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A. J. Foyt
Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American retired auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports.
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African Americans
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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Al Loquasto
Albert John (Al) Loquasto (Jr.) (June 21, 1940 – July 31, 1991), was an Italian-American racecar driver.
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Al Unser
Alfred "Al" Unser (born May 29, 1939) is an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. Now retired, he is the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times, the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and won the National Championship in 1970, 1983, and 1985.
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American Forces Network
The American Forces Network (AFN) is the broadcast service operated by the United States Armed Forces' American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS, commonly pronounced "A-farts") for its entertainment and command internal information networks worldwide.
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Americans
Americans are citizens of the United States of America.
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is a privately held online company based in Lehi, Utah.
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Antarctic
The Antarctic (US English, UK English or and or) is a polar region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.
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Arctic
The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.
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Arnie Knepper
Arnold A. "Arnie" Knepper (October 10, 1930 – June 6, 1992), was an American racecar driver.
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Art Pollard
Art Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 – May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver.
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Back Home Again in Indiana
"(Back Home Again in) Indiana" is a song composed by James F. Hanley with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald that was published in January 1917.
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Beer in the United States
Beer in the United States is manufactured by more than 3,000 breweries, which range in size from industry giants to brew pubs and microbreweries.
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Bentley Warren
Bentley Warren (born December 10, 1940 in Kennebunkport, Maine), is an American racecar driver.
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Bill Puterbaugh
Bill Puterbaugh (June 6, 1936 – October 9, 2017) was an American racing driver in the USAC Championship Car series.
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Bill Simpson
Bill Simpson (born March 14, 1940 in Hermosa Beach, California), is a retired American racecar driver, but is best known as a pioneer in the racing safety business with his company Simpson Performance Products.
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Bill Vukovich II
William John Vukovich II (born March 29, 1944 in Riverside, California) is a former driver in the championship car division of USAC and CART series.
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Bob Harkey
Bob Harkey (June 23, 1930January 16, 2016) was an American driver in the USAC Championship Car series from Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Bobby Unser
Robert William "Bobby" Unser (born February 20, 1934) is an American former automobile racer.
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Broadcast delay
In radio and television, broadcast delay is an intentional delay when broadcasting live material.
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Bruce Walkup
Bruce Walkup (born August 21, 1944 in Downey, California) is a retired American racecar driver.
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Bud Tingelstad
Bud Tingelstad (April 4, 1928 – July 30, 1981) was an American racecar driver.
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Cale Yarborough
William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (born March 27, 1939), is an American farmer, businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner.
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Carl Williams (racing driver)
Carl Williams (August 24, 1930 – February 24, 1973), was an American racecar driver.
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Chris Economaki
Christopher "Chris" Constantine Economaki (October 15, 1920 – September 28, 2012) was an American motorsports commentator, pit road reporter, and journalist.
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Chris Schenkel
Christopher Eugene Schenkel (August 21, 1923 – September 11, 2005) was an American sportscaster.
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Color commentator
A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main commentator, often by filling in any time when play is not in progress.
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David Hobbs (racing driver)
David Wishart Hobbs (born 9 June 1939 in Royal Leamington Spa, England) is a British former racing driver.
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Denny Zimmerman
Dennis "Denny" Zimmerman (born December 14, 1940, Glastonbury, Connecticut), is a retired American racecar driver.
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Dick Simon
Richard Raymond Simon (Dick Simon)(born September 21, 1933 in Sandy, Utah) is one of the oldest men to ever have raced in the Indianapolis 500.
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Distributor
A distributor is an enclosed rotating shaft used in spark-ignition internal combustion engines that have mechanically-timed ignition.
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Donald Davidson (historian)
Donald C. Davidson is the historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the only person to hold such a position on a full-time basis for any motorsports facility in the world.
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Downforce
Downforce is a downwards thrust created by the aerodynamic characteristics of a car.
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Ed Cole
Edward Nicholas Cole (September 17, 1909 – May 2, 1977) was an American automotive executive for General Motors.
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Edgar Whitcomb
Edgar Doud Whitcomb (November 6, 1917 – February 4, 2016) was an American writer and politician, who served as the 43rd Governor of Indiana.
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ESPN on ABC
ESPN on ABC (known as ABC Sports from 1961 to 2006) is the brand used for sports event and documentary programming televised on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era.
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Formula One
Formula One (also Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and owned by the Formula One Group.
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Gary Bettenhausen
Gary Bettenhausen (November 18, 1941 – March 16, 2014) was an American auto racing driver.
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General Motors
General Motors Company, commonly referred to as General Motors (GM), is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.
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George Eaton
George Ross Eaton (born 12 November 1945) is a Canadian former racing driver who is a member of the prominent Eaton family.
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George Snider
George "Ziggy" Snider (born December 8, 1940, in Fresno, California) is a retired American race car driver.
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio.
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Gordon Johncock
Gordon Johncock (born August 5, 1936, in Hastings, Michigan) is an American former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion.
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Governor of Indiana
The Governor of Indiana is the chief executive of the state of Indiana.
