Tom Carnegie, born Carl Lee Kenagy, (September 25, 1919 – February 11, 2011) was an American radio and television broadcaster, public-address announcer, sports columnist, documentary filmmaker, and educator from Norwalk, Connecticut.

Carnegie's signature calls during the Indianapolis 500-mile race qualifying attempts were "He's on it" and "It's a new track record," which he repeated many times during his six decades as the Speedway's public address announcer.

Born Carl Lee Kenagy on September 25, 1919, in Norwalk, Connecticut, [1][2] his father, was a Baptist minister moved the family to Waterloo, Iowa, and Pontiac, Michigan.

Carl's interest in playing sports shifted to other activities after he contracted a polio-related virus before his senior year in high school.

The illness affected the strength in his legs for the remainder of his life and caused him to begin training his voice for a career in broadcasting.

Carl entered extemporaneous speech and debate competitions while still in high school, and won an American Legion oratorical contest during his senior year.

That same year, Eldon Campbell, the station's program manager, persuaded Carl to change his on-air name to Tom Carnegie because he thought it sounded better.

[6] Carnegie is best known for initiating WRTV's broadcasts of daily trackside reports of the Indianapolis 500-mile race during the month of May.

Shaw urged Tony Hulman, the new Speedway owner, to hire Carnegie as the lead public-address announcer for the 500-mile auto race in May 1946, the first one held after its temporary suspension during World War II.

[2] During that time Carnegie paired with Howdie Bell, and for more than twenty years with Butler University coach Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle for broadcasts of the tournament.

[14][17] Carnegie's later acknowledged his all-time favorite sporting event broadcasts were the 1954, 1955, and 1956 Indiana high school boys' basketball tournaments.

[7][10] Carnegie was also the announcer for Crispus Attucks High School's back-to-back wins in 1955 and 1956 with future Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson.

The documentary was the "first driver-feature shown on national television in the United States"[10] (on ABC Sports); it also aired on the BBC in Great Britain.

The scenes were shot on location at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Butler campus in Indianapolis, where Carnegie announced Milan High School's upset of Muncie Central in the 1954 state championship game.

[10][12] Carnegie appears as himself in three ESPN SportsCentury television documentaries: "A. J. Foyt," (2001) "Rick Mears," (2001) and "Al Unser Sr." (2002).

[14] As former Indianapolis 500-mile auto racer Johnny Rutherford described Carnegie's broadcasts: "The delivery, the way Tom said them, his timing on everything was impeccable.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson suggested that "no single individual had more to do with the growth of qualifications during the month of May" than Carnegie.

[12] Mari Hulman George, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation's chairman of the board at the time of Carnegie's death, also commented: "Millions of race fans who never met Tom still felt as if they knew him because of his distinctive voice and his passion for the Speedway, its events, and its people.