EARLY
EARLY ON
EARLY ON LIVE FROM . YOU'RE WATCHING 13 MINUTES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ONE HUNDRED FOUR
YEARS. WE WON'T HEAR THE ROAR
OF THE CROWD FOR THE GREATEST
SPECTACLE IN RACING AS COLBERT
19 CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE.
ISIS IS NOW SCRAPPING PLANS TO
LET ANY FANS INTO THE TRACK TO
WATCH THE INDY 500. SO WHEN THE
GREEN FLAG DROPS ON AUGUST 20
3RD, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE
WATCHING FROM A DISTANCE. SO
LET'S DIG INTO TONIGHT'S BIG
STORY. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU
THINK ABOUT THIS. DID IMF MAKE
THE RIGHT DECISION GO TO WTA
CHA DOT COM SLASH VOTE. RIGHT
NOW WE WANT YOU TO WEIGH IN.
WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING THOSE
RESULTS IN REAL TIME TONIGHT.
OUR EMILY LONGNECKER SHARES HOW
LOSERS ARE HANDLING THIS SUDDEN
CHANGE TO DECADES OF TRACK
TRADITIONS. I'M DEVASTATED
HOLDS MORE THAN A LITTLE
EMOTIONAL KNOWING HE WON'T BE
AT THE INDY 500 THIS YEAR. IT'S
A KICK IN THE GUT. THAT'S HOW I
FEEL. HALL LEARNED TUESDAY THE
HUNDRED AND FORTH RUNNING
OF THE RACE WOULD STILL GO ON.
BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
WITHOUT FANS LIKE HALL IN THE
STANDS IT'LL BE A HOLLOW 500
FOR ME. BUT WHAT YOU GONNA DO?
THAT'S BECAUSE HALL'S BEEN
GOING TO THE GREAT AMERICAN
RACE EVERY YEAR SINCE HE WAS
JUST FIVE YEARS OLD. I'M WITH
MY MOM DAD ROGER WARD AND JIM
RATHMANN AND BEEN HOOKED EVER
SINCE. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN
HALL'S SIXTY FIRST RACE FOR
THIS HUSBAND AND FATHER THOUGH
IT'S MORE THAN JUST A RACE.
IT'S A FAMILY TRADITION, A WAY
OF LIFE IN INDIANA. THE FANS
ARE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THE
INDY 500 AS THE INDY 500 IS FOR
THE FANS. TUESDAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM IMF CAME
AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS
OF PLANNING TRYING TO KEEP FANS
SAFE DESPITE KOLB AT 19 EARLY
PLANS HAD THE STANDS FILLED AT
ONLY 50 PERCENT CAPACITY THEN
25 PERCENT CAPACITY. NOW ZERO
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE BIG FANS. WE
THINK PROBABLY NO FANS IN
STANDS HIS BEST FOR AMY
SCHROEDER AND HIS 14 YEAR OLD
SON JACKSON. THE IS A FAMILY
TRADITION TOO. THEY'VE BEEN
GOING EVERY YEAR SINCE JACKSON
WAS 6. SAVING THE MEMENTOS AND
SAVORING THE FATHER SON
MEMORIES. SOME PEOPLE FIND IT
ANNOYING LIKE TIRES, GAS AND
BEER BUT IT'S NOT THE OTHER
SMELL PRETTY GOOD. THIS YEAR
FATHER AND SON WILL BE WATCHING
FROM THEIR LIVING WILL HANG THE
CHECKERED FLAG UP AROUND THE
HOUSE LIKE WE ALWAYS DO IN MAY
AND WE'LL SETTLE IN. WHAT ELSE
CAN FANS LIKE THE SCHROEDERS
AND JOE HALL DO BUT SHARE
FROM THEIR LIVING ROOMS THIS
YEAR AND HOPE FOR A BETTER
SCENARIO NEXT YEAR WILL SURVIVE
IT AND COME BACK AND BE
STRONGER REMEMBER COME 2021.
