I had sort of been dreading this race because I knew it would be hot…but…did I ever get lucky!!! Brian and I decided to leave after work on 07/02/2015 and drive for a couple of hours just to get a little ahead of it, so we left at 7:45pm and drove to Merrillville, Indiana and stayed in a REALLY NICE Marriott extended stay. It was a suite and Starbucks was just around the corner. We didn’t leave to get on the rode as early as I wanted but we hauled ass and somehow made it to