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The Indy 500 weekend, at a private auto club

Race weekend at the Speedway, with the Arturo Fuente table set up for the Silo Auto Club.

1 of ~28hands trusted with the Opus X — the same ones at your partyCigar Journal, 2016

6 minfrom loose leaf to a cigar in your guest’s handHis own words

150+nights that ended with the room around his tableFranklin’s own count

I have not time to LOSE! From F1 Miami to one of my favorite places in the … NOW IT’S TIME FOR THE INDY 500, 2026 Shoutout to TAG Heuer — Designed to Win Double strike weekend closing it out with an unforgettable experience!

Franklin PichardoPosted May 23, 2026

Trusted with the Fuente Opus X—At the Fuente table since 1995—Formula 1 Miami’s official roller—Featured in Cigar Journal—Chosen by Hublot, Tudor and Bell & Ross—

The same hands can be at your event

Franklin Pichardo has been rolling since 1995, the year Arturo Fuente released the first Opus X — and he is one of the few in the world the family cleared to roll it.

See how he earned them