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That is the utmost honor that anyone can achieve from those within the paddock or behind the wheel of a race car. Though Miller gained his fame beginning with a typewriter, continuing with a computer at The Indianapolis Star, ESPN, SPEED TV, Racer Magazine and finally behind the microphone for NBC Sports, the legends bestowed another title on the colorful character from Southport, Indiana. Miller even tried driving a race car himself in the United States Auto Club (USAC) Midget Series in the 1970s, which gave him an innate understanding of the sport that he covered so well. He went from meeting his heroes, to covering his heroes at The Indianapolis Star to becoming close personal friends with those heroes over the course of a half-century. Miller went from being an unpaid “Stooge” on Jim Hurtubise’s Indy car as an 18-year-old in 1968, to becoming the leading voice in auto racing for over 50 years. He went from flunking out of Ball State University in nearby Muncie, Indiana, in 1971, to reaching the pinnacle of the journalism profession, including NBC Sports. INDIANAPOLIS – Robin Miller went from being the skinny kid from the southside of Indianapolis that snuck through a hole in the fence to watch the first 50 laps of the 1958 Indianapolis 500 with his father, to becoming one of the most influential figures in the history of the famed race and Ind圜ar.