{"id":7091,"date":"2025-05-15T15:17:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/letters-to-the-brickyard-indycar-drivers-pen-essays-ahead-of-indy-500\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:17:28","slug":"letters-to-the-brickyard-indycar-drivers-pen-essays-ahead-of-indy-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/letters-to-the-brickyard-indycar-drivers-pen-essays-ahead-of-indy-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters To The Brickyard: INDYCAR drivers pen essays ahead of Indy 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" comments=\"[object Object]\" overlaytype=\"article\" storycard_image=\"[object Object]\" social_image=\"[object Object]\" show_advertisements=\"true\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\" data-v-44df51fc=\"\">  <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><i>These first-person essays are part of a special series leading up to the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25 on FOX in which INDYCAR drivers penned letters about what the historic race means to them. Check back for the latest entries and read them all below.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2 displaynav=\"true\" class=\"\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><strong>Pato O&#8217;Ward\u00a0\u2014 No. 5, Arrow McLaren<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve had my heart broken here. \u2026 I&#8217;ve walked away so close to victory, but also with a sting so deep, thinking about how close we were. And yeah, it hurts. But it also fuels me.&#8221;<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/motor\/pato-oward-indy-500-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div displaynav=\"true\" class=\"full-width-image mg-t-15 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><img srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxsports.com\/statics.foxsports.com\/www.foxsports.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0\/0\/gq7uqljwyaiidr5.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1,  https:\/\/a57.foxsports.com\/statics.foxsports.com\/www.foxsports.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0\/0\/gq7uqljwyaiidr5.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\"\/> <\/div>\n<h2 displaynav=\"true\" class=\"\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><strong>Marcus Ericsson \u2014 No. 28, Andretti Global<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">&#8220;Winning the Indy 500 was a dream come true for me. It changed my life forever. 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