Lindy Thackson Past IndyCar Reporter and Fox59 Anchor
Good morning it’s Christmas Day. Hope Santa was good to everyone. Going through my photos I found a shot I’d taken of Lindy Thackston. Who remembers her? I meet her when she was a pit reporter for Versus covering IndyCar and the Indy 500. Her Indy roots go way back. She grew up listening to the Indy 500 and was an Indy 500 Princess in 2001. She also did social media for Ed Carpenter Racing and was a trackside reporter for Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s public announcement system. After racing she joined and later became a morning anchor at FOX59 News in Indianapolis. Earlier this year Lindy was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer. She missed work for treatment. Three months after returning to work it was announced that the cancer had spread to her lungs. In the middle of October she had surgery removing half of her lung. After surgery she announced, “they got all the cancer out!” Checking on Lindy’s health, there wasn’t any additional information about her beyond October
