Always around this time of year I think of the Indianapolis 500 and my father singing "Back Home in Indiana" before the start of the race. In 1946 he supplied several antique cars from his collection for a pre-race lap. There's also the story that for one race, with the cars revving furiously behind him, he got a bit flustered and started to sing "My Old Kentucky Home" instead of "Back Home in Indiana."He did this pre-race gig for a number of years, although I am not sure how many. Does anyone out there know? He started this tradition which was later carried on by Vic Damone, Mel Torme, Dinah Shore and Jim Nabors.
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