Photograph of the Excite 500 race held at Texas Motor Speedway on October 15, 2000. Seven cars speed along a curve, one yellow and one green car leading the race while a red car lags behind the group. A short white wall across the road, towards the top of the photo, has the text "Cup Series", "4 Texas Texas 4", and "Max" painted on it. According to a label on the back of the photograph, Greg Ray drives the green car at the front of the group, his vehicle labelled #1 and speeding ahead of 26 other vehicles. The label also details the end of the race as Ray would face electrical problems after this photo was taken, resulting in Scott Goodyear winning the race.

Photograph of Greg Ray exiting his car after experiencing electrical problems at the Excite 500 race held Texas Motor Speedway. Ray is dressed in green pants, black and brown gloves, and a helmet and jacket that are both red and white with numerous logos on them. Ray's car similarly has many logos on it, though is mostly green in color. A man stands at the front of the car with a camera pointed at Ray while a second man with a radio on his belt examines one of the vehicle's back wheels. Two people in black, logo-decorated uniforms and headsets stands at the back of Ray's car to examine the spoiler. Two people in blue uniforms stand next to a different car farther behind Ray's. The background beyond the cars contains a swath of grass with an image painted on it, an empty road, and stadium stands that are mostly empty.

Photograph of Greg Ray posing with a helmet at the Excite 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series race held at Texas Motor Speedway on October 15, 2000. Ray's helmet is black with waving Texas flag and the Excite 500 logo on its side. Ray himself wears a green and yellow ballcap that says "Conseco Team" and "Menard". He also wears a white jumpsuit with yellow, orange, and red striped waist and a variety of logos on it including "Menards", "Conseco" and "Quaker State". Behind Ray is a green object with the Indy Racing Northern Lights Series logo on it and a red and white wall with the Texas Motor Speedway name and logo at its top.

Photograph of Jeret Schroeder (#6) and Sarah Fisher (#15) crossing the finish line at the Excite 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series race held at Texas Motor Speedway. Schroeder's white, red, and blue car pulls slightly ahead of Fisher's blue and white car as they speed past a man waving a green flag from atop an elevated box, its side adorned by the Excite 500 logo. The man has short dark hair and wears a wired earpiece, glasses, and a black short-sleeved shirt. Before and after the finish line on the road below is "Texas" in white text with the Texas Motor Speedway logo at either end of the word. To the left of the road is an extensive line of bleachers that crowds of people occupy, a tall metal fence separating them from the road, while to the right is a swath of grass.

Photograph of Scott Goodyear celebrating his win at the Excite 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series race held at Texas Motor Speedway on October 15, 2000. He is dressed in a black ballcap and a black and yellow jumpsuit with the Pennzoil logo on it. Goodyear looks up as he lifts his trophy above his head, an object with the Texas Motor Speedway name and logo on its base along with the text "Winner October 15, 2000". On top of the trophy's base is a silver checkered flag and a triangle of glass with the Excite 500 logo on it in white, above which is a silver star with the Texas Motor Speedway logo on it in white. Behind Goodyear is a crowd of people dressed similarly to Goodyear except for a blonde woman in white and a young blonde girl in blue at the front of the crowd. Behind the crowd is a wall with logos on it, including the Texas Motor Speedway's.

Photograph of the United States and Texas State flags being unfurled during a performance of the national anthem at the Excite 500 race held at Texas Motor Speedway. Groups of people hold open the large flags while cameramen stand nearby. The flags are held near the start-finish line of the racing circuit where a stage has been set up. In front of the stage stand four people in navy uniforms, one holding a blue flag on a tilted pole while another holds an American flag on an upright pole. On the stage is a mascot and a person with their arms raised, to the left of which is a white pyramid that four people stand on. The label on the back of the photograph identifies these four people as the Dallas-based recording artists Sons of Harmony who are performing the national anthem. White walls at the back of the stage are decorated with the Texas Motor Speedway name and logos as well as the logos of the Excite 500 and the Indy Racing Northern Light Series. Crowds stand next to both ends of the stage while other people stand on the swath of grass behind the stage. Smoke billows from …

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