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>> HE SERVED AS BOTH THE RADIO
AND TELEVISION VOICE OF THE
INDIANAPOLIS 500 AND JUST IN
TIME FOR HIS UPCOMING INDUCTION

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INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY HALL OF FAME, HE HAS
PUBLISHED A BOOK DETAILING HIS
VAST EXPERIENCES AT 16TH AND

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GEORGETOWN.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.
BILL•

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>> THANK YOU, GERRY.
A NATIVE OF EVANSVILLE, PAUL
PAGE, LIKE MANY, FELL IN LOVE
WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 AT AN

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EARLY AGE.
BUT THAT LOVE TURNED INTO A
PASSION AND A PROFESSION WHEN HE
MOVED INTO THE SPEEDWAY

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BROADCAST BOOTH, MOST NOTABLY
ANCHORING ABC'S TELEVISION
COVERAGE FOR 16 YEARS.
AND NOW, THE SOON TO BE HALL OF

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FAMER HAS AUTHORED A BOOK,
HELLO, I'M PAUL PAGE, IT'S RACE
DAY IN INDIANAPOLIS.
AND HERE TO TELL US MORE IS,

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INDEED, PAUL PAGE.
SIR, WELCOME.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> HEY, BILL, GREAT TO SEE YOU.

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>> AGAIN, YOU'VE HAD SO MANY
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES, BUT WHEN
DID YOU FIRST COME TO THE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY, AND FALL IN LOVE WITH

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THAT PLACE?
>> WELL, I CAME THE FIRST TIME
IN 196 TILL, BUT¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ -- 1960O
COME.

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I WAS A MILITARY BRAT, WE WERE
STATIONED IN GERMANY IN THE
EARLY 50s.
I WAS TAKEN TO THE NURENBURG

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RING TO SEE A FORMULA ONE RACE.
I'M A RACE FAN, BUT LIVING
ACTUALLY NORTH OF CHICAGO, MY
PARENTS SAID, YOUR UNCLE WANTS

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TO TAKE YOU TO THE INDY~500.
I SAID, COME ON, THEY ONLY TURN
LEFT.
BUT I WENT, AND I WAS HOOKED

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BEFORE THE FIRST CAR ROLLED OUT.
JUST THE TRADITION, THE CROWD
AND THE CEREMONIES GOT ME.
THAT'S WHERE THE PASSION

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STARTED.
>> AND YOU STARTED OUT AS -- YOU
GOT A PRESS PASS, YOU STARTED
OUT AS A PEER REPORTER AFTER SYD

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COLLINS PASSED, YOU TOOK OVER AS
THE VOICE, AND ABC'S COVERAGE.
WHAT A CAREER YOU'VE HAD AT 16TH
AND GEORGETOWN, PAUL.

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>> I'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY LUCKY
WITH ALL THAT TOO, THAT THE
RACING COMMUNITY ACCEPTED ME.
THAT'S MY COMMUNITY.

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THAT'S WHERE I LIVE.
YEAH, I CAN SAY VERY LITTLE MORE
THAN MY LIFE HAS BEEN LUCKY THAT
WAY.

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>> AMONG ALL THE THINGS YOU
WITNESSED, AND I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE, WHAT ARE A COUPLE OF
THE MOMENTS OF THE SPEEDWAY THAT

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STAND OUT FOR YOU?
>> WELL, OF COURSE THE¶¶ WE PRED
THAT FINISH, I HAD MY STOP WATCH
OUT AND I WAS CLOCKING THE

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INTERVAL, AND I REALIZED THE
INTERVAL WAS DIMINISHING, AND
THEN I DID MY ARITHMETIC AND I
REALIZED THOSE GUYS ARE GOING TO

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BE SIDE BY SIDE ON THE WHITE
FLAG.
SO I HIT THE BUTTON TO ALL THE
ANNOUNCERS AND I TOLD THEM THAT

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AND I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO
FOLLOW JUST THESE GUYS.
THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.
AND WE DID, AND WHEN THEY HIT

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THE WHITE FLAG, THEY WERE SIDE
BY SIDE, AND I COULD HEAR WHERE
THEY WERE AS I HANDED IT OFF TO
THE OTHER PART OF THE -- THE

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OTHER GUYS.
I COULD HEAR WHERE THEY WERE
CROWD.
I COULD HEAR THE CROWD IN TURN .

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THAT WAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
DAY FOR ME.
AND I DID -- I OPENED THE RACE
FOR THE HUNDREDTH RACE AND

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HANDED IT OVER TO MARK JAMES,
BUT THAT WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
FOR ME BECAUSE, ONE, IT WAS THE
HUNDREDTH, I WAS THERE, THAT WAS

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A NICE TRANSITION TO END A
CAREER, AND THE FUEL STRATEGY
THAT WAS DONE, MY SON BRIAN IS
AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER AT

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ANDRETTI, HE'S A PERFORMANCE
ENGINEER AND HE WAS CALCULATING
FUEL THAT DAY.
I KIND OF KNEW WHAT WAS UP, I

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KEPT TELLING THE ANNOUNCERS,
WATCH HIM.
HE'S NINTH AND THEN OF COURSE
THINGS CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY

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THERE.
SO THAT WAS MEMORABLE FOR
SEVERAL REASONS.
>> PAUL, WE'VE GOT JUST A MINUTE

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LEFT AND SO MUCH TO COVER.
YOU COVERED SO MANY OTHER THINGS
BESIDES MOTORSPORTS.
NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST,

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THE SUMMER WINTER X GAMES, YOU
DID OLYMPICS.
I MEAN, WHAT A CAREER YOU'VE
HAD, AND YOU KNOW, BUT NOW, IT'S

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COMING HOME, YOU'RE GOING TO GO
TO THE MOTOR SPEEDWAY HALL OF
FAME AND THAT HAS TO BE A
TREMENDOUS AND I WOULD SAY

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OVERDUE HONOR FOR YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
>> OH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS,

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THOUGH, THAT YOU NEVER THINK
WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
FOR THE BIG GUYS.
IT'S FOR THE BOBBY UNSERS AND

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THE A.J.
I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF
THAT, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> WELL, THE BOOK IS CALLED

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"HELLO, I'M PAUL, IT'S RACE DAY
IN INDIANAPOLIS."
AS A MATTER OF FACT, ROGER
PENSKE HAS A QUOTE THAT SAYS

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ALMOST PRECISELY THAT: I KNOW
WHEN I HEAR PAUL PAGE'S VOICE,
IT'S RACE DAY.
PAUL, CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT

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CAREER.
I KNOW YOU'LL BE DOWN AT THE
SPEEDWAY ON RACE DAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO READING BOOK

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AND I HOPE PEOPLE FOLLOW UP AND
REALLY A FABULOUS CAREER THAT
YOU'VE HAD.
THANKS FOR BEING ON THE PROGRAM.

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>> OH, YOU GOT IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BILL.
>> ALL RIGHT, PAUL PAGE, LONG
TIME VOICE BOTH ON RADIO AND

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TELEVISION FOR THE INDY~500, AND