SULLIVAN: Blackouts For Short-Track Racing?

IRA/Maverick sprint cars make a four-wide parade lap at Indiana’s Tri-State Speedway. (Neil Cavanah photo)


  • Patrick Sullivan

    A National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee in 2017, Pat Sullivan is one of open-wheel racing’s most popular and most prolific storytellers.

INDIANAPOLIS — Many were anxious for an update on the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 by the time IMS President Doug Boles addressed the assembled media for the second time on race morning.

He assured all that despite the rain delays the event could be completed. Then he added a juicy tidbit. The television blackout would be lifted in central Indiana. Some nodded in agreement and some even offered light applause. It had been a contentious issue for years.

 

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