Pre-race pageantry at Pocono for Sunday's IndyCar race

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FROM KEITH GROLLER

Considering this could be the last IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway, I tried to savor all of the pre-race pageantry before today's race.
It's a very different scene than what it is here for the two NASCAR race.
For the NASCAR races, the traffic is lined up for miles two hours before the start of a race.
Today, I breezed right into the media parking lot in the infield of the track.
Hope it's not the last IndyCar race here because these guys can really fly.
Here's some of the pre-race scene, starting with a photo of a fairly empty grandstand about an hour before the start of the race::