For father battling cancer, this was a graduation to victory lane

MAIN Jacob, left, with his parents Ted and Cindy Foxworthy and a vintage race car after he received his Speedway High School diploma. Photos: AP

Jacob Foxworthy and his parents waited patiently as their car crawled through pit road at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on this most unusual of graduation days.

When his turn came, the Speedway High School senior climbed out and walked across the race track's iconic yard of bricks, his mother and father holding hands as they watched. He crossed the finish line like his 121 classmates to wrap up a school year like no other: without in-person classes, without a senior prom and without the traditional pomp and circumstance.