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Graham Hill
Norman Graham Hill (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver and team owner from England, who was twice Formula One World Champion.
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Hamburg, New York
Hamburg is a town in Erie County, New York, United States.
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Harrah's Las Vegas
Harrah's Las Vegas (formerly Holiday Casino) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
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Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past, and is regarded as an authority on it.
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Hurst Performance
Hurst Performance, Inc. of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, manufactured and marketed products for enhancing the performance of automobiles, most notably for muscle cars.
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Hydraulic head
Hydraulic head or piezometric head is a specific measurement of liquid pressure above a geodetic datum.
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Indiana Convention Center
The Indiana Convention Center is a major convention center located in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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Indianapolis 500 pace cars
The Indianapolis 500 auto race has used a pace car every year since 1911.
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Indianapolis 500 traditions
Due to the longevity of the Indianapolis 500, numerous traditions surrounding the race have developed over the years.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is an automobile racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network (known typically as the IMS Radio Network), is an in-house radio syndication arrangement which broadcasts the Indianapolis 500, the Verizon IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, Big Machine 400, and Lilly Diabetes 250 to radio stations covering most of North America.
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Istria
Istria (Croatian, Slovene: Istra; Istriot: Eîstria; Istria; Istrien), formerly Histria (Latin), is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Jackie Stewart
Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart, (born 11 June 1939) is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Jerry Grant
Gerald Wayne "Jerry" Grant (January 23, 1935 – August 12, 2012) was a driver in the USAC Championship Car series.
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Jerry Karl
Jerry Karl (April 29, 1941, Manchester, Pennsylvania - February 16, 2008, Baltimore, Maryland), was a driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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Jim Hurtubise
James Hurtubise (December 5, 1932 – January 6, 1989) was an American race car driver who raced in USAC Champ Cars (including the Indianapolis 500), as well as sprint cars and stock cars (USAC and NASCAR).
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Jim Malloy
James Malloy (May 23, 1932 – May 18, 1972), was an American racecar driver.
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Jim McElreath
Jim McElreath (February 18, 1928 – May 18, 2017) was an American racing driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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Jim McKay
James Kenneth McManus (September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008), better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist.
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Jim Nabors
James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian.
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Jim Rathmann
Jim Rathmann (July 16, 1928 – November 23, 2011), born Royal Richard Rathmann, was an American race car driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1960.
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Jimmy Caruthers
Douglas "Jimmy" Caruthers (January 18, 1945 – October 26, 1975) was an American racecar driver from Anaheim, California.
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Joe Dawson (racing driver)
Joseph Crook Dawson (July 17, 1889 - June 17, 1946) was an American race car driver.
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Joe Leonard
Joe Leonard (August 4, 1932 San Diego, California – April 27, 2017 San Jose, California) San Diego High School was an American motorcycle racer and racecar driver.
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John Mahler
John Mahler (born November 16, 1936, Alpha, Iowa), is a former open wheel race car driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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John Martin (American racing driver)
John Martin (born March 30, 1939, Long Beach, California), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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Johnny Rutherford
John Sherman "Johnny" Rutherford III (born March 12, 1938), also known as "Lone Star JR", is an American former automobile racing driver.
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Keith Jackson
Keith Max Jackson (October 18, 1928 – January 12, 2018) was an American sports commentator, journalist, author and radio personality, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006).
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Key (music)
In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a music composition in classical, Western art, and Western pop music.
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Larry Dickson
Larry Dickson (born September 8, 1938, Marietta, Ohio), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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Lee Brayton
Lee Brayton (born August 13, 1933) is a former American racing driver from Coldwater, Michigan.
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Lee Kunzman
Lee Kunzman (born November 29, 1944, Guttenberg, Iowa), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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Len Sutton
Len Sutton (August 9, 1925 – December 3, 2006) was an American racecar driver.
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Leon Sirois
Leon Duray "Jigger" Sirois (born April 16, 1935) is an American former racing driver from the small town of Shelby in northern Indiana.
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Leonard W. Miller
Leonard W. Miller (born 1934) is one of two black motor racing pioneers living in the United States.
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List of Indianapolis 500 broadcasters
The Indianapolis 500 has been broadcast by ABC since 1965.
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List of mayors of Indianapolis
The Mayor of Indianapolis is the head of the executive branch of the consolidated city-county government of Indianapolis and Marion County.
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Lloyd Ruby
Lloyd Ruby (January 12, 1928 – March 23, 2009) was an American racecar driver.
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Lou Palmer (motorsport broadcaster)
Lou Palmer (born Louis A. Perunko Jr. in 1932 in Wheeling, West Virginia - died January 19, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American broadcaster best known for his work at the Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1958 until 1989.
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Mario Andretti
Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian-born American former racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport.
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Mark Donohue
Mark Neary Donohue Jr. (March 18, 1937 – August 19, 1975), nicknamed "Captain Nice," and later "Dark Monohue," was an American racecar driver known for his ability to set up his own race car as well as driving it to victories.
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Mel Kenyon
Mel Kenyon (born April 15, 1933 in Dekalb, IL.) is a former midget car driver.
