1953 Indy 500 Winner Bill Vukovich Remembered by Talk of Gasoline Alley’s Donald Davidson
Last week, for the first time since it aired live, the 1953 Indianapolis 500 was heard by race fans. Bill Vukovich won that race, as he did again in 1954. He had a 17-second lead when killed in 1955 at the age of 36. Vukovich might have been the only three-peat champion in the history […]
Indy 500 – Donald Davidson Remembers Eddie Sachs
by Kent Sterling Most people recall Indy 500 driver Eddie Sachs because of the crash that killed him, and the impromptu eulogy delivered by radio host Sid Collins, but there was a lot more to him than that. The host of Talk of Gasoline Alley is celebrating his 50th May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. […]
Donald Davidson Tells the Story of Indy 500 Three-time Winner Mauri Rose
by Kent Sterling Donald Davidson is the Historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and he has been extolling the virtues of the Indy 500 for more than 40 years on WIBC and 1070 The Fan on the Talk of Gasoline Alley. One of my favorite historic drivers is Mauri Rose because of the way he […]
Talk of Gasoline Alley’s Donald Davidson Talks About the Original Voice of the Indy 500 Sid Collins
by Kent Sterling The Indianapolis 500 is loved almost as much as an an iconic radio event as it is a race, and the guy who invented the Indianapolis 500 Radio Network was the same guy who sold the spots for it and hosted the broadcast. His name was Sid Collins and he’s been gone […]
by Kent Sterling Jack Nicholson is cool. When he dropped the green flag for the 2010 Indianapolis 500, I wanted to see it. Nicholson has lived a life that 99.9999% of us would swap ours for in a minute. If I’m at home watching a Nicholson movie, I sometimes wonder what he’s doing at that […]
by Bert Beiswanger A few days ago, I wrote a piece praising the excitement in the IZOD IndyCar Series right now and the refreshing new storylines heading into the Month of May and the 2013 Indy 500: Hinchcliffe Puts the Hammer Down Heading to Indy One exciting thing I didn’t touch on is the fact […]
Hinchcliffe Puts the Hammer Down Heading to Indy
by Bert Beiswanger Last year during the Month of May, local microbrewery Flat12 Bierwerks brewed up a special beer in honor of affable Canadian and IZOD IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe. It was called the Hinchtown Hammer Down ale. Putting the hammer down is exactly what the Mayor of Hinchtown did Sunday, passing Takuma Sato in […]
by Kent Sterling There are still roars at 16th and Georgetown as IndyCars hit 230 mph circling the world’s greatest race course, just not for as long as they used to. The Month of May used to mean the whole month, but in 2013 it means from Saturday, May 11th to race day on Sunday, […]
by Kent Sterling The Indianapolis 500 is a fascinating event celebrating its 100th anniversary today, and the guy who knows more about the traditions and race than anyone else in the world has become one of the events greatest traditions himself. Donald Davidson has hosted “The Talk of Gasoline Alley” for 40 years, and followed […]
by Kent Sterling There is only one place remaining in the world that clings to the notion that not televising an event locally leads to greater attendance. Everyone else in every organized sport has adopted the philosophy that the more people see an event on TV, the more they will want to pay to see […]