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Wallace called every race at Oaklawn for 37 years

Wallace called every race at Oaklawn for 37 years

By Robert Yates

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 4:09 a.m.

Benjamin Krain Former Oaklawn Park track announcer Terry Wallace (right) shakes hands with track owner Charles Cella on Jan. 28, 2011, when Wallace skipped calling a race for the first time in 37 years. Wallace will be inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame on Friday.

Terry Wallace said he didn’t have any idea what to expect, or even how to get to Hot Springs, when he was named Oaklawn Park’s track announcer in December 1974.

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Sports, Pages 13 on 01/30/2012

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