WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.207 >> FOR 23 YEARS, CENTRAL INDIANA TUNED IN TO WATCH DAVE FURST DELIVER THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, THE 2 00:00:07.207 --> 00:00:14.214 INDIANA PACERS, IU & PURDUE FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN RELATED TO INDIANA-SPORTS. 3 00:00:14.214 --> 00:00:20.587 NOW DAVE IS DIVING INTO A NEW CAREER PATH, ONE AWAY FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF TV BUT SQUARELY IN HIS WHEELHOUSE. 4 00:00:20.587 --> 00:00:26.793 AND BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS. BILL. >> GERRY, THANKS. AND IN 5 00:00:26.793 --> 00:00:31.865 ADDITION TO THE LOCAL AND STATE SPORTS SCENE, DAVE FURST PROVIDED COVERAGE OF ALL THINGS RELATED TO THE INDIANAPOLIS 6 00:00:31.865 --> 00:00:37.170 MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND INDY CAR, SO IT SEEMS NATURAL THAT HE WOULD TRANSITION OUT OF BROADCASTING AND INTO HIS NEW GIG AS VICE 7 00:00:37.170 --> 00:00:42.909 PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR INDY CAR. AND JOINING US TODAY TO DISCUSS BOTH LIFE AFTER AND A LOOK AHEAD 8 00:00:42.909 --> 00:00:54.621 TO INDY CAR'S OCTOBER RETURN TO THE SPEEDWAY, WE ARE JOINED BY DAVE FURST. WELCOME, AND THANKS >> NEW ROLE, STILL VERY FRESH. 9 00:00:54.621 --> 00:01:02.729 LOOK AT MY WALLS. NOTHING YET THE TRANSITION PERIOD CONTINUES HERE. >> YOU GOT TO GET TO WORK. FOR 10 00:01:02.729 --> 00:01:11.070 THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, JUST HOW DID THIS ALL COME ABOUT AFTER A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN SPORTS BROADCASTING? 11 00:01:11.070 --> 00:01:18.878 >> YEAH, WELL, 2020, RIGHT? WHO KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT IN A YEAR LIKE THIS? I'VE BEEN KIND OF THINKING ABOUT 12 00:01:18.878 --> 00:01:26.352 MAYBE LIFE AFTER SPORTSCASTING, NOT THAT I DIDN'T ENJOY IT, NOT THAT I DIDN'T LOVE IT, STILL VERY MUCH DID, AND STILL VERY 13 00:01:26.352 --> 00:01:31.724 MUCH ENJOYED EACH AND EVERY ASPECT. YOU TALK ABOUT PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND EVERYTHING AT THE SPEEDWAY, BUT, 14 00:01:31.724 --> 00:01:36.963 MAN, ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, I LOVED NOTHING MORE THAN BEING AT A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME. 15 00:01:36.963 --> 00:01:45.972 AND SO, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT EARLY IN THE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, THINGS JUST KIND OF DEVELOPED, I GOT A PHONE CALL 16 00:01:45.972 --> 00:01:52.979 FROM THE FOLKS AT PENSKE ENTERTAINMENT, AND TO SAY WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS? 17 00:01:52.979 --> 00:02:01.621 THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND INDYCAR RACING, AND THE NTT RACING HAS BEEN A PASSION OF 18 00:02:01.621 --> 00:02:10.930 MINE A LONG TIME. AND PART OF IF BECAUSE ONE OF MY PREDECESSORS AT CHANNEL 6 WAS THE LATE GREAT TOM CARNEGIE, HE KNEW WHAT THE 19 00:02:10.930 --> 00:02:17.036 SPEEDWAY HAD TO OFFER FOR THE CITY. I TRIED TO PICK UP THAT BATON AND KIND OF RAN WITH IT AT CHANNEL 6. I LOVED EVERYTHING 20 00:02:17.036 --> 00:02:24.744 ABOUT THE SPEEDWAY. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE PENSKE ACQUISITION, THIS 21 00:02:24.744 --> 00:02:32.952 IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW FAR INDYCAR AND IMS CAN REALLY GO. AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL JOURNEY. IT'S ONLY 22 00:02:32.952 --> 00:02:39.492 BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS RIGHT NOW. MY HEAD'S STILL SPINNING A LITTLE BIT. I LITERALLY SIGNED OFF THE AIR AT CHANNEL 6 ON A 23 00:02:39.492 --> 00:02:48.034 WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 AND WAS IN THIS OFFICE THE NEXT DAY AT 8:30 IN THE MORNING. SO THE TRANSITION HAS BEEN QUICK BUT IT 24 00:02:48.034 --> 00:02:55.041 HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT FOLLOWING AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I'VE DONE IT. >> THE PANDEMIC NOTWITHSTANDING, 25 00:02:55.041 --> 00:02:59.979 I THINK THERE IS CAUSE FOR CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE OF INDYCAR IN GENERAL, AND CERTAINLY THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 26 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:08.821 AND THE SPEEDWAY, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON OUT THERE IN PARTICULAR. BUT, AGAIN, IMS AND THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES, 27 00:03:08.821 --> 00:03:18.498 THEY ARE HAND IN HAND, AND ONE KIND OF LIVES -- LIFTS THE OTHER. >> NO QUESTION. I KNOW FANS 28 00:03:18.498 --> 00:03:25.271 HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME OUT AND SEE YET, REMEMBER, TICKETS ARE ON SALE, YES, WE HAVE FANS FOR THE GRAND PRIX COMING UP ON 29 00:03:25.271 --> 00:03:32.045 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THE SPEEDWAY. BUT FANS REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IN SOME OF THE CHANGES, AND THE 30 00:03:32.045 --> 00:03:41.454 IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE THINGS THAT ROGER PENSKE HAS DONE LITERALLY FROM DAY ONE WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE ACQUISITION. 