WEBVTT - Made with VTT Creator 00:00.000 --> 00:13.263 position:50% align:middle [music] 00:13.263 --> 00:14.681 position:50% align:middle [crowd cheering grows louder] 00:14.681 --> 00:16.349 position:50% align:middle [announcer offscreen] The running of the little 500, 00:16.349 --> 00:22.230 position:50% align:middle this great racing classic, 200 laps, 50 miles, four riders on each team. 00:22.272 --> 00:26.526 position:50% align:middle [Bri Clark] It's just so much bigger than entering a bike race on a weekend. 00:27.485 --> 00:29.738 position:50% align:middle [offscreen announcer] As we near racing a half a lap. 00:29.738 --> 00:32.741 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] Tens of thousands of fans packed into Bill Armstrong Stadium. 00:32.949 --> 00:35.618 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] There's very few things in life that they're like that. 00:35.618 --> 00:36.703 position:50% align:middle [announcer offscreen] Here comes the pace car 00:36.703 --> 00:40.832 position:50% align:middle rounding. They approach the start/finish line. The green is out and away they go. 00:41.416 --> 00:44.544 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] We train a multiple number of years, for one day. 00:44.544 --> 00:49.215 position:50% align:middle [announcer offscreen] we have one lap to go and it's maximum RPM for the riders. 00:49.299 --> 00:52.302 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] What goes through a rider's mind 00:52.594 --> 00:54.929 position:50% align:middle not to just be there 00:54.929 --> 00:55.597 position:50% align:middle But to win. 00:55.597 --> 01:01.394 position:50% align:middle [announcer offscreen] Nobody can catch her, as a Willkie Sprint has won the first Women's Little 500. 01:01.478 --> 01:03.438 position:50% align:middle ["Cyberpunk Sunrise" playing] [Emily Carrico] There's such a larger impact. 01:03.438 --> 01:06.608 position:50% align:middle It is so much bigger than a race and your placement, 01:06.608 --> 01:08.568 position:50% align:middle ["Cyberpunk Sunrise" playing] 01:08.568 --> 01:11.571 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] What comes out of it is a camaraderie 01:11.613 --> 01:14.616 position:50% align:middle [GIna Naas] Your teammates are who inspire you. 01:14.824 --> 01:17.827 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] It's about the journey that you take 01:17.911 --> 01:20.163 position:50% align:middle and the lessons that you learn. 01:20.163 --> 01:22.248 position:50% align:middle [announcer offscreen] Big crash right in the beginning. 01:22.248 --> 01:24.000 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] You do it for the competition. 01:24.000 --> 01:27.003 position:50% align:middle But you do it to be a part of something bigger than yourself. 01:27.003 --> 01:28.129 position:50% align:middle ["Cyberpunk Sunrise" playing] 01:28.129 --> 01:30.882 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] Being able to have that history 01:30.882 --> 01:33.885 position:50% align:middle and tradition throughout 75 years, 01:34.844 --> 01:37.847 position:50% align:middle I think, is what makes Little 500 special 01:38.640 --> 01:41.434 position:50% align:middle and so ingrained in the people here at Indiana University. 01:41.434 --> 01:45.688 position:50% align:middle ["Cyberpunk Sunrise" playing] 01:45.688 --> 01:48.066 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] It's a bike race, 01:48.066 --> 01:49.901 position:50% align:middle but it's much bigger than that. 01:49.943 --> 01:53.571 position:50% align:middle [music] 01:53.571 --> 01:56.866 position:50% align:middle [Interviewer] Curt Simic is the President of the IU Foundation. 01:56.866 --> 02:00.995 position:50% align:middle He also rode in the 1962 Little 500. 02:01.329 --> 02:05.333 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] The Little 500 and the Student Foundation 02:06.000 --> 02:09.129 position:50% align:middle are part of the building blocks 02:10.088 --> 02:12.340 position:50% align:middle for the University. 02:12.340 --> 02:14.968 position:50% align:middle [music] 02:15.009 --> 02:17.262 position:50% align:middle [Emily Carrico] If you flip way back. 02:19.639 --> 02:20.807 position:50% align:middle There were not too many student 02:20.807 --> 02:23.101 position:50% align:middle organizations on campus. 02:25.937 --> 02:29.107 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] Howdy WIlcox was really trying to figure out a way. 02:29.107 --> 02:31.025 position:50% align:middle How do we get students involved 02:31.025 --> 02:34.279 position:50% align:middle with the university and, like, create this lifetime connection to IU? 02:34.988 --> 02:36.990 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] Howdy’s first vision was. 02:36.990 --> 02:41.202 position:50% align:middle Let's get students involved early in understanding what philanthropy is. 02:41.619 --> 02:44.330 position:50% align:middle And so Howdy said, we can't wait ‘til they 02:44.330 --> 02:47.208 position:50% align:middle they leave for 30 years and then hopefully they give back. 02:47.208 --> 02:50.253 position:50% align:middle So that was the start of the Student Foundation. 