If Sid Collins is considered the all-time Voice of the
500 and Tom Carnegie the Voice of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, then
Donald Davidson surely is the Voice of May. One of the benefits of growing up
in Indianapolis was being able to listen to Donald on WIBC each night as he
recited all manner of fact obvious and arcane as well as minutiae connected to
the Indianapolis 500.
When I lived in Springfield,
Missouri, and would travel back to Indianapolis for the race or qualifying, I
would seek out WIBC as I drove in on Interstate 70. Once I heard his familiar
voice near the end of this (about) 500-mile trek – the signal usually picked up
around Terre Haute – that’s when I started feeling I was back home again in
Indiana (so to speak).
The advent of streaming radio means
his program, The Talk of Gasoline Alley, can be heard around the world through www.1070thefan.com starting Wednesday night from 8-9 p.m. Eastern, according
to the program schedule. Though it’s still more than another week before the
track opens, Donald’s stories are really what get the month of May started.
Photo credit: Indianapolis Motor
Speedway
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