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While he works both sides of broadcasting television and radio Page says the "500" broadcast is the most fun he has on the air. "Television is wonderful exposure," he declared. "But the that's history." Fastest rookies Th fattest rookie qualifier in the Indianapolis 5O0-mile race since the Amercian Dairy Association award's inception in 175: 1975 Bill Puterbaugh, mph I97 Billy Scott, 13.383 1977-Danny Ongais, 193 040 Wl-Rick Mears, J00 07J 1979-Howdy Holmes. US 19tO-Tim Richmond, 188 334 19tl-Josele Gana, 195.101 1982-Chip Ganassi, 197.704 1903-Teo Fabi, 207.395 (Track Record) By JULIA INMAN Barring the Olympics, the 500-Mile Race is perhaps the biggest sports spectacle in broadcasting. ABC-TV alone will have 200 persons and a massive accumulation of equipment covering Sunday's race.

Then there are the on-air reporters and crew for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the TV people involved in national telecasting of the "500" Festival Parade. ABC-TV's Jim McKay again will head the network's team which will be covering the race in prime time for the 13th year. (Indianapolisview-ers will have another long wait to see the network coverage because of the Speedway-imposed blackout). Assisting McKay will be Sam Posey, auto expert Chris Economaki and Bill Flemm'ing in the pits. New this year will be Jim LamDlev in hopes will make the broadcast smoother.

Page has been going over 30 years of tapes and discs of past broadcasts and plans to air memorable moments of past races, going back to Wilbur Shaw. Page will wear a headphone in his right ear which will allow him to hear the announcer reports to the tower and a special switch on his belt which will allow him to talk with them. In a sense he will be producing as well as announcing the race. Like the late Sid Collins before him. Page feels that the chief announcer has to control the flow of the broadcast, that a separate producer just doesn't work very well.

In case you wonder what Page does the rest of the year, he has been more and more active on NBC- Howdy Bell on the backstretch, Larry Henry at turn No. 3 and Bob Jenkins at turn No. 4. Donald Davidson will supply historical data in the tower, with two-time "500" winner Rodger Ward and John DeCamp aiding Page. Pits happenings will be covered by Jerry Baker, Chuck Marlowe and Lou Palmer, with Bob Forbes on backup.

A SPECIAL post of honor has been created for Luke Walton who has been with the Network since the beginning. He will cover the start of the race and the famous "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines" opening command. The background music for the broadcast has been rerecorded since last year and there have been other subtle technical changes which Page without experience. And it tough to get experience, unless you join today's Army. Qualify, and the Army will train you for one of many different skills in data communications and electronics.

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(EST) Sunday. Larry Kamm, Roger Goodman and Jim Jennette will be the directors. The network people are divided into two units, one to cover the race itself, the other to cover the pits, the garage area and to do mood features. Aiding the telecast crew will be two mobile units of three trucks each, 24 cameras with two in the Pace Car, 10 video tape recorders and eight video tape cassette recorders. Backing up those will be a library of 250 background tapes.

The crew also has put down 10 miles of cable. ABC-TV has set up a mini-village of 12 house trailers, two of which have been put together to make an ABC Sports Race Central studio to be used by former race driver Jackie Stewart The network's coverage, which last year won four Emmy Awards, will be beamed to 18 countries. Among them will be Japan for the first time. In addition to the pressure of the actual coverage of the race, the "500" really puts the network people on their mettle because of the short time between the race and the broadcast. Most edited TV events have at least a week in which to put the telecast together.

The approximately five hours between the conclusion of the race and airtime means an extra-tight editing schedule. Frequently the telecast goes on the air with the final hour still in the editing process. IN RADIO, Paul Page again will be at the helm of the Radio Network coverage which will be beamed to 700 750 stations in the U.S. and worldwide over Armed Forces Radio and TV. This year's broadcast will be on the air 15 minutes earlier at 10 a.m.

"The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," longtime tag phrase to signal commercial breaks, will be restored this year. Page explained. It was changed last year to "The Greatest Spectacle in Sports," at the request of the Speedway management. A woman, Sally Larvick, will be included in this year's announcing team, something Page has wanted for some time. "I've wanted to have a woman involved for the past couple of years," he explained.

"I felt we weren't getting the flavor of the race." Ms. Larvick will cover atmosphere and upbeat features. Page again will marshall his "cast" of veteran reporters, most of whom have been with him and the Network for years. Ron Carrell will be at the first turn; Doug Zink on turn No. 2.

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