May 30 - Memorial Day. Up until the early 70s, the Indy 500 was run on May 30 irrespective of whether it was a Sunday or a Thursday. This means that today is the anniversary of all the guys who lost their lives in the 500 up until the race day was changed to the last Sunday in May.

In particular today I'll be thinking about the greatest Roadster chauffeur of them all - Vukie - Bill Vukovich.