Sid Collins, “The Voice of the 500,” grew up in Indianapolis where he would help out putting price tags and unloading merchandise at his father's store. He attended Shortridge High School which would have a major influence on his life. Shortridge had the first daily high school paper in the nation ...
Sid Collins
The IMS Radio Network
Over the 1951-1952 winter, Tony Hulman and IMS president Wilbur Shaw put together the IMS Radio Network to broadcast the Indianapolis 500. This was not a new idea but rather it was born of necessity.
The first coverage of the Indianapolis 500 was in 1922 when two small Indianapolis radio ...