02:52.338 --> 02:56.551 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] One fall afternoon, he was out walking and saw a group of students 02:56.551 --> 02:59.971 position:50% align:middle racing bikes around Showalter Fountain, and the wheels began to turn. 03:00.305 --> 03:01.890 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] Oh my gosh, there's something here. 03:01.890 --> 03:05.435 position:50% align:middle [cycling sounds] 03:05.435 --> 03:07.770 position:50% align:middle [engine revving] 03:07.770 --> 03:09.606 position:50% align:middle [man offscreen] Marshall Foch is talking with Louis Chevrolet 03:09.606 --> 03:12.609 position:50% align:middle at the Indianapolis 500 Miles Victory Sweep stakes. 03:13.818 --> 03:17.947 position:50% align:middle A few hastily assembled new cars and many leftovers bring motor racing back again. 03:18.364 --> 03:21.826 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] Howdy’s dad won the Indianapolis 500 in 1919 03:22.035 --> 03:25.038 position:50% align:middle [speaker offscreen] The race is won on a French Peugeot driven by Howdy Wilcox. 03:25.496 --> 03:29.542 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] So he had, like, a deep familiarity with racing up the speedway and said, 03:29.542 --> 03:31.461 position:50% align:middle “Maybe there's something here that we can do.” 03:33.046 --> 03:34.923 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] It was exciting for them 03:34.923 --> 03:37.926 position:50% align:middle because they saw the market being the students coming through 03:37.926 --> 03:39.594 position:50% align:middle the university is the market for the 03:39.594 --> 03:40.678 position:50% align:middle for the Indy 500. 03:40.678 --> 03:45.725 position:50% align:middle [music] 03:45.725 --> 03:48.311 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] And so like gathered 03:48.311 --> 03:51.314 position:50% align:middle all the student leaders on campus that school year 03:53.149 --> 03:56.152 position:50% align:middle and later in 1951 in the spring the 03:56.194 --> 03:59.197 position:50% align:middle the first Little 500 was born. 04:00.740 --> 04:02.909 position:50% align:middle Fashioned after the Indianapolis 500, 04:02.909 --> 04:07.038 position:50% align:middle but instead of 33 cars around a two and a half mile paved track, 04:07.038 --> 04:08.706 position:50% align:middle it was 33 teams of four 04:08.706 --> 04:12.126 position:50% align:middle racing bicycles around a quarter mile cinder track. 04:12.252 --> 04:16.005 position:50% align:middle [Bri Clark] And they create just this incredible environment 04:16.005 --> 04:20.885 position:50% align:middle that draws people to IU, that draws people to want to come to IU, that draws alumni 04:20.885 --> 04:23.680 position:50% align:middle to want to come back and still be involved with IU. 04:24.055 --> 04:28.601 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] At like the baseline, there's still so many similarities to that first race. 04:28.601 --> 04:29.811 position:50% align:middle [Jason Fowler] There's nothing else like it. 04:29.811 --> 04:32.188 position:50% align:middle I mean, like the cinders, for example, the track. 04:34.440 --> 04:35.024 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] You know, cinder 04:35.024 --> 04:38.027 position:50% align:middle track is super unique, right? 04:38.319 --> 04:41.614 position:50% align:middle It's one of those things that's been preserved over the years. 04:42.949 --> 04:45.868 position:50% align:middle [Jason Fowler] You don't find too many tracks in the country. 04:45.868 --> 04:47.870 position:50% align:middle I don't know, in the world like that. 04:47.870 --> 04:49.914 position:50% align:middle Much less that you can ride a bike on. 04:49.914 --> 04:51.207 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] A cinder track was used 04:51.207 --> 04:54.669 position:50% align:middle because that was like the running track surface at the time 04:54.669 --> 04:58.840 position:50% align:middle so it was at the old 10th Street Stadium and now we're here 75 years later. 04:58.923 --> 05:02.885 position:50% align:middle [Jason Fowler] It has a nice connective tissue over those 75 years. 05:03.428 --> 05:04.262 position:50% align:middle [Emily Carrico] Cinder track. 05:04.262 --> 05:05.805 position:50% align:middle What do I think of one word? Uh, 05:05.805 --> 05:07.682 position:50% align:middle [music] 05:07.682 --> 05:08.433 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] Scars. 05:08.433 --> 05:09.767 position:50% align:middle [laughs softly] 05:09.767 --> 05:11.811 position:50% align:middle [music] 05:11.811 --> 05:12.437 position:50% align:middle [Bri Clark] [laughs] I think 05:12.437 --> 05:16.190 position:50% align:middle we've all got more cinders in our skin than we would like to admit. 05:16.316 --> 05:18.443 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] Oh, you want to see some? Um, 05:18.443 --> 05:19.610 position:50% align:middle [laughs softly] 05:19.652 --> 05:20.987 position:50% align:middle [cycling sounds] 05:20.987 --> 05:23.489 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] The beauty about this is the bikes. 05:23.489 --> 05:25.950 position:50% align:middle You know, in essence, the same it was in 1951. 05:29.579 --> 05:31.831 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] The bikes back then were made in Old Illinois. 05:31.831 --> 05:35.835 position:50% align:middle They were uh Roadmaster bicycles um which basically department store bikes 05:35.835 --> 05:36.878 position:50% align:middle effectively. 