Meet IndyStar motorsports insider Nathan Brown
It takes a staff of dedicated journalists to bring you the news from around Central Indiana. In this feature, the Indianapolis Star introduces readers to our newsroom staff — or, rather, we let them introduce themselves. Up this week is motorsports insider Nathan Brown.
I'm IndyStar's motorsports insider, and I primarily cover the entire IndyCar schedule, along with all the major events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
I started this job Sept. 30, 2019.
Indianapolis 500 race day and the thrill and unpredictability of it is unlike anything else I experience or cover the entire year. It's a day where I get to be on camera for a couple hours in the morning hosting our live pre-race show, document in real time the goings-on of the largest single-day sporting event in the world and then attempt to tell the biggest story of the day in as deep and well-reported a way as possible. It turns into a 20-hour day, but the rush gets me through it.
I learned at a young age that playing sports for a living wasn't going to be, but I've loved being around all sorts of sports for as long as I can remember. And I especially loved every week when I was a kid flipping through my dad's "Sports Illustrated" and experiencing first-hand the ways in which smart, witty, emotional, well-reported stories can connect people, educate readers and elicit all forms of emotion.
I love going to The Garage and trying out new restaurants in there and exploring different cultures through food that way.
Spending any quality time I can with my wife and our two young boys is always the best part of my days with how much I travel during the hectic six months of the IndyCar season.
I have legitimately zero spare time over the next two weeks until we get past the Detroit Grand Prix, but once we get there, my wife and I will pick back up switching back and forth between watching "The West Wing" and the final season of "You."
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I competed in show choir competitions all four years of high school.
I'd love to travel all around Europe for two to three weeks and visit as many countries and big cities as possible.
For better or worse (mostly the latter), I'm a lifelong Miami Dolphins fan.
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