31 00:03:41.454 --> 00:03:52.098 YES, IT IS A FACILITY THAT IS WELL OVER 100 YEARS OLD. BUT WHEN YOU GO INTO IT NOW, IT LOOKS ANYTHING BUT, IT'S FRESH, 32 00:03:52.098 --> 00:04:00.239 THE RESTROOMS HAVE CHANGED, A FRESH COAT OF PAIN EVERYWHERE. A DIFFERENT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, I KNOW ALL THE FOLKS 33 00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:06.012 HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET, ON 16th STREET, AND THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL, CAN'T WAIT TO WELCOME THE HUNDREDS OF 34 00:04:06.012 --> 00:04:10.383 THOUSANDS THAT WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR, AND FOR YEARS TO COME. >> DAVE, THERE WON'T BE HUNDREDS 35 00:04:10.383 --> 00:04:19.692 OF THOUSANDS, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME THOUSANDS ON HAND FOR THE HARVEST GRAND PRIX COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND, QUALIFYING 36 00:04:19.692 --> 00:04:26.099 THURSDAY RACE IS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT. >> NO QUESTION. HEALTH OFFICIALS 37 00:04:26.099 --> 00:04:35.274 IN THE COUNTY, THE CITY SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE CAN GET 10,000 IN THERE EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND DON'T FORGET SUNDAY'S RACE DAY 38 00:04:35.274 --> 00:04:45.084 AS WELL, NOT FOR NTT INDYCAR, SPORTS CARS ARE THERE FOR AN ENDURANCE RACE, A WEEKEND FOR OF RACING, SOCIALLY SPACED, 39 00:04:45.084 --> 00:04:52.191 EVERYONE IS WEARING MASKS, MAKING SURE HANDS ARE NICE AND CLEANSED, 10,000 EVERY DAY, IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO SEE FANS BACK 40 00:04:52.191 --> 00:05:02.268 AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. >> AND THE SERIES WILL WRAP UP IN SAINT PETERSBURG WHERE IT WAS 41 00:05:02.268 --> 00:05:13.513 SUPPOSED TO START OCTOBER 25th. >> THAT IS THE SEASON FINALE. TALK ABOUT THE NEXT YEAR'S SCHEDULE, AND SPECIAL BENEFITS 42 00:05:13.513 --> 00:05:21.521 AND IDEAS THAT THE SERIES HAS COMING UP IN 2021, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BE A PART, I THINK, OF PENSKE ENTERTAINMENT AND THE 43 00:05:21.521 --> 00:05:27.627 INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND CERTAINLY THE INDYCAR SERIES. >> REAL BRIEFLY, THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR WAS 44 00:05:27.627 --> 00:05:33.566 THE ADDITION OF STREET RACE IN NASHVILLE. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE HUGE POTENTIAL. >> IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT 45 00:05:33.566 --> 00:05:42.275 LITERALLY FOR YEARS. TONY COTMAN IS DEVELOPER, DESIGNS RACE TRACKS, A WONDERFUL JOB DOING THAT. HE CALLS THAT LAYOUT THAT 46 00:05:42.275 --> 00:05:49.982 HE DESIGNED FOR THE MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX IN NASHVILLE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST DESIGNS HE'S EVER COME UP WITH, OR HELPED 47 00:05:49.982 --> 00:05:55.988 DESIGN. SO CAN'T WAIT. IT'S GOING TO COME UP IN AUGUST. THERE IS ALREADY A BUZZ DOWN THERE, NASHVILLE IS AN 48 00:05:55.988 --> 00:06:06.065 INTERNATIONAL CITY, NOT JUST COUNTRY MUSIC DOWN THERE, OBVIOUSLY TAKE A LOOK SPORTS, NHL, NFL, A MUCH DIFFERENT CITY 49 00:06:06.065 --> 00:06:12.839 THAN 20 YEARS AGO, THE FACT THAT THE INDYCAR SERIES CAN SAY THEY'RE RACING IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, IS A HUGE FEATHER IN 50 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:17.877 THE CAP. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND WE WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST, AND WE 51 00:06:17.877 --> 00:06:25.651 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BOTH AT THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES, THE HARVEST GRAND PRIX, THE SPEEDWAY, AND YOU WILL BE A 52 00:06:25.651 --> 00:06:30.456 FAMILIAR FACE. GOOD LUCK TO YOU, MY FRIEND. >> THANK YOU, SEND PICTURES, I NEED SOMETHING FOR THE WALLS. 53 00:06:30.456 --> 00:06:31.457 >> WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.