05:36.878 --> 05:40.673 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] Single speed, very basic, a 46-18 gear ratio. 05:40.882 --> 05:42.717 position:50% align:middle So it's the same gear ratio for everybody. 05:42.717 --> 05:44.886 position:50% align:middle And that levels the playing field to an extent. 05:44.886 --> 05:46.637 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] We just rode regular bikes. 05:46.637 --> 05:48.097 position:50% align:middle They had the thick tires. 05:48.097 --> 05:50.308 position:50% align:middle So it wasn't fast. 05:50.308 --> 05:51.392 position:50% align:middle But it was fast enough. 05:51.392 --> 05:54.270 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] The paradoxical they were actually the worst bikes you could imagine. 05:54.270 --> 05:56.564 position:50% align:middle And they were exactly what that track required. 05:56.564 --> 05:57.440 position:50% align:middle They were stable. 05:57.440 --> 05:59.984 position:50% align:middle They wanted to go straight, but they weren't really well made. 05:59.984 --> 06:04.489 position:50% align:middle A couple batches they had where the, welders had set the torch too high. 06:04.739 --> 06:07.116 position:50% align:middle So a lot of the bikes, the frames would break. 06:07.116 --> 06:09.243 position:50% align:middle And so guys were having bikes break in half 06:09.243 --> 06:11.079 position:50% align:middle as they’re running around the track in practice. 06:12.038 --> 06:13.122 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] Tires are probably a little 06:13.122 --> 06:16.125 position:50% align:middle narrower than that than they were in 1951. 06:16.334 --> 06:18.336 position:50% align:middle But the basics are still there. 06:18.336 --> 06:19.087 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] As crude as 06:19.087 --> 06:22.340 position:50% align:middle it is, it's like the perfect tool for the job. 06:22.340 --> 06:32.225 position:50% align:middle [music] 06:32.225 --> 06:33.726 position:50% align:middle [Emily Carrico] Women were participating 06:33.726 --> 06:37.855 position:50% align:middle in the Little 500 through spring series and track practice. 06:38.481 --> 06:41.401 position:50% align:middle But the big push to equalize 06:41.401 --> 06:44.570 position:50% align:middle the women's race was in 1987. 06:45.363 --> 06:48.491 position:50% align:middle When Kappa Alpha Theta 06:48.783 --> 06:51.536 position:50% align:middle tried to qualify for the men's race. 06:51.536 --> 06:53.454 position:50% align:middle [Liz Liberman Shoup] I'm sure they were met with resistance. 06:53.454 --> 06:55.456 position:50% align:middle I'm sure that there was challenges 06:55.456 --> 06:56.624 position:50% align:middle apart of that. 06:56.624 --> 06:58.751 position:50% align:middle [Martha Hinkamp] The Little 500 is so entrenched 06:58.751 --> 07:02.296 position:50% align:middle or was at the time period as a men's race. 07:02.672 --> 07:05.967 position:50% align:middle That's where you get the resistance and it wasn't only the men. 07:05.967 --> 07:11.139 position:50% align:middle I mean, it was a lot of the campus against what we were trying to do. 07:13.891 --> 07:15.059 position:50% align:middle [Liz Lieberman Shoup] They got very, very 07:15.059 --> 07:18.062 position:50% align:middle close and got bumped out at the last minute. 07:18.896 --> 07:23.067 position:50% align:middle They got 34th in qualifications, so didn't qualify for the men's race, 07:23.067 --> 07:26.070 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] But that kind of like, you know, started a fire. 07:26.612 --> 07:30.658 position:50% align:middle [Emily Carrico] These women had just a remarkable grassroots effort 07:31.200 --> 07:35.580 position:50% align:middle and went from house to house, dorm to dorm and were able to field 07:35.580 --> 07:38.583 position:50% align:middle 31 women's teams to start the inaugural women's 07:38.583 --> 07:41.127 position:50% align:middle race in 1988. 07:43.754 --> 07:45.214 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] I think the women’s race is way more interesting 07:45.214 --> 07:48.885 position:50% align:middle because it's a chess match, because it's only 100 laps. 07:49.051 --> 07:52.930 position:50% align:middle Every exchange, every position, every execution has to be right 07:52.930 --> 07:54.599 position:50% align:middle on the number. You have to stick the landing. 07:54.599 --> 07:57.602 position:50% align:middle [Gina Murray Naas] I like that they’re respectively different races. 07:58.060 --> 07:59.687 position:50% align:middle They’re raced different. They’re trained different. 07:59.687 --> 08:02.064 position:50% align:middle And it would really up the game for sure. 08:03.816 --> 08:04.150 position:50% align:middle It just 08:04.150 --> 08:07.320 position:50% align:middle means so much to be able to carry on that legacy. 08:07.320 --> 08:08.863 position:50% align:middle And even as a sophomore in college, 08:08.863 --> 08:12.283 position:50% align:middle a junior in college, I remember learning that and feeling that 08:12.909 --> 08:16.913 position:50% align:middle all of the things that they went through and how they got us to where we are today, 08:17.663 --> 08:20.374 position:50% align:middle they've done a great job of inspiring 08:20.374 --> 08:23.002 position:50% align:middle young women. 