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Sweet Helicopters Keeps Indianapolis 500 Fans Moving
By: Matt Thurber
Caption: Traffic jams make it worthwhile for people to fly on short helicopter charter flights
Word Count: 206
During the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, Sweet Helicopters once again offered short-hop charter flights to move people to and from the brickyard to avoid traffic jams. The flights numbered 500 this year, up from 450 last year. Sweet Helicopters is the official helicopter service provider for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
“After watching the high-speed, adrenaline-pumping action of the big race, it can be frustrating for fans to then find themselves stuck behind the wheel of their own vehicle sandwiched into bumper-to-bumper traffic,” said director of business development Bob Bailey. “Sweet Helicopters charter flights help erase those headaches.”
In addition to flying Indy racecar fans, Sweet Helicopters helped driver Kyle Larson make a quick getaway from outside the Speedway to jump on his jet for a flight to North Carolina to drive in the Coca-Cola 600 Nascar race, thus achieving the “Memorial Day weekend double.”
“We’re always looking for ways to make charter flights more convenient and more accessible for both race fans and race team executives,” said Sweet Helicopters v-p of aviation Tim Edmonds. “That hard work and professionalism was on full display on Sunday, as safety always remained paramount.”