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Long-time IndyStar Indy Car Insider Curt Cavin has been hired by IndyCar as vice-president of communications. He will begin his new position Oct. 24.

Cavin arrived at IndyStar as an intern in December 1985, writing his first byline story about what was then Indiana Central University (now UIndy) basketball. He became a Pulliam Fellow at the newspaper in the summer after graduating from Franklin College and was hired as a full-time sportswriter later that year.

Cavin’s first column was about bowling, and he covered several Olympic sports before becoming a lead high school reporter in the early 1990s. He was the newspaper’s first regular NASCAR writer and has written about the Indy Racing League since its inception in 1996. He has covered every Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the past 29 Indianapolis 500s, authoring both editions of IndyStar’s “100 Years, 500 Miles” books. He has received national Associated Press awards for his coverage of motor sports, including the seat-counting story at IMS in 2004.

While best known as for his IndyCar coverage, Cavin is a former Indiana University beat writer in the Bob Knight era, and covered Butler University basketball when Brad Stevens was a graduate assistant with the program. He also has been instrumental in covering the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers through the years.

In addition to print coverage, Cavin has been an IndyStar leader in providing multimedia content while guiding a team of Indianapolis 500 reporters, photographers and editors, and he co-hosts “Trackside with Cavin and Kevin” on 1070 the Fan.

Cavin also created the Carb Night Burger Bash, a free fan event now a staple of the Indianapolis 500 weekend. In its nine years, the Burger Bash has donated nearly $200,000 to Central Indiana programs.

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