08:25.755 --> 08:26.297 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] You know, way 08:26.297 --> 08:30.134 position:50% align:middle back in the 50s when it was first started, I think that there was a much 08:30.134 --> 08:34.222 position:50% align:middle bigger prevalence of residence halls teams that participated. 08:34.263 --> 08:36.307 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] There were lots of residence hall teams. 08:36.307 --> 08:37.642 position:50% align:middle I rode for Dodds House 08:37.642 --> 08:38.893 position:50% align:middle and Wright Quad. 08:38.893 --> 08:41.854 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] In the 70s and 80s, it was more of the Greek teams. 08:41.979 --> 08:44.732 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] It's always historically been a very 08:44.732 --> 08:46.859 position:50% align:middle Greek dominated event with the fraternities 08:46.859 --> 08:49.111 position:50% align:middle and then once the women's race came about, obviously 08:49.111 --> 08:51.072 position:50% align:middle then the sororities as well. 08:51.072 --> 08:52.865 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] But the independent teams, really, 08:52.865 --> 08:56.202 position:50% align:middle since the evolution of the Cutters 08:56.327 --> 08:58.663 position:50% align:middle have dominated quite a bit. 08:58.663 --> 08:59.705 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] Cutters were the team to beat 08:59.705 --> 09:02.792 position:50% align:middle and if you weren’t in a fraternity and, you know, resources, 09:02.792 --> 09:05.795 position:50% align:middle you know, you are going to have to build it yourself. 09:05.795 --> 09:08.297 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] There are rivalries for sure. 09:08.297 --> 09:11.592 position:50% align:middle Certainly, there's a desire to want to beat the teams 09:11.592 --> 09:15.179 position:50% align:middle that have a long, you know, recent tradition of winning. 09:15.638 --> 09:19.183 position:50% align:middle Independent teams have won quite a bit of races, especially here recently. 09:20.434 --> 09:21.060 position:50% align:middle [Jason Fowler] I knew about the 09:21.060 --> 09:24.063 position:50% align:middle Cutters in high school from the movie right. 09:24.230 --> 09:28.442 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] The movie Breaking Away, of course, opened a whole new vista 09:28.818 --> 09:31.904 position:50% align:middle as far as the visibility of it nationally and internationally. 09:32.071 --> 09:34.740 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] It's a coming of age story and a great coming of age story. 09:34.740 --> 09:37.743 position:50% align:middle And Little 5 is a coming of age story. 09:37.952 --> 09:41.372 position:50% align:middle It just felt special. The race felt special. 09:41.372 --> 09:44.166 position:50% align:middle It felt bigger than life when it was on screen. Of course it was bigger than life. 09:44.166 --> 09:45.835 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] If you haven't seen it, they're say, 09:45.835 --> 09:47.420 position:50% align:middle “Go watch the movie Breaking Away”. 09:47.420 --> 09:49.589 position:50% align:middle And that'll bring people in really quick 09:49.589 --> 09:50.798 position:50% align:middle more than anything. 09:50.798 --> 09:53.759 position:50% align:middle [Jason Fowler] If I travel, I typically will wear a Cutters shirt. 09:54.343 --> 09:55.595 position:50% align:middle Without fail. 09:55.595 --> 09:59.682 position:50% align:middle Someone says something, It could be, “Hey, Cutters.” Or it could be, 09:59.682 --> 10:02.685 position:50% align:middle “Hey, that's a cool movie or a cool race.” 10:02.685 --> 10:05.146 position:50% align:middle Literally be recognized around the world. 10:05.146 --> 10:08.691 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] It began to morph in the direction of its national 10:08.691 --> 10:11.736 position:50% align:middle and international visibility for cycling. 10:11.736 --> 10:13.779 position:50% align:middle [broadcaster] A Little 500 is more than just 10:13.779 --> 10:17.283 position:50% align:middle an intramural bicycle racing event on the Indiana University campus. 10:17.533 --> 10:21.037 position:50% align:middle It is symbolic of the excitement that any event can generate. 10:21.037 --> 10:24.999 position:50% align:middle All is quiet because 28,000 of the 32,000 10:24.999 --> 10:28.169 position:50% align:middle are all here at the school for the race at the track. 10:28.294 --> 10:32.131 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] It got so big that we ended up with 30,000 people 10:32.131 --> 10:35.134 position:50% align:middle or whatever it was, and we couldn't handle the whole thing. 10:35.551 --> 10:38.554 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] That really was sort of the pinnacle of Little 500, where, 10:38.679 --> 10:41.682 position:50% align:middle you know, 35,000 fans in the stands and MTV. 10:41.891 --> 10:46.020 position:50% align:middle [offscreen announcer] It's MTV's Greatest College Weekend with John Cougar Mellencamp. 10:46.062 --> 10:47.480 position:50% align:middle It truly is 10:47.480 --> 10:48.230 position:50% align:middle gosh darn fun. 10:48.230 --> 10:51.150 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] But it's just kind of a wild scene. 