INDY 500 HAS PASSED AWAY.
HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA AT THE
INDY 500 HAS PASSED AWAY.
JIM NABORS -- WHO SANG THE
FAMOUS SONG AT THE TRACK FOR
MORE
THAN 40 YEARS -- DIED AT THE AGE
OF 87 -- PEACEFULLY IN HIS HOME
IN
HAWAII.
OUR CHARLIE CLIFFORD JOINS US
NOW WITH THE REACTION FROM
AROUND INDYCAR AND THE
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
CHARLIE?
(CHARLIE)
THE SENTIMENT ACROSS THE INDYCAR
SERIES TONIGHT IS...THERE
IS NO REPLACING JIM NABORS ON
RACE DAY.
INDYCAR SERIES TONIGHT
IS...THERE IS NO REPLACING JIM
NABORS ON
INDYCAR SERIES TONIGHT
IS...THERE IS NO REPLACING JIM
NABORS ON RACE DAY.
WE SPOKE WITH MANY VOICES FROM
AROUND THE SPORT TODAY.
RACE DAY.
WE SPOKE WITH MANY VOICES FROM
AROUND THE SPORT TODAY.
INCLUDING THIS PORTION OF AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FROM
LAS VEGAS WITH INDIANAPOLIS
AROUND THE SPORT TODAY.
INCLUDING THIS PORTION OF AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FROM
LAS VEGAS WITH INDIANAPOLIS
MOTOR SPEEDWAY PRESIDENT DOUG
BOLES.
((DOUG BOLES, - "WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT INDIANA AND YOU
THINK ABOUT THE INDIANAPOLIS
MOTOR SPEEDWAY, WE THINK ABOUT
'BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA'...
ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT 90 SECONDS OF THE
ENTIRE YEAR. THAT IS THE MOMENT
IN WHICH, AS HOOSIERS, WE TAKE
SUCH PRIDE IN KNOWING ON STAGE,
WE HAVE THE BEST 33 DRIVERS IN
THE WORLD AND WHO EVERYONE IN
THE WORLD IS
PAYING ATTENTION TO AND FOR
THOSE 90 SECONDS, WE ARE
REMINDING PEOPLE THAT THIS ONLY
HAPPENS IN INDIANA AND
THIS 108 YEAR ONLY FACILITY HAS
GOTTEN TO CELEBRATE 101 RUNNINGS
OF THE 500 AND ALMOST 40 OF
THOSE WITH JIM
KICKING OFF THE FESTIVITIES."))
HERE IN INDY AND AROUND THE
WORLD INDYCAR DRIVERS
RESPONDED TO NABORS PASSING. ED
CARPENTER, TOLD WISH-TV,
NABORS AND BACK HOME AGAIN IN
INDIANA, WAS SIMPLY A MAGIC
COMBINATION. CARPENTER AND 20-16
INDY 500 CHAMP ALEXANDER
ROSSI GAVE THESE THOUGHTS ON
NABORS LEGACY AT THE GREATEST
SPECTACLE IN RACING IN RACING.
((ED: HAVING GROWN UP AROND THE
TRACK AND THE
PRIVILEGED OF BEING AROUND
JIM... SUCH A GREAT GUY, HE
MEANT SO MUCH TO THIS CITY AND
EVERYONE WHO HAS A
PIECE OF 500. ALL OF THE FAMILY
TRADITIONS AND MEMORIES, HE IS
CONNECTED TO ALL OF THAT. HE IS
GOING TO
BE DEARLY MISSED.
ALEXANDER: AFTER WINNING, I
TALKED ABOUT THE EDUCATION
AND APPRECIATION I GAINED AND HE
WAS A PART OF THE THAT. HIM
BEING A STAPLE IN THE RACE, JUST
AS MUCH AS FLORENCE HENDERSON
WAS, HIS LEGACY WILL CONTINUE ON
FOREVER AND HE WILL DEFINITELY
HAVE A PLACE IN EVERYONE'S HEART
WHO HAS RACED IN THE 500.))
(DAVE)
REACTION POURED IN AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE
STATE.
THAT. HIM BEING A STAPLE IN THE
RACE, JUST AS MUCH AS FLORENCE
HENDERSON WAS, HIS LEGACY WILL
CONTINUE ON FOREVER AND HE WILL
DEFINITELY HAVE A PLACE IN
EVERYONE'S HEART WHO HAS RACED
IN THE 500.))
FLORENCE HENDERSON WAS, HIS
LEGACY WILL CONTINUE ON FOREVER
AND HE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A
PLACE IN EVERYONE'S HEART WHO
HAS RACED IN THE 500.))
(DAVE)
REACTION POURED IN AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE STATE.
