Ah yes, it's May. The flowers are blooming in Indianapolis by the thousands, as will thousands of race fans attending the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.  The familiar names will be on hand, Andretti, Foyt, Castroneves, Penske, Ganassi, and the list goes on. There are plenty of Rookies in this years race, four women have made the field,(GO PIPPA!), and a host of former race winners and veterans alike. Bruno Junqueira, driving for four time winner A.J.Foyt, qualified very respectably on Saturday to secure his spot in this years race. Andretti driver Ryan Hunter- Reay was bumped out by his teammate Marco Andretti just as qualifying ended on Sunday. You felt bad for RHR but thats racing. But then came Monday. With a huge checkbook in hand, Michael Andretti approached Foyt with the intention of buying Junqueira's car and spot in the race for Hunter Reay. I don't know how much was offered, I would imagine it was more than 33rd place money, (maybe the Andrettis threw in some Wine from their California vineyards.) OK let me get this right. You are driving for the most iconic figure in Indy 500 history(Foyt), who is also the pace car driver for this years race. You qualify on the first day, which for the Foyt cars has been few a far between in the last few 500's. So Sunday, instead of worrying about trying to bump your way in, you can relax. You know your in the biggest race on the planet, and will be at the awards banquet the following Monday to collect your paycheck of well over one hundred thousand large. You wake up Monday

and are told you've been bumped out of the race?!?, but how, I was in, you seen it, it was a great run. Look, I'm even shown in the Star newspaper, that;s my picture, me, Bruno, in row 7, what the heck is going on?!? Unfortunately for Bruno

he doesn't have a couple hundred thousand smakers and 16 cases of wine laying around. So now Foyt is richer, Junqueira is poorer and back home in Florida, Andretti has another car in the show, and Hunter-Reay is now in the greatest spectacle in racing thanks to a rule that doesn't exist but should have been put in place years ago. This decision has become a bad taste in the mouth of Indy fans. Have you ever seen Rick Hendrick buy a spot for Jeff Gordon, or Jimmie Johnson? NO, because they do what good teams are supposed to do, QUALIFY.... If you don't qualify for Daytona, you pack up and go home, knowing that you gave it your best shot.  And besides, this would never happen in NASCAR, they have morals.This is wrong, it's wrong for the integrity of the 500, it's wrong for Junqueira, it's wrong for the sport of Auto Racing. Buying your way into a race, and not just any race, it's like Paris Hilton buying her way in the American Idol top ten. So you see, money can buy virtually everything even a spot in the Indianapolis 500.