10:51.150 --> 10:52.777 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] That was a good thing and a bad thing. 10:52.777 --> 10:57.657 position:50% align:middle It took it away from the campus atmosphere and made it something bigger. 10:57.657 --> 10:59.867 position:50% align:middle And remember, the bottom line here 10:59.867 --> 11:03.245 position:50% align:middle is to teach the importance of philanthropy at a public university. 11:04.580 --> 11:07.667 position:50% align:middle When I was a student, we were giving scholarships, 11:07.958 --> 11:10.920 position:50% align:middle and they were going to students who were working their way through school. 11:11.379 --> 11:14.382 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] I was actually one of those students who received a scholarship. 11:14.465 --> 11:17.301 position:50% align:middle I was putting myself through school without any other support. 11:17.301 --> 11:19.512 position:50% align:middle So I'll never forget that. 11:20.554 --> 11:24.016 position:50% align:middle [Aimie Deleon] What I've really liked to see over the last few years is how it's 11:24.141 --> 11:29.271 position:50% align:middle impacting more students with the Students Helping Students campaign 11:29.271 --> 11:34.652 position:50% align:middle and having it benefit The Crimson Cupboard and food insecurity, that's open to all 11:34.652 --> 11:37.655 position:50% align:middle thousands of students that are here on campus, and even graduate students. 11:38.072 --> 11:41.075 position:50% align:middle [Nate Cook] I feel like you get to see direct impacts up through, like 11:41.200 --> 11:44.328 position:50% align:middle the SHS campaign with the Wellness House, things like that 11:44.328 --> 11:47.415 position:50% align:middle that are actively happening on campus and actively helping people. 11:48.249 --> 11:50.793 position:50% align:middle [Aimie Deleon] When you look back, people are gonna be like the Little 500, 11:50.793 --> 11:53.379 position:50% align:middle but really it's the Little 500. What did it do? 11:53.379 --> 11:54.880 position:50% align:middle How did it help campus? 11:54.880 --> 11:57.383 position:50% align:middle Is it raising money for food insecurity? 11:57.383 --> 12:00.052 position:50% align:middle Is it raising money for mental health? 12:00.052 --> 12:01.554 position:50% align:middle It's just it's just so much more. 12:01.554 --> 12:04.932 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] I think all of this speaks well for the growth of the students 12:04.932 --> 12:09.311 position:50% align:middle and seeing and looking for ways that they can impact their community 12:09.520 --> 12:12.857 position:50% align:middle that goes beyond IU and goes beyond it. 12:13.149 --> 12:16.652 position:50% align:middle It goes to, what do we do to support humanity? 12:21.407 --> 12:23.743 position:50% align:middle [Gina Murray Naas] Why do I coach? 12:23.743 --> 12:26.495 position:50% align:middle I want people 12:26.495 --> 12:30.416 position:50% align:middle to have the same opportunity to feel the joy 12:30.416 --> 12:33.669 position:50% align:middle and the challenge and the reward that I felt through riding. 12:33.961 --> 12:37.548 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] I get a lot out from just that, like mentorship element, you know, 12:37.548 --> 12:40.217 position:50% align:middle seeing the guys grow over four years. 12:40.217 --> 12:41.552 position:50% align:middle [Liz Lieberman Shoup] I get like goosebumps talking about it. 12:41.552 --> 12:45.723 position:50% align:middle Just because it was such a profound experience for me 12:45.723 --> 12:50.227 position:50% align:middle as a leader in both my personal and professional life. 12:50.227 --> 12:52.021 position:50% align:middle [Jason Fowler] Sometimes you're a big brother, 12:52.021 --> 12:55.941 position:50% align:middle sometimes you're the cool uncle, and sometimes you might be a stern parent. 12:56.317 --> 12:59.069 position:50% align:middle My focus is to help them get ready 12:59.069 --> 13:02.072 position:50% align:middle for what comes after college. 13:02.531 --> 13:06.577 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] As a coach, you know we want to win, just like the kids want to win. 13:06.577 --> 13:12.041 position:50% align:middle We watch the races to understand, you know, the different dynamics, the tactics. 13:12.041 --> 13:13.793 position:50% align:middle [Gina Murray Naas] I think it's gotten more scientific. 13:13.793 --> 13:18.547 position:50% align:middle People are really diving into numbers and stats and training more intentionally. 13:19.715 --> 13:20.341 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] The meeting 13:20.341 --> 13:23.594 position:50% align:middle before the race is really the final check off. 13:23.636 --> 13:26.639 position:50% align:middle All the hard work was done before that. 13:27.640 --> 13:31.685 position:50% align:middle [J T. Forbes] I basically just wanted to stop by briefly to honor your hard work 13:31.685 --> 13:34.688 position:50% align:middle this year and your place in this 74 13:34.897 --> 13:37.566 position:50% align:middle year legacy of competition. 13:37.566 --> 13:38.818 position:50% align:middle And it's really more than a race. 13:38.818 --> 13:43.364 position:50% align:middle It's a powerful story, and you're about to write yourselves into that story. 