From Hollister to Sturgis to Indy, bikers love a party. Oh sure, some enthusiasts also enjoy watching racing. But the Red Bull MotoGP at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has confirmed that for many, racing is just the excuse, the background music. Racing is the means for knowing on what date the party will be happening.
A great deal of what the Indy MotoGP event is occurs in downtown Indianapolis. At Motorcycles on Meridian, a good 10 blocks of the city's center is blocked off to car traffic. The party starts each afternoon while some motorcycles are still doing laps at the Speedway, and ends…
1) The Indianapolis Motor Speedway infield section during practice, with downtown Indy waiting for the party.
2) What Indianapolis might look like today if it weren't for the Motor Speedway.
3) The MotoGP executive outdoor paddock texting station.
4) But first, some images from the Motor Speedway. Who is the world's favorite MotoGP racer? A crowd was always waiting behind the garage of rider number 46.
5) Fast, sure, but not number 46.
7) Enough Red Bull girls for everyone's photos? Center, Rick Dorfmeyer and Kenan Ikels (black T-shirt) of Tucker-Rocky, plus a tourist in shorts.
8) How to scare a Luddite. The Yamaha television, listening, charging station for public use in the MotoAmerica paddock.
9) In honor of the late Dane Westby, the back of the Team Westby Racing transport vehicle.
10) Indy's front straight from the eighth floor of the Pagoda Tower, in the Tucker-Rocky "Speed Club."