A legendary voice was silenced earlier today with the passing of Indianapolis Motor Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie, who was a fixture at the Brickyard for six decades.
Tom Carnegie, Voice Of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Dead At 91
↵Carnegie’s loss is a hard hit for fans who made an annual pilgrimage to IMS, which is the church of American racing. As our IndyCar blog PopOffValve.com noted:
↵↵No IndyCar fan older than a teenager will ever be able to think of Indianapolis 500 qualifications without thinking of Carnegie.
↵As each car took the green flag for their timed run, Carnegie would announce the fact by saying, “Annnnnd he’s ON IT!” No “Boogity boogity boogity” could ever compare to the chills inspired by those words.
↵But they paled in comparison to the words every fan hoped to hear at the end of the run: “It’s a new track record!”
↵↵Read more of PopOffValve’s tribute to Tom Carnegie, then visit the SB Nation Indiana blog for continuing tributes to Carnegie from around the Hoosier state.
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