24 HOUR NEWS 8'S ERIC FELDMAN
SPOKE WITH SOME HOOSIERS WHO
KNEW JIM NABORS BETTER THAN
MOST.
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE STATE.
24 HOUR NEWS 8'S ERIC FELDMAN
SPOKE WITH SOME HOOSIERS WHO
KNEW JIM NABORS BETTER THAN
MOST.
(ERIC)
A SAD DAY FOR THE RACING
COMMUNITY AND FOR LONGTIME
FANS OF THE INDY 500.
JIM NABORS FIRST SANG AT THE
RACE IN 1972 -- AND LAST BELTED
OUT BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA
IN 2014.
BUT HIS MEMORIES -- AND HIS
VOICE WILL LIVE FOREVER IN THE
LIVES HE
TOUCHED --
AND ON THE TRACK HE LEARNED TO
LOVE.
((ERIC FELDMAN, REPORTING))
((NATS))
IN 1972 --
A MAN FROM ALABAMA --
INVITED TO THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
AS A GUEST OF A LAS VEGAS
IN 1972 --
A MAN FROM ALABAMA --
INVITED TO THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
((ERIC FELDMAN, REPORTING))
((NATS))
IN 1972 --
A MAN FROM ALABAMA --
INVITED TO THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
AS A GUEST OF A LAS VEGAS
BUSINESSMAN.
(( / : THERE'S JUST NO
ACCOUNTING FOR WHY
SOMETHING TAKES OFF. OR WHY
SOMETHING DOESN'T. 00:02:18-24
)) LITTLE DID HE KNOW --
THAT IT WOULD BE LIFE-CHANGING.
ASKED TO SING --
JIM NABORS AGREED.. HE THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
BUT REALLY --
(( / :BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA
))
HE DIDN'T KNOW THE WORDS.
SO HE HAD TO WRITE THEM DOWN ON
HIS HAND. HE WASN'T THE FIRST TO
SING IT.
(( / :I REMEMBER THE FEELING WAS
GOMER WHAT'S HE DOING
HERE?(00:01:08-12) ))
BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT MAY
AFTERNOON IN 19-72.
((NATS))
(( / :IT WAS JUST MAGIC ON RACE
DAY ((00:02:37-40) ))
FAMOUS FOR PLAYING GOMER PYLE ON
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW -- A NEW
STAR WAS BORN.
A NEW STAR WAS BORN.
(( / : IF HE WASN'T DOING IT
PEOPLE WERE LIKE OH MY GOD
A NEW STAR WAS BORN.
(( / : IF HE WASN'T DOING IT
PEOPLE WERE LIKE OH MY GOD
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
((00:01:43-47) ))
AFTER THAT --
((NATS))
HE SANG HIS HEART OUT --
((NATS))
YEAR
((NATS))
AFTER YEAR
((NATS))
UNTIL 2014.
IT WOULD ONLY LAST A MINUTE --
BUT HIS IMPACT WILL LAST A
LIFETIME.
(( / :
WHEN I GOT THE NEWS I THOUGHT OH
A PART OF INDY
500 HISTORY HAS GONE AWAY FROM
US. 00:00:42-46 ))
(( / : HE ENDED UP BECOMING ONE
OF HTE MOST BELOVED
ICONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE
TRACK (00:00:46-51 ))
HIS DEATH ON THURSDAY --
BEYOND HOLLYWOOD --
HIT HOOSIERS HARD.
(( / : HE LOVED BEING AT THE
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY AND YOU COULD TELL THAT
IN THE WAY HE EMBRACED YOU NAD
THE WAY HE SAID HELLO TO PEOPLE.
(15:09:06-15:09:13)))
SO IN MAY --
THERE WILL BE A GAPING HOLE
DURING THE SONG.
BUT HIS PRESENCE WILL ECHO --
AND USHER IN THE GREATEST
SPECTACLE IN RACING.
((NATS))
(ERIC)
THE MAN WHO WILL SING BACK HOME
AGAIN IN INDIANA NEXT YEAR
IS JIM CORNELISON --
AN I-U GRAD WHO SANG IT LAST
YEAR. HE'S ALSO THE VOICE OF
THE
HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA NEXT YEAR
IS JIM CORNELISON --
AN I-U GRAD WHO SANG IT LAST
YEAR. HE'S ALSO THE VOICE OF
THE
BLACKHAWKS.
HE TWEETED TODAY --
EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR BEING
ABLE TO CONTINUE THE
TRADITION THE JIM NABORS CARRIED
FOR SO MANY YEARS.
LIVE AT IMS --
ERIC FELDMAN --
24 HOUR NEWS 8.
(DAVE)
OUR COVERAGE OF JIM NABORS'