Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human View Post
Very cool little piece of info from Indycar....

One of the rookies has diabetes. He controls it with an implanted blood sugar monitor. The data from the monitor is displayed on his steering wheel. VERY neat use of technology. If his sugar gets low, he takes a drink.
Wow, I wonder how the display gets the information. Is it attached to the wheel somehow? Or some kind of a chip? Does he have to go to the pit for fluids, or is there some sort of a super-high tech Indy car cup holder? I'm just wondering how he would take a sip going 200 miles per hour. That is very neat use of technology.

I saw on the Indianapolis 500 Web site that you can drive your own car for a lap on the speedway! How cool would that be?! My mom, dad and I went there for the tour, and you can take a lap around the track in a bus. They show you the starting line, the grandstands, the infield, the pits, and they give loads of neat information and facts about the Indy 500, cars, technology, and how the Indy 500 races have contributed to the safety of cars and drivers over the years. My dad absolutely ate it up!