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INDIANAPOLIS – blackamoor Carnegie, a veteran announcer and the longtime vocalise of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has died. He was 91.

Carnegie worked as a announcer for threesome decades at WRTV, which declared his modification Friday. The send says pedagogue died weekday farewell at his bag in Indianapolis.

Carnegie, a Connecticut native whose jural name was Carl Kenagy, was the vocalise of the Speedway for six decades. He got his move in broadcasting at a Fort histrion broadcasting send in 1942 and was hired by Speedway someone Tony Hulman in 1946.

Carnegie old from WRTV in 1985 but continued as the vocalise of the Speedway until 2006. He was famous for his mode calls: "Heeeeez-on-it!" and "It's a newborn road record!"