13:43.364 --> 13:46.116 position:50% align:middle Whether this is your first race or your last. 13:46.116 --> 13:50.412 position:50% align:middle [Liz Lieberman Shoup] There's a ton of strategy and a ton of thinking, 13:50.412 --> 13:53.457 position:50% align:middle training and intensity that goes into it. 13:53.707 --> 13:58.045 position:50% align:middle [J T. Forbes] All those moments of struggle, all those moments of joy, 13:58.254 --> 14:02.508 position:50% align:middle all those moments of camaraderie with one another come together on that day. 14:02.716 --> 14:06.262 position:50% align:middle [Bri Clark] You can be as fit as you want, but it's really about managing sort 14:06.262 --> 14:08.681 position:50% align:middle of the inevitable disasters that are going to happen. 14:08.681 --> 14:14.603 position:50% align:middle [J T. Forbes] You made yourself a part of a grand story, a race that gives 14:14.603 --> 14:19.233 position:50% align:middle this institution identity and students abundant pride in being part of this. 14:19.900 --> 14:22.862 position:50% align:middle Thank you. Good luck. Best wishes. 14:25.531 --> 14:28.534 position:50% align:middle And I'll see you on the podium. 14:28.534 --> 14:30.411 position:50% align:middle [music] 14:30.411 --> 14:33.622 position:50% align:middle [Emily Carrico] Some things that people don't understand about the race. 14:34.039 --> 14:37.042 position:50% align:middle There's a lot of logistics. 14:39.128 --> 14:41.463 position:50% align:middle [Matt Ewing] Students are doing everything you've got. 14:41.463 --> 14:44.925 position:50% align:middle The Director of the Student Foundation, an Assistant Director, 14:44.925 --> 14:47.386 position:50% align:middle and you've got the Little 5 Race Director. 14:47.386 --> 14:51.348 position:50% align:middle [Nate Cook] Steering Committee. It's kind of the team of student leaders who leads IUSF 14:51.348 --> 14:54.101 position:50% align:middle on the organizational side. 14:54.101 --> 14:56.228 position:50% align:middle [Aimie DeLeon] Gunning is for junior students 14:56.228 --> 14:59.940 position:50% align:middle who want to be a member of the Steering Committee their senior year. 14:59.940 --> 15:01.567 position:50% align:middle They help us put on events. 15:01.567 --> 15:04.236 position:50% align:middle They help with office hours. 15:04.528 --> 15:05.112 position:50% align:middle [Emily Carrico] Race week 15:05.112 --> 15:08.073 position:50% align:middle our riders are probably getting rest, 15:08.073 --> 15:13.120 position:50% align:middle whereas our gunners and volunteers spend a lot of that week 15:13.329 --> 15:18.042 position:50% align:middle prepping and getting the track ready just to transform for race day. 15:18.459 --> 15:22.630 position:50% align:middle You get this little calm before the storm and all of the students 15:22.630 --> 15:25.799 position:50% align:middle get to come up to the top of the press box. 15:25.799 --> 15:26.884 position:50% align:middle [announcer] Little 500 15:26.884 --> 15:28.510 position:50% align:middle It's just about to happen. 15:28.510 --> 15:30.346 position:50% align:middle You guys built this. 15:30.346 --> 15:31.388 position:50% align:middle You did it. 15:31.388 --> 15:35.476 position:50% align:middle And I want you guys to look and see all of the hard that you’ve done. 15:35.559 --> 15:37.102 position:50% align:middle And watch it come to life. 15:38.354 --> 15:41.357 position:50% align:middle [Emily Carrico] All of a sudden we flip the lights on. 15:41.357 --> 15:53.911 position:50% align:middle [music] 15:53.911 --> 15:55.412 position:50% align:middle And they can see 15:55.412 --> 15:58.415 position:50% align:middle all of Bill Armstrong Stadium and what they've set up. 15:59.917 --> 16:01.418 position:50% align:middle [Nate Cook] When those lights came on, 16:01.418 --> 16:05.255 position:50% align:middle it was it was wild to think that we had we were the ones that had done 16:05.255 --> 16:07.591 position:50% align:middle all of that. 16:07.591 --> 16:09.760 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] You're just so ingrained in this shared experience 16:09.760 --> 16:13.973 position:50% align:middle with this group of people to put on the Little 500. 16:14.765 --> 16:16.350 position:50% align:middle [Nate Cook] I can't believe we're done. 16:16.350 --> 16:19.478 position:50% align:middle Like, I can't believe that there's no more setting up. 16:19.478 --> 16:22.481 position:50% align:middle We'll be here tomorrow for the women's race. 16:23.357 --> 16:25.526 position:50% align:middle [student] Back home again. 16:25.526 --> 16:28.529 position:50% align:middle Back home again in Indiana. 16:28.821 --> 16:32.533 position:50% align:middle And it seems that I can see everyone join if you know 16:32.533 --> 16:34.576 position:50% align:middle [laughs softly] 16:34.576 --> 16:39.123 position:50% align:middle [group singing softly] That gleaming candlelight still shining bright 16:39.748 --> 16:44.211 position:50% align:middle Through the sycamores for me 16:44.378 --> 16:47.589 position:50% align:middle That new-mown hay sends 16:47.756 --> 16:50.759 position:50% align:middle all its fragrance 16:51.010 --> 16:55.681 position:50% align:middle From the fields I used to roam 16:56.432 --> 16:58.976 position:50% align:middle When I dream about 16:58.976 --> 17:02.104 position:50% align:middle the moonlight on the Wabash 17:03.147 --> 17:04.690 position:50% align:middle Then I long for 17:04.690 --> 17:08.193 position:50% align:middle my Indiana home. 17:08.861 --> 17:14.616 position:50% align:middle [group singing] Back home again in Indiana 17:15.242 --> 17:18.996 position:50% align:middle And it seems that I can see 17:18.996 --> 17:20.748 position:50% align:middle [crowd cheering loudly] 17:20.748 --> 17:22.541 position:50% align:middle [music playing] [women] the events lead up to the race. 17:22.541 --> 17:25.544 position:50% align:middle I appreciate and love that it's not changed. 