Indianapolis 500 fans double up with split loyalties to Pacers, race day traditions
INDIANAPOLIS — Dean Heaviland has attended more than three dozen Indianapolis 500s and has been working gamedays with the NBA's Indiana Pacers for three decades.
So in Heaviland's world it doesn't get any better than Sunday.
He again made the short jaunt from his home in Speedway, Indiana, to the nearby racetrack for the race then scurried across town to help supervise the entertainment for the Eastern Conference finals to complete the rare race-day double yet again. Only this one started a little different.
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