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.
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Merle Bettenhausen
Merle Bettenhausen (born June 9, 1943) is a former American race car driver.
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Methanol
Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol among others, is a chemical with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated MeOH).
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Mike Hiss
Mike Hiss (born July 7, 1941) is an American former driver in the USAC Championship Car series.
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Mike Mosley
Mike Mosley (December 13, 1946 – March 3, 1984), was an American racecar driver.
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Miller Brewing Company
The Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that was owned until October 11, 2016 by the MillerCoors division of the SABMiller–Molson Coors joint venture.
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Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds
Following the success of Hurst components in Oldsmobile's 442 models, Oldsmobile, in collaboration with Hurst Performance of Warminster, Pennsylvania, produced special-edition performance versions of the 442 or Cutlass Supreme, the Hurst/Olds.
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Parnelli Jones
Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones (born August 12, 1933 in Texarkana, Arkansas) is a retired American racing driver and race car owner.
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Pete Conrad
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999), (Captain, USN), was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the Moon.
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Peter Revson
Peter Jeffrey Revson (February 27, 1939 – March 22, 1974) was an American race car driver and heir to the Revlon cosmetics fortune.
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President of the United States
The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prime time
The prime time or the peak time is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television programming.
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Purdue All-American Marching Band
The Purdue "All-American" Marching Band (or AAMB) is the marching band of Purdue University and the main source of auxiliary entertainment for Purdue Boilermakers football games.
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Richard Lugar
Richard Green Lugar (born April 4, 1932) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013 as a member of the Republican Party.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.
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Rick Muther
Rick Muther (August 13, 1935 in Alhambra, California - March 12, 1995) was an American racing driver.
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Roger McCluskey
Roger McCluskey (August 24, 1930 – August 29, 1993) was an American race car driver.
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Roger Penske
Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing.
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Safety car
In motorsport, a safety car or pace car is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track or bad weather.
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Salt Walther
David "Salt" Walther (November 22, 1947 – December 27, 2012) was a driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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Sam Posey
Sam Posey (born May 26, 1944, in New York City, New York) is a retired American racing driver and sports broadcast journalist.
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Sammy Sessions
Allen Dale "Sammy" Sessions (September 10, 1935 - December 17, 1977) was an American racecar driver.
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Shortwave radio
Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave radio frequencies.
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Sid Collins
Sid Collins (born Sidney Cahn Jr.) (July 17, 1922 – May 2, 1977) was an American broadcaster best known as the radio voice of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1952-1976.
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Silver jubilee
Silver jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary.
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Speedway, Indiana
Speedway is a town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States.
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Spoiler (car)
A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle in motion, usually described as turbulence or drag.
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Sports commentator
In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer, sportscaster or play-by-play announcer) gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense.
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.
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Statistician
A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics.
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Steve Krisiloff
Steve Krisiloff (born July 7, 1946, Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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Stu Nahan
Stu Nahan (June 23, 1926 – December 26, 2007) was an American sportscaster best known for his television broadcasting career in Los Angeles from the 1950s through the 1990s.
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Swede Savage
David Earl Savage, Jr. (August 26, 1946 – July 2, 1973), nicknamed "Swede", was an American race car driver.
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Team Penske
Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional stock car, open wheel and sports car racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona, the team has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Can Am, Trans Am and Formula One. Team Penske is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske. The team president is Tim Cindric.
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The Star-Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.
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Three-peat
Three-peat is a term used primarily in American sports to refer to winning three consecutive championships.
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Tire
A tire (American English) or tyre (British English; see spelling differences) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface traveled over.
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Tom Bigelow
Tom Bigelow (born October 31, 1939 in Whitewater, Wisconsin), USA, is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
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Tony Hulman
Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. (February 11, 1901 – October 27, 1977) was an American businessman from Terre Haute, Indiana who bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and brought racing back to the famous race course after a four-year hiatus following World War II.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Auto Club
The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States.
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Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
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Wally Dallenbach Sr.
Wally Dallenbach Sr. (born December 12, 1936) is a former Indy car driver from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, USA.
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WIBC (FM)
WIBC (93.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Indianapolis.
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William F. Harrah
William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 – June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
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1912 Indianapolis 500
The 1912 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, or International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race, the second such race in history, was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 30, 1912.
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1962 Indianapolis 500
The 46th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Wednesday, May 30, 1962.
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1966 Indianapolis 500
The 50th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Monday, May 30, 1966.
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1971 Indianapolis 500
The 55th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 29, 1971.
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1972 USAC Championship Car season
The 1972 USAC Championship Car season consisted of ten races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 18 and concluding at the same location on November 4.
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1973 Indianapolis 500
The 57th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Wednesday, May 30, 1973.
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1984 Indianapolis 500
The 68th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 27, 1984.
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1986 Indianapolis 500
The 70th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 31, 1986.
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2014 Indianapolis 500
The 98th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 25, 2014.
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2018 Indianapolis 500
The 2018 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 102nd Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil for sponsorship reasons) was a Verizon IndyCar Series held on Sunday, May 27, 2018, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Indianapolis_500
