Longtime Oaklawn announcer Terry Wallace dies

December 6, 2018 at 11:16 a.m.

by Stephen Simpson

FILE - Oaklawn Track Announcer Terry Wallace is greeted by racing fans and friends in 2011. Wallace ended his record of consecutive race calls at 20,191 when he handed over the microphone to Frank Mirahmadi on Jan. 28, 2011.
FILE - Oaklawn Track Announcer Terry Wallace is greeted by racing fans and friends in 2011. Wallace ended his record of consecutive race calls at 20,191 when he handed over the microphone to Frank Mirahmadi on Jan. 28, 2011.

Terry Wallace, the former voice of Oaklawn Racing & Gaming in Hot Springs, has died after health complications, officials said.

Oaklawn spokesperson Jennifer Hoyt confirmed Thursday that Wallace died due to complications with supranuclear palsy, a brain disorder.

Wallace, a member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, retired in 2011 after spending 37 years in the announcer's booth at Oaklawn. He called 20,191 consecutive races at the park between 1975 and 2011.

NW News on 12/07/2018

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