Jake Query recently had the opportunity to visit Marcus Ericsson’s residence in Indianapolis to explore firsthand why the talented racer has chosen to make the city his home.

During the visit, Query engaged Ericsson in a conversation about his affinity for racing and how Indianapolis plays a pivotal role in his career and personal life.

Additionally, the discussion touched upon Ericsson’s relationship with his wife and his upbringing, offering a glimpse into the Swedish driver’s life beyond the race track.

This intimate encounter provided Query with valuable insights into Ericsson’s connection to Indianapolis, his passion for racing, and the importance of family in his journey as a professional driver.

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As recipients and supporters of traditional tax benefits continue to suffer, a few of the city’s influencers once again attempt to take control of tax revenue needed by all.

Most believe that the traditional use of tax revenue benefits, such as aiding the underserved and supporting public education, city services and infrastructure, are the aims that benefit the general wellbeing of most Indianapolis citizens.

The elite’s use of funding to orchestrate professional soccer financing is the newest and most outrageous tax money diversion yet. We should not continue to ignore our city’s many current problems to again finance the already wealthy. The tired, old and untrue argument that “it ultimately benefits the city” has been shown to be untrue, but it nevertheless continues.

As the media follows dutifully along, there is precious little opportunity for those who are busy trying to both keep up with inflation and continue attempting pay taxes to seriously rebut the idea. Let’s discuss, investigate and act before another financing fiasco occurs. This is a horrible and corrupt idea.

Michael Welsh lives in Indianapolis.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis International Airport got into the racing spirit Wednesday ahead of the Indianapolis 500.

Airport and Indianapolis Motor Speedway leaders unveiled a new sculpture named The Big Spill. It shows a race car alongside the iconic Indy 500 milk bottle.

Here’s the history: In 1936, after Louis Meyer won his third Indianapolis 500, he took a chug of buttermilk when he parked his car at Victory Circle. The tradition stuck after a dairy industry executive saw Meyer on a news reel at a movie theater and requested milk be made available to all Indy 500 winners.

The president of the speedway wants everyone excited about the Month of May. Doug Boles said, “And we couldn’t be prouder to be apart of this community and this state. We look at things through two lenses at the speedway. How do we make the speedway successful, but, maybe on a broader scale and more important, how do the decisions we make at the Indianapolis Motor speedwaySmake our community proud, make our state proud, make our community better and our state better? Partnerships like the one with the airport certainly prove we can do that together.

Practice for this year’s Indy 500 will get underway May 14. Race day will be May 26.

This story was created in part from a script aired on WISH-TV.