Tom Brady Faces Criticism at Indy 500

While Tom Brady was understandably excited about attending the Indy 500, that doesn’t mean fans were excited to see him.

Brady was announced at the annual racing event on Sunday, May 25, but the crowd wasn’t exactly delighted to see the former NFL quarterback in attendance. In a clip shared by Indianapolis sports radio station 1075 on X, fans could be heard booing the retired football player.

Brady, who now works as an analyst for Fox Sports (the network that aired the racing event), was introduced with NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, who drove a two-seat racecar was part of the pre-race activities alongside former NFL player Michael Strahan. The crowd certainly had the loudest reaction to seeing Brady onstage, even if not all of it was positive.

The event is the first for Nolan Siegel, who made his debut at the Indy 500 as part of the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team. If he wins, Siegel will become the youngest driver to ever win the iconic race.

“In the summer now I can go golf and play pickleball,” Siegel told Us Weekly in an exclusive interview. “I have plenty of friends that live close by. Basically the entire IndyCar field lives within 15 minutes of me, so I’ve got plenty of people to go and do things with. It’s been fun.”

He added that his decision to move to Indiana from California has been an interesting one, to say the least, especially in terms of the different climates and the options that gives residents. “A lot of the activities that I could do in northern California are no longer options,” he said with a laugh.

Siegel added, “When I first came and started spending a lot of time here, it was like the start of winter. So that was a bit of a shock for sure.”

However, since then Siegel has found ways to have fun in his new home state. “I got my pilot’s license over the offseason and that’s been a new activity that I’ve really enjoyed,” he said. “That’s been a good, fun thing to do in Indiana.”

Of course, that doesn’t mean everything, or even most things, about his life could be described as normal. “There are definitely things I’ve missed out on all through school,” Siegel admitted. “Obviously now, all of my friends are in college and I’m missing out on that.”