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>>> ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
IN HONOR OF THE BIG RACE, OUR
ELECTION GURU IS SWITCHING
GEARS.
HERE HE IS.
NBC NEWS POLITICAL
CORRESPONDENT, THE WHEEL DEAL,
STEVE KORNACKI IS WITH US FOR A
SPECIAL INDY 500.
>> WHAT A GREAT TRADITION THERE.
I GUESS THE WEATHER WILL BE A
LITTLE BETTER ON SUNDAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIG RACE.
>> LOOKS MUCH BETTER.
33 DRIVERS.
WHO ARE PEOPLE BETTING ON THIS
WEEKEND?
>> LETS TAKE A LOOK.
33-DRIVER FIELD, AS YOU SAY.
THE TOP BETTING CHOICES.
YOU HEARD DANICA TALKING ABOUT
SCOTT DIXON.
SHE SAYS SHE IS BULLISH ON HIM.
THE PUBLISH IS, TOO.
HE IS THE FAVORITE HEADING INTO
THIS RACE.
THE THING ABOUT SCOTT DIXON, I
THINK ACROSS THE INDYCAR SERIES,
NOT NECESSARILY THE INDIANAPOLIS
500 ITSELF, BUT ACROSS THE WHOLE
RACING SERIES, HES BEEN
DOMINANT, WINNING THE SERIES
TITLE SIX TIMES.
HES ONLY WON THE INDIANAPOLIS
500 ONCE THOUGH BACK IN 2008.
AGAIN, A LOT OF PEOPLE BULLISH
ON HIS CHANCES IN THIS RACE.
THE SECOND CHOICE HERE, COLTON
HERTA, ONLY HAD HIS DRIVERS
LICENSE A FEW YEARS.
DANICA WAS ELUDING TO THIS, IN
THE ENTIRE FIELD, YOURE SEEING
THE TOP BETTING CHOICES HERE IN
THIS ENTIRE FIELD OF 33, THERE
ARE NINE FORMER INDIANAPOLIS 500
CHAMPIONS.
THAT IS THE MOST FORMER
CHAMPIONS IN ONE RACE GOING BACK
THREE DECADES.
IN FACT, SATO, WHO WON THIS RACE
LAST YEAR, LOOK, HES 20-1.
YOU DONT EVEN SEE HIS NAME
HERE.
THIS IS A DEEP FIELD.
>> ANOTHER FUN BET, WHAT TYPE OF
CAR WILL WIN.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN?
>> THE GREAT RIVALRY HERE ON THE
CAR, ON THE ENGINE.
HONDA VERSUS CHEVY HERE.
IF YOURE LOOKING AT THE ODDS,
WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS,
THE BETTING ODDS ON THIS FAVOR
HONDA.
ONE OF THE SIMPLEST SEASONS,
SCOTT DIXON, THE FAVORITE TO WIN
THE RACE, HONDA.
ALSO, 9 OF THE TOP 12 QUALIFYING
TIMES FOR THIS RACE WERE WITH
HONDA ENGINES.
THERES A LITTLE EDGE THERE FOR
HONDA IN THAT BIG RIVALRY.
>> STEVE, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE
WHO HAS BEEN TO THAT TRACK A FEW
TIMES, ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO
EXPLAIN TO FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT
BEEN HOW MASSIVE IT IS.
HOW DOES THE BRICK YARD COMPARE
TO SOME OTHER FAMOUS LANDMARKS?
>> LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
HERE YOU GO.
AERIAL VIEW HERE, HOW BIG?
2.5 MILES AROUND.
THIS MEANS THIS INFIELD SPACE IN
HERE IS JUST MORE THAN 250
ACRES.
LETS PUT THAT IN SOME
PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT COULD YOU FIT IN THE
INFIELD?
HEY, LOOK, YOU COULD RUN THE
KENTUCKY DERBY, FIT 100,000
PEOPLE FOR CHURCHILL DOWNS RIGHT
THERE.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> AND YOUD HAVE ROOM FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> REALLY?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> MOVE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
THERE IF YOU WANT.
YANKEE STADIUM.
>> NO WAY.
>> IT COULD FIT IN THERE.
THE ROSE BOWL SITS 100,000
PEOPLE.
>> SERIOUSLY?
>> YEAH.
>> JUST A CORNER THERE.
LIBERTY ISLAND YOU COULD FIT
THERE.
ONLY HALFWAY THERE.
LOOK AT THIS.
THE TAJ MAHAL YOU COULD FIT IN
THERE.
THE ROMAN COLISEUM.
HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?
AN ENTIRE COUNTRY, VATICAN CITY.
>> WHAT?
>> I HAD NO IDEA.
>> IT IS MASSIVE.
>> DID YOU KNOW THAT?
>> KUDOS TO THE GRAPHICS GURU
WHO PUT THAT TOGETHER, STEVE.
>> I LIKE THIS ONE.
>> IM ONLY USED TO THE HORSE
RACES IN PERSON, BUT --
>> FASTER AND FARTHER.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE TROPHY, CAN
ANY OF THOSE PLACES FIT IN THE
TROPHY?
>> LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE
TROPHY.
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY, THIS IS
A GIANT.
$3.5 MILLION.
IT IS ALMOST 5 1/2 FEET TALL,
WEIGHS MORE THAN 100 POUNDS.
HERES ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
THIS IS THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY.
THIS GOES TO THE WINNER OF THE
INDIANAPOLIS 500.
YOU COULD STACK THREE VINCE
LOMBARDI TROPHIES, FOR THE SUPER
BOWL, STACK THREE OF THEM.
THATS THE HEIGHT OF THIS THING.
I DONT THINK THAT DOES JUSTICE
TO THE SIZE OF THIS TROPHY.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
DYLAN.
>> DYLAN DREYER.
>> IT IS A DYLAN DREYER.
>> IS IT THAT TALL?
>> OR HOW ABOUT THIS, SHEINELLE.
>> ITS A SHEINELLE.
>> TALLER.
>> LIKE TWO OF THESE.
>> THATS HILARIOUS.
>> THATS AWESOME.
>> HEY, YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE
TALLER THAN SHEINELLE.
YOURE NOT THAT MUCH BIGGER THAN
SHEINELLE.
>> MAYBE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU?
>> 411".
>> OH, MAYBE YOU ARE.
>> IM 54".
>> 55" FOR THE BORG-WARNER
TROPHY.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE.
>> YOU GOT IT.
>> AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN CATCH THE
105th RUNNING OF THE
INDIANAPOLIS 500 SUNDAY AT 11:00
A.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON NBC.
AND WHILE YOURE WATCHING THE
RACE THIS WEEKEND, HERES
SOMETHING THATS REALLY COOL.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, A WOMAN IS
PRODUCING THE EVENT.
IN FACT, THERE ARE SIX LEAD
FEMALE PRODUCERS FOR MANY OF THE
BIG EVENTS DURING NBC SPORTS
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON.
INCLUDING THE OLYMPICS, U.S.