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Finally, Roger Penske gets first 'real' Indianapolis 500 as the man in charge

INDIANAPOLIS -- Dear smart watch and pedometer manufacturers: I don't want to tell you how to run your business, but you're missing out on a sponsorship opportunity during Sunday's Indianapolis 500. And I don't mean slapping a sticker on any of the 33 race cars that will be roaring down the frontstretch at 230 mph.

Your products should be riding along at a much slower pace, on the wrist and counting the steps of the distinguished, starched-shirted gentleman who can be spotted endlessly walking the grandstands that surround that straightaway ... and every level of the 13-story pagoda that towers above it .