It sounds pretty exclusive, but the glory dims a bit considering all the other places racing fans can also practice their hero worship: * The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.

And the glory of the once great Ptolemaic Empire had dimmed.

But the glory had dimmed some years before the station was razed.

Some considerable time later, when Lucinda again made contact with reality, she discovered herself wrapped in Harry's arms, her back against his chest as he half-sat, propped against the raised head of the day bed She sighed long and lingeringly, the glory dimming yet still glowing within her.

The glory of the representation of the night sky on the screen dimmed in proportion.

Made a man's bones itch, like a couple of hours under high R, de-leading tube linings . . . The glory of his memory dimmed.

The unicorn colt was clearly spent; his eyes were glazed with pain and exhaustion, and the glory of his coat and budding horn dimmed.

So doth the greater glory dim the less: A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters.

The enchantment of Apollo vanished, the glory of the astronaut dimmed.