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Robin Miller was an American motorsports journalist who wrote for The Indianapolis Star and other publications. He also raced midgets, covered the Indy 500, and was a controversial figure in the sport.
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Miller's career evolved organically, a young boy who grew up on the south side of Indianapolis enchanted by the speedway. His first visit to the track came in 1957 in grade school when he fibbed to a teacher and said he wasn't allowed to go on a field trip to Chicago. The kids left behind got a day at the track. "I was hooked after that," Miller sa...
Meanwhile, Miller landed a job in 1968 at the Indianapolis Star answering phones. One night, some guys in the newsroom went out, got a little drunk and didn't come back. The phones were ringing off the hook, Miller was answering them and taking box scores and then writing, because no one else was there to do it. "How did you know how to write?" an ...
It was in his heyday at the IndyStar that Miller became a household name. He was the racing authority during IndyCar's peak in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. "Through the split, then coming out on the other side, Robin was the definitive source. He was the one who had everybody's ear," said Bill Benner, a former sports columnist with IndyStar. "He was lik...
In 2001 after three decades at IndyStar, Miller was fired, according to the company, for violating the company's electronic messaging policy with abusive e-mails to readers and defamatory e-mails about newsmakers and Star staff members. Miller also accepted money from a race car driver whom he covered, which violated the company's ethics policy. He...
Robin Miller was a brash, unfiltered and knowledgeable reporter who covered auto sports for decades. He started as a fan, became a driver, and then a writer for the Indianapolis Star, ESPN, Speed and NBC Sports.
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Aug 17, 2020 · Aug 17, 2020. Editor’s Note: Robin Miller, longtime journalist, columnist and one-of-a-kind racing scribe, died Aug. 25, 2021 at the age of 71, after years of multiple myeloma and...
Aug 25, 2021 · Robin Miller, veteran IndyCar journalist, columnist and 2021 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee, died Wednesday of multiple myeloma and leukemia. He was 71.
Aug 25, 2021 · A native of Indiana, Robin Miller was a true friend to open-wheel racing. Leigh Diffey looks back on Miller's unique and distinctive style and Miller's lasting impact on the world of...
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One of motorsport’s legendary writers and broadcasters Robin Miller has died at the age of 71. David Malsher-Lopez Aug 25, 2021, 6:42 PM. Upd: Aug 26, 2021, 12:26 PM. Born in Southport, IN,...
