Wil Hampton covers sports for RTV6.

"I have several memories of the Indy 500, but the most memorable was in 1996.

Growing up as an Indiana kid, I have always loved the Indy 500 and all of its traditions.

But my career path took me to North Carolina, and far from the famed oval, until I came home in 1995.

The 1996 race was my first to cover as an official member of the media and I can remember standing on the track during the prerace festivities.

I was standing on the front stretch between the first and second starting rows when "Back Home Again In Indiana" boomed from the speakers.

Wow! Talk about a flood of emotion for me, I was back home again and I was up close and personal with the greatest spectacle in racing.

It's great to be in Indiana in May, and every year that song gets to me. I guess I'm just a sentimental Hoosier at heart."

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