17:27.004 --> 17:29.798 position:50% align:middle It's that warm, fuzzy feeling like, oh yeah, it's the same. 17:29.798 --> 17:32.801 position:50% align:middle It's great. 17:34.053 --> 17:36.346 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] It's like a ten out of ten as nervous energy. 17:36.346 --> 17:38.974 position:50% align:middle When that song comes on on race day. 17:38.974 --> 17:42.019 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] The desire to win this race is so strong. 17:42.394 --> 17:45.022 position:50% align:middle A lot of nerves, a lot of pressure. 17:45.022 --> 17:48.484 position:50% align:middle You have one chance, one opportunity to perform 17:49.151 --> 17:53.197 position:50% align:middle ["Back Home Again in Indiana" playing] 17:53.280 --> 17:55.449 position:50% align:middle This is the one that matters. This is the Super Bowl. 17:55.449 --> 17:57.659 position:50% align:middle This is the Indianapolis 500 17:57.659 --> 18:10.130 position:50% align:middle ["Back Home Again in Indiana" playing] [crowd cheering loudly] 18:10.130 --> 18:11.965 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] The green flag goes and from there 18:11.965 --> 18:12.800 position:50% align:middle We're off and racing. 18:13.801 --> 18:15.219 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] When you're on the track, the 18:15.219 --> 18:19.389 position:50% align:middle amount of concentration that it takes to stay focused, 18:19.598 --> 18:23.143 position:50% align:middle to understand how far you're off the person in front of you’s wheel. 18:23.143 --> 18:24.061 position:50% align:middle To know somebody who's 18:24.061 --> 18:27.981 position:50% align:middle just attacked you from behind, you have to constantly be aware. 18:28.398 --> 18:31.110 position:50% align:middle [Jason Fowler] You've got, you know, 32 other teams on there. 18:31.110 --> 18:33.987 position:50% align:middle You got people flying out for an exchange. 18:33.987 --> 18:35.864 position:50% align:middle You're trying to keep position. 18:35.864 --> 18:38.659 position:50% align:middle I mean, when you see an exchange, 18:38.659 --> 18:41.662 position:50% align:middle poetry in motion. 18:42.913 --> 18:45.207 position:50% align:middle Really requires a different level of teamwork 18:45.207 --> 18:48.335 position:50% align:middle to be in sync with that person that you're exchanging with. 18:49.002 --> 18:50.838 position:50% align:middle [Gina Murray Naas] I find the exchange, nerve-wracking. 18:50.838 --> 18:54.174 position:50% align:middle It's this like moment where things could go wrong. 18:54.174 --> 18:55.300 position:50% align:middle Like very easily. 18:55.300 --> 18:59.012 position:50% align:middle [offscreen announcer] They are exchanging, however. Oh, and down they went. 18:59.012 --> 19:01.515 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] You have to be really focused 19:01.515 --> 19:06.019 position:50% align:middle to stay at the front of the race where there's less chances for things to happen. 19:06.019 --> 19:14.528 position:50% align:middle [music] 19:14.528 --> 19:15.237 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] It's so 19:15.237 --> 19:19.032 position:50% align:middle exciting to see 3 or 4 teams getting the white flag. 19:19.449 --> 19:22.452 position:50% align:middle That last lap is spectacular. 19:22.953 --> 19:25.956 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] Final lap is chaos. 19:26.707 --> 19:29.710 position:50% align:middle And it goes by really fast. 19:29.710 --> 19:31.753 position:50% align:middle [offscreen announcer] White flag, one lap remaining. 19:31.753 --> 19:34.673 position:50% align:middle Here comes the sprint. 19:34.673 --> 19:39.219 position:50% align:middle [Brian Gavette] And if you aren’t ready for it before the final lap. If you haven't 19:39.219 --> 19:43.891 position:50% align:middle positioned and been ready for it, you can't win this race. 19:43.891 --> 19:46.935 position:50% align:middle [announcer offscreen] Can he hold them off? Now they come side by side. 19:47.186 --> 19:49.730 position:50% align:middle What an incredible finish. 19:49.730 --> 19:52.399 position:50% align:middle Okay, here comes the move to the outside. 19:52.399 --> 19:54.735 position:50% align:middle It is the green of Kappa Kappa Gamma. 19:54.735 --> 19:56.612 position:50% align:middle He’s taking it on the inside 19:56.612 --> 19:59.072 position:50% align:middle It's the Cutter. It’s Adam Giles. He's got it. 19:59.072 --> 20:00.782 position:50% align:middle It's there. 20:00.782 --> 20:03.785 position:50% align:middle [Fred Rose] There's no undeserving teams that get on that podium in the end. 20:04.995 --> 20:07.831 position:50% align:middle Everybody that has found a way has earned it. 20:09.625 --> 20:10.500 position:50% align:middle There's commitment. 20:10.500 --> 20:12.878 position:50% align:middle There's obsession. 