Jim Nabors to sing at Indy 500 again

Jim Nabors will return to sing "Back Home Again in Indiana," a longtime "500" pre-race tradition which he missed a year ago, IMS President and Chief Operating Officer Joie Chitwood said.

"Jim had gone to the doctor and had a heart ailment, nothing serious, but living in Hawaii the doctor did not want him to be on a plane for 12 hours where no one could get to him," Chitwood said. "But we've spoken to him, he is planning to be here. So there were no serious health issues that will preclude him and, goodness, with our Centennial approaching, there is only one person I would want to be up there singing "Back Home Again in Indiana."