The Indianapolis 500 is two days away, but it's race day here at Angie's List. Today is the second annual Angie's List Soap Box Derby. I don't have much time to write, as the festivities begin in just a few minutes.

The entire Angie's List work force was divided into 30 teams earlier this week, each with about a dozen employees. Team names and captains have been chosen, and $75 gift cards to a home improvement store were used to purchase car parts. This morning we'll put the cars together, and after lunch, race them downhill through a parking lot filled with wet, sticky hay bales.

Each team has a theme, and costumes are in vogue today. 'Big Brown' has a tiny female jockey ready to take the wheel, the 'A-Team' is here with Mr. T, and the 'Friday the 13th Crystal Lake Cruisers' team is comprised of unsuspecting campers and a hockey-masked Jason, of course.

It's not all fun and games, though. There's a $1,000 cash prize for the winning team, so the IT guys and engineers are taking this quite seriously. We're not just computer gurus, data specialists, writers and artists : today, we're car owners and pit crew members.

I've got to run now, it's time to build our car.