40-year, decorated vet returns to I-500 to start the race
Retired after 40 years of service with the US Army, Larry Chase is decorated with 18 medals and ribbons to include six Bronze Stars, one V for Valor, one Purple Heart, and one Air Medal.
"I started racing here in 1977, and ran with long-time I-500 starter Roger Britt," Chase said, wearing his Team Highland Racing jacket with pride. "I was both active and reserve," he said. "I was active from 81 to 84, and activated to Panama, Operation Desert Storm, Granada, and Somalia." "Being there is kind of like being here," he said, gazing at the one-mile oval ice track. "When that green flag drops, the BS stops.""I was activated to Iraq," he saidHis mother, Connie Chase, had already lost her eldest son, Gary, to the Vietnam War.
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