Paul Page on motorsports broadcasting and some wild rides

<p dir="ltr">Not only did he recover from a harrowing helicopter crash that almost struck <strong><a href= "https://www.speedwayschools.org/">Speedway High School</a></strong> in 1977, he also had to cope earlier that year with the suicide of his mentor, Sid Collins, the original "Voice of the Indy 500" on the <strong><a href= "https://tunein.com/radio/Stream-IMS-Radio-Network-a38365/">Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network</a></strong>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Veteran motorsports broadcaster <strong><a href= "https://the-race.com/esports/indy-500-icon-paul-page-to-commentate-on-legends-trophy/">Paul Page</a></strong> - who was inducted into the <strong><a href="https://imsmuseum.org/fame_inductee/">IMS Hall of Fame</a></strong> last month - will be Nelson's guest to share insights from his eventful life, including his close friendship with three-time Indy 500 winner <a href= "https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/history/people-of-ims/indianapolis-500-drivers/bobby-unser"><strong>Bobby Unser</strong></a>, who died in May at age 87. Unser periodically had been Paul's sidekick in the broadcast booth on both radio and TV.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/images/Book-cover-Paul-Page.JPG" alt="Book cover: Hello, I'm Paul Page; "It's Race Day in Indianapolis."" width="240" height="340" align="right" />Paul, 75, who semi-retired in 2016 but still can be frequently heard on the airwaves (sometimes billed as the "Voice Emeritus"), had a multi-faceted career that stretched beyond commentating about auto-racing and other sports. As a news reporter in April 1968, he was standing only a few feet from Bobby Kennedy when he made <strong><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDlET_gK68">a historic speech in Indianapolis about Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination</a></strong>.</p> <p dir="ltr">These episodes - including his stint as a licensed paramedic (he participated in many emergency runs) - are described in Paul's new autobiography, <strong><em><a href= "https://www.autobooks-aerobooks.com/pr