20:12.878 --> 20:14.630 position:50% align:middle You're committed to this one goal. 20:14.630 --> 20:16.173 position:50% align:middle You have one crack at it. 20:16.173 --> 20:19.426 position:50% align:middle You know that statistically speaking, the odds are 20:19.426 --> 20:22.429 position:50% align:middle you're going to come away empty handed. 20:22.596 --> 20:26.516 position:50% align:middle But you have to lay it all on the line for the chance to make it yours. 20:27.392 --> 20:31.063 position:50% align:middle [Gina Murray Naas] You also take away other victories even if you don't win the race. 20:31.063 --> 20:34.566 position:50% align:middle I mean, there's a lot you pull away from, from riding, from training. 20:34.566 --> 20:37.569 position:50% align:middle Those are all great victories that aren't just the race. 20:40.822 --> 20:41.448 position:50% align:middle [Liz Lieberman Shoup] Oh my gosh. 20:41.448 --> 20:43.033 position:50% align:middle Well, I wouldn't be married to my husband. 20:43.033 --> 20:45.035 position:50% align:middle I wouldn't have the close friends that I have. 20:45.035 --> 20:49.873 position:50% align:middle I probably wouldn't have raced triathlon as seriously as I did after college. 20:49.873 --> 20:50.165 position:50% align:middle I like 20:50.165 --> 20:51.875 position:50% align:middle I honestly don't even want to think about it 20:51.875 --> 20:54.753 position:50% align:middle because it means like all these amazing things that Little 5 20:54.753 --> 20:57.005 position:50% align:middle led me to like, wouldn't be part of my life. 21:00.759 --> 21:02.135 position:50% align:middle [Jordan Bailey] I learned so much about 21:02.135 --> 21:05.347 position:50% align:middle myself from a leadership perspective, from a time management perspective. 21:05.347 --> 21:07.516 position:50% align:middle And you just, like, grow so much as an individual 21:07.516 --> 21:10.519 position:50% align:middle into like a positive and good human being. 21:11.853 --> 21:13.689 position:50% align:middle [Bri Clark] Something bigger than just now, 21:13.689 --> 21:16.650 position:50% align:middle those 100 laps on the track. 21:17.734 --> 21:19.361 position:50% align:middle [Curt Simic] I think the Little 500 21:19.361 --> 21:22.698 position:50% align:middle harnesses energy and imagination. 21:22.698 --> 21:27.160 position:50% align:middle And if you can do that and engage people 21:27.244 --> 21:30.247 position:50% align:middle in a way that they feel that they can make a contribution, 21:31.623 --> 21:33.458 position:50% align:middle that's what the Little 500 does. 21:33.458 --> 21:34.626 position:50% align:middle And that's the message. 21:34.626 --> 21:36.628 position:50% align:middle It's not that you're a good rider. 21:36.628 --> 21:38.672 position:50% align:middle It's that you're a part of something 21:38.672 --> 21:42.009 position:50% align:middle that builds our society in a positive direction. 21:42.175 --> 21:44.136 position:50% align:middle People would listen to this and say, oh, 21:44.136 --> 21:46.054 position:50% align:middle you know, this guy is just emotionally involved. 21:46.054 --> 21:46.596 position:50% align:middle It's true. 21:46.596 --> 21:48.056 position:50% align:middle That would certainly be true. 21:48.056 --> 21:50.684 position:50% align:middle But I see it. I see it every single day. 22:02.946 --> 22:05.490 position:50% align:middle [interviewer] Can you tell me your name and who you rode for back in the day? 22:05.490 --> 22:12.331 position:50% align:middle [Jean Hinden Lang] Jean Hinden Lang, South Cottage Grove in 1955. There were 19,000 22:12.664 --> 22:15.876 position:50% align:middle in the old Memorial Stadium, 22:16.418 --> 22:20.047 position:50% align:middle and it cost you $1 to get in. 22:21.548 --> 22:24.217 position:50% align:middle So I think it's changed a little bit. 22:24.217 --> 22:25.093 position:50% align:middle They didn't charge me anything 22:25.093 --> 22:28.096 position:50% align:middle for today. 22:28.555 --> 22:32.267 position:50% align:middle [Women] I graduated in 1975, went to the races, 22:32.267 --> 22:35.270 position:50% align:middle then this is the first time I've been back for a race. 22:35.395 --> 22:36.938 position:50% align:middle Everything is the same. 22:36.938 --> 22:39.900 position:50% align:middle Enjoying stromboli at Mother Bear's. 22:40.025 --> 22:44.488 position:50% align:middle It's just I'm flooded with memories being back here again. 22:44.488 --> 22:47.783 position:50% align:middle [interviewer] Why do you think this is such a tradition that stuck around over the years? 22:48.200 --> 22:51.161 position:50% align:middle [man] Uh oh Golly. 22:51.370 --> 22:52.788 position:50% align:middle I think it's because 22:52.788 --> 22:56.416 position:50% align:middle the students that get involved have so much fun 22:56.833 --> 23:00.629 position:50% align:middle and they share that fun with the next year’s students and the next year’s. 23:00.796 --> 23:02.672 position:50% align:middle And it's a continuous cycle. 23:02.672 --> 23:04.716 position:50% align:middle It's the greatest racing in the world. 23:04.716 --> 23:09.429 position:50% align:middle I don't care if it's auto, trucks, motorcycles, nothing beats this. 23:09.805 --> 23:11.098 position:50% align:middle It's a great race, 23:12.057 --> 23:13.141 position:50% align:middle a great race.