This is my favorite photo from the USA 500 and it’s not even of us.
Rob Messer of Messer Motorsports (No. 1177 and USA 500 winner) sent me this photo that I think captures the absolute frustration when things go wrong during a race. Here’s what he said:
I climbed up the ridge to get one bar of cell service to call Pit 1 and have a replacement distributor cap delivered. Disappointment was on my mind at the time this shot was taken as we had to wait two hours for a Sportsman buggy (No. 81 – the tiger striped one) to deliver it.
And yet he won, so don’t feel too bad for him.