Jack Arute's Tales from The Indy 500

by Arute, Jack

• ISBN13: 9781596700406
• ISBN10: 1596700408
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: Sports Pub

Summary

As a pit reporter for ABC Sports, Jack Arute has become one of the most recognizable faces of the Indianapolis 500. From his initial fear of approaching A.J. Foyt in the garage as a cu reporter to watching Danica Patrick rewrite the role of women in motorsports when she became the first woman to lead a lap in the 89th running of the race, ?Jackie? has seen it all. He now relates all of his greatest, funniest, and most meaningful stories in Jack Arute's Tales from the Indy 500.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xii
Acknowledgments	xiii
My First Indy	1	(2)
Hands on the Wheel	3	(2)
Rebel with a Cause	5	(1)
In the Pits	6	(1)
One and Only	6	(2)
Family Secret	8	(1)
The Great Debate	9	(2)
A New Generation	11	(1)
Breaking for Indy	12	(2)
Following Foyt	14	(1)
Following in His Father's Tracks	15	(2)
Indy's Guide	17	(2)
Secret Hideaway	19	(1)
Rookie Run	20	(2)
Snake in the Grass	22	(1)
All Access	23	(1)
Proud Papas	24	(1)
Party Questions	25	(1)
The Brothers Unser	26	(3)
Racing Penske-Style	29	(1)
Safety Fire	30	(2)
Schools of Racing	32	(1)
Suited for the Road	33	(2)
At a Loss	35	(2)
Time Trials	37	(1)
Perfectly Cursed	38	(1)
Two-Faced	39	(1)
A Special Day	40	(2)
May Madness	42	(1)
Studying for Success	42	(1)
Caution Talk	43	(1)
Reason to Win	44	(2)
Talkin' Shop	46	(1)
Creature of Comfort	47	(1)
The Sirens of Indy	48	(2)
Ladies First	50	(3)
A Helping Hand	53	(1)
Fire Alarm?	54	(1)
Like Father, Like Son	55	(2)
Neck and Neck	57	(2)
The People's Champ	59	(1)
The Betting Altar	60	(1)
Turning In	61	(2)
Cause Champion	63	(2)
All in the Family	65	(3)
Saying Goodbye	68	(2)
A Class Act	70	(2)
Crash Course	72	(3)
At His Own Pace	75	(2)
The Magic Eye	77	(2)
Caught in the Split	79	(2)
Inside the Split	81	(2)
Walking the Line	83	(1)
Getting a Grip	83	(1)
Rival Restart	84	(1)
Pushing His Switch	85	(2)
So Close, Yet	87	(2)
Saving Face	89	(3)
On the Cutting Room Floor	92	(1)
Caught on Film	93	(1)
Don't Shoot the Messenger	94	(2)
Faithful Felines	96	(2)
Outpouring of Support	98	(1)
"Gentlemen, Start Your Engines...Again"	99	(2)
Watered Down	101	(1)
Computer Crash	102	(1)
Taste of the Races	103	(1)
With Open Arms	104	(1)
A Winning Sweet Tooth	105	(2)
Hero Worship	107	(2)
The Real King	109	(1)
Flag Man	109	(2)
What Good Is an Empty Car?	111	(1)
Cliffhanging	112	(1)
A Curse of a Joke	113	(1)
CART Comeback	114	(1)
Need a Ride?	115	(1)
Geared Up?	115	(1)
Happy Helio	116	(3)
Coming Home	119	(2)
Mission to Win	121	(3)
Racing Philosophy 101	124	(1)
Moves of His Own	125	(1)
Pressed Off!	126	(1)
Need for Speed	127	(1)
Stroke of Luck	128	(1)
Eye on Talent	129	(2)
Walk of Fame	131	(1)
Getting His Cake and Eating It Too	132	(2)
Final Retirement	134	(2)
Say Cheese	136	(2)
A Last Goodbye	138	(2)
A Day in the Life	140	(5)
A Tearjerker	145	(1)
A Day in the Life Reprise	146	(2)
Another Andretti?	148	(1)
The All-American	149	(4)
Added Bonus	153	(1)
Rahal's Redemption	154	(1)
The Booth	155	(4)
That Girl	159	(3)
The Race for the Pole	162	(3)
The 2005 Race	165	(1)
Her First Mistake	166	(1)
Error Number Two	167	(1)
Her Shining Moment	168	(2)
Michael Gets His, Thanks to Lionheart	170	(3)
Check That Off of the List	173	(1)
Got Milk	174	(1)
All I Got Was This T-Shirt	175	(1)
The Plot Thickens in 2006	175	(2)
After the Indy 500	177	(1)
About the Authors	178