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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.

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The Indy 500 weekend, at a private auto club — May 23, 2026
1 of ~28rollers cleared for the Opus XCigar Journal, 2016
6 minone cigar, in front of youHis own words
150+events workedFranklin’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
1 of ~28 Opus X rollers—Arturo Fuente since 1995—Official roller · F1 Miami—Published in Cigar Journal—A quarter century at the table—Rolled for Hublot—

The man at that table

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.

How he got there

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