my count, 55 people who at the time called Benton home and served in some capacity during the war. This group includes Corporal Arthur Allen Lee, who enlisted in the 3rd New York Infantry in June 1916 prior to the United States’ entry into the war. In April 1917, he was recalled and assigned to the 108th Infantry, 27th Division; in May 1918, he was sent overseas and appeared in battles in France at Arras, St. Quentin, Cambrai, and Ypres.

Twelve men from Benton enlisted in the U.S. military once America entered the war. Among these men was Private Alfred Williams, who joined the Marine Corps in April 1917 and subsequently landed in France that November. Serving with 73rd Company, 6th Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, he appeared in the Battle of Soissons, where he was instantly killed by machine gun fire on July 19, 1918. He was posthumously awarded two Battle Clasps on the Victory Medal.

A total of 36 men from Benton were inducted, or drafted, into the military as part of the war effort. Private Ledwith Robert Poole, who was assigned to the Medical Corps and served with the 306th Field Hospital, 77th Division, was one of these men. He sailed for France in March 1918 and arrived that May; his entry notes the 306th’s work included first aid in the battle lines. Poole is one of three World War I veterans both mentioned in Harrison’s book and buried in Benton Rural Cemetery (the student was particularly interested in World War I veterans buried there).

Three men from Benton enlisted in the Students’ Army Training Corps, a unit the U.S. War Department specially created in early 1918 to allow students to both take college courses and train for the military. Private Sidney Elliot Ayres served at Cornell University, while Private Gerald Howard Fisher and Private Clyde Benjamin Gelder served at Hobart College. Two other men from Benton, Donald R. Comstock and George T. Collin, are listed in a section of Harrison’s book titled “Other Service Men.” This section appears to cover men from Yates County whose wartime service was credited to other locations. Comstock’s service was credited to New York City, while Collin’s service was credited to Elmira.

Two women from Benton were active parts of the war effort. Louise Kipp served as a dietitian with the Red Cross, while Flora Belle Pierce served as a nurse. Though details of Pierce’s service are recorded in Harrison’s book, it is noted Kipp enlisted in March 1918, was called to active service in August 1918 at Camp Sherman, Ohio, and was transferred to Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco in July 1919.

Another World War I veteran – and possibly a 56th veteran to serve from Benton – is Allen Eugene Scutt; Scutt is buried in the Benton Rural Cemetery (Collin is the third veteran both listed in the book and buried there, by the way) but curiously is listed in Harrison’s book without a hometown. Enlisting in July 1917, Scutt was assigned to the 340th Infantry, Medical Detachment and later transferred to 170th Infantry Brigade Headquarters. He arrived in France in August 1918 as a member of 85th Division, Brigade Headquarters and then transferred to Division Headquarters, 38th Division.

Though Williams appears to be the only World War I veteran from Benton to be killed in action during the conflict, two other soldiers – Private Valentine P. Allen, who enlisted in July 1917, and Private Ross Mathew Conley, who was inducted in July 1918 – died of disease. Remember, the World War coincided with what was called the Spanish flu pandemic (because Spain, not involved in the conflict, reported on it more heavily than the countries waging the war; it is now believed the pandemic may have originated in soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas). Harrison’s book lists Allen’s cause of death as bronco-pneumonia on October 5, 1918 and Conley’s as pneumonia on October 12, 1918.

Allen served with Co. I, 23rd Infantry from July 1917 until March 1918 and with Headquarters Co., 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division until October 1918, serving overseas from September 1917 until his death. Conley was assigned to 154th Depot Brigade and then to Co. C, 211th Field Signal Battalion, and he was stationed at Camp Meade, Maryland at the time of his death.

Happy Memorial Day, everyone, and to military veterans everywhere, thank you for your service and sacrifice for your community, our country, and our world.

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108th running indianapolis 500 indianapolis motor speedway shirt In the winter I can go snowshoeing, cross country skiing and downhill skiing and perhaps throw in a 108th running indianapolis 500 indianapolis motor speedway shirt ice fishing. I’m not a hunter, but those who hunt will find deer and bear up the wazoo along with wild turkey, quail, pheasant, rabbit, coyote and many other game…