WELL FANS ARE CERTAINLY NOT THE
ONLY ONES DISAPPOINTED BY THIS
CHANGE IN PLANS WE'VE SEEN
DRIVERS, SPEEDWAY BUSINESS
OWNERS, EVEN IMF PRESIDENT DOUG
BOLES UPSET TO SEE RACEDAY
WITHOUT A SINGLE PERSON IN THE
STANDS THOUGH DISAPPOINTED THAT
WE CAN'T HAVE FANS TO SEE THE
SPEEDWAY. I'M GLAD THAT THEY'LL
BE ABLE TO SEE IT LIVE ON TV
AND HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY THEY'LL
AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SEE SOME
OF WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT ME TO
GET BACK INTO MAY 21. YOU COULD
JUST HEAR IT IN DOUG'S VOICE
TONIGHT. THE SPECTATOR BAN ALSO
EXTENDS ALL OF THE PRACTICES
AND THE QUALIFICATIONS. NOW IF
YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR TICKET TO
ANY OF THE 500 EVENTS, YOU WILL
GET A CREDIT FOR NEW ONES NEXT
YEAR. NOW THIS DECISION IS A
DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR BUSINESSES
AND SPEEDWAY. LAST MONTH,
OF COURSE, THE BRICKYARD RAN
WITHOUT FANS. BUT HERE'S THE
SILVER LINING. FANS CAN STILL
COME TO THE SPEEDWAY AUG. 20
3RD AND WATCH THE RACE LIVE ON
WTA YA. IT'S SUCH AN ICONIC
EVENT FOR THE TOWN, FOR THE
AREA, FOR THE TRACK THEMSELVES.
I'M JUST GLAD THEY'RE GOING TO
RUN I'M GOING TO RUN THE RACE
FOR THE RACE FANS AND FOR US.
SO WITH THE BLACKOUT LIFTED
THIS YEAR, MAKE SURE THAT YOU
TUNE IN TO 30 ON RACEDAY. THAT
WAY YOU CAN ENJOY ALL THE
ACTION IN REAL TIME. SO TONIGHT
LET'S GIVE YOU A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE NUMBERS DRIVING ALL THESE
CHANGES TO EVENTS ACROSS
INDIANA RIGHT NOW. AS YOU SEE
WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO
70000 POSITIVE CASES STATEWIDE
.BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A
CLOSER LOOK TONIGHT AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I
AMASS SCHOOLS AND OTHER BIG
EVENTS. TAKE A LOOK AT WHEN
THEY MAKE THEIR DECISIONS. NOW
THAT REGION HERE SAW TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE POSITIVE
CASES YESTERDAY. THAT
REPRESENTS ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL
THE NEW CASES FOR THE STATE
OF INDIANA. NOW WHEN WE ADD IN
THE SEVEN DAY AVERAGE WHICH IS
THIS DOTTED LINE YOU SEE WE
WERE STARTING TO RISE A LITTLE
BIT. BUT OVER THE LAST WEEK.
LOOK WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WE
WERE STARTING TO LEVEL OFF A
LITTLE BIT NOW EXPERTS AT THE
REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE TELL US
THIS AREA IS SEEING AN OVERALL
DECREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF POSITIVE CASES. BUT LET ME
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONTEXT. LAST WEEK WE SAW AN
AVERAGE OF TWO HUNDRED FORTY
FIVE NEW CASES PER DAY. YOU'VE
GOT TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE EARLY PART OF MAY TO FIND A
NUMBER THAT HIGH. AND IF YOU
CHECK BACK ON MAY 24TH, WHICH
WAS THE ORIGINAL DATE OF THE
INDY 500, THE AVERAGE THAT DAY
WAS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE NEW
CASES. SO LOOK AT THE BIG JUMP
THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN AUGUST.
SO THE BIG QUESTION TONIGHT
WILL WE START SEEING ANOTHER
DROP AND HOW SOON WILL THAT
HAPPEN? SO WE ASKED YOU TO
WEIGH IN ON WHETHER YOU THINK I
AM S