Through My Eyes: I-500 Snowmobile Racer

We take you to the I-500 and give you a look at what it's like to be one of the driver teams in the fastest snowmobile race on the planet in this week's Through My Eyes.

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Through The Eyes of a Snowmobile Racer

For this week's Through My Eyes, we take you back to the I-500 and into the pits of the 32 team of Piche Racing.

Chief photojournalist Corey Adkins gives you a breath taking look of what it's like to be one of the driver teams in the fastest snowmobile race on the planet.

"You get butterflies in your stomach a little bit," said Larry Young, #32 Piche Racing. "Once the flag actually drops, everything just goes away and you just concentrate on racing."

"The best thing you can have going for you is a sled with a lot of horse power, which we do, Felegy built a great motor for us, and Duane Piche did great building a sled skies," explained Bryan Ball, #32 Piche Racing.

"It's way harder than it looks from up on the hill. Enjoy it. Take it in, it's something for sure."

Let's go out there and see what we can do, and see if we can turn this into a win," said Ball.

"When you're all grouped up and you go into the flag stand and you see the guy shaking the green flag, right there it's pretty intense. And when they drop the green, the shot of adrenaline you had goes away and it's just like you're headed to work."

Young says, "you don't really realize how fast you're going when you go into the corner."

"It sounds crazy, but once you get used to it, it doesn't seem that fast anymore," said Ball. "It is the fastest the fastest snowmobile race in the world. When you come into the corners, you realize you're going 100 at the time."

"The snow dust will get you, too. Trying to concentrate when it's hard to see, it's mentally challenging," Young explains.

"Very tough to see and know where to let off. You just hope that someone isn't broke down in front of you because you can't see them. You're kinda driving blind a lot."

"You just have to stay focused and try not to mess up, and if you're doing good, you keep doing what you're doing."

And though the I-500 was called that day at 282 laps due to weather, the 32 team of Piche Racing took a very impressive 5th. The Christian Brothers 15 sled won the race.