IPL Parade and a Story Behind the Floats......

The second to last post on the 500, and the month of May in Indianapolis. Saturday was the IPL 500 Festival Parade. Over 300,000 people turn out to see the parade. Below is a photo of Kelli Pickler singing before the parade. The car directly behind her was the car that won the first race in 1911.

I know many of you may say, how does a parade have a sports tie in , since this is the SmartTurf blog? Well, an interesting story behind the next set of photos. When the Colts won the Super Bowl in February 2007, they had to have a parade, right? So, where did they turn for floats? See if you can see a tie in here.

The 500 Festival Princesses and a number of the Colts........

REO Speedwagon and the float that carried these well known figures......

To learn more about the 500 Festival Parade, click HERE.

To learn more about REO Speedwagon, click HERE.

Go to j-dturf.com to learn more about J&D Turf.

Look for a race post later today or tomorrow, then back to sports turf later this week.

Play on!
--Jamie