Poor Paul Page
A few years back I attended the Krystal Square-Off in Chattanooga, TN. For those of you from the midwest who are unaware of what a Krystal burger is, it’s basically a White Castle with mustard and without holes. Clearly, they are inferior because the buns cannot be properly steamed without the holes, but the perfect nuances of a White Castle is beyond the scope of this blog.
When attending the Krystal Square-Off, which was in the midst of Takeru Kobayashi’s reign of terror, I had the opportunity to talk to Paul Page. Our former announcer has, without a doubt, the voice that I most attribute to IndyCars. I told him that I missed him terribly doing the races (this was right after the Todd Harris season), and he just looked at me with as pained a look as I’ve ever been given. He said that they don’t trust him to do 33 cars, so they only let him do two-at-a-time now.
Well, today is probably his most watched event of the year anymore. Joey Chestnut won. He just isn’t as inspiring as Takeru Kobayashi.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
They didn’t trust him to call a race with 33 cars? Perhaps he can come back now that there is only one car that needs to be focused on.
July 5th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
FYI — Paul Page announces the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series broadcasts on ESPN2.