Robin Miller paid surprise tribute by colleagues

Robin Miller's 'Legend Series' T-shirts have gained iconic status among those who are lucky enough to receive one at the Indy 500 every year, and also among fans who frequently spot him wearing them in RACER.com videos.

But at Mid-Ohio last weekend, the tables were turned when Miller arrived for an NBCSN production meeting to find all of his colleagues wearing a specially-commissioned shirt paying tribute to Miller himself.

"For the past few years, Steve Shunck and I have commissioned artist Roger Warrick to draw a caricature of various Indy legends – AJ, Mario, Parnelli, Gurney, Bobby Unser, Johnny Rutherford and the three four-time winners," Miller said.

"We make a couple hundred t-shirts and sweatshirts and give them to our friends – we're not real smart, because we could sell them for good money. The person who coordinates everything for us is Linda Rosenberg, who has been involved in IndyCar merchandising since the early 90s and also serves as a pit spotter for NBCSN at IndyCar races.

"Linda had Roger draw up a T-shirt of me and ambushed me at Mid-Ohio, which is obviously flattering and funny because I'm anything but a legend. She had the entire NBC crew wearing one for our production meeting (ABOVE). Pretty damn cool.

"Anyway, the trick now is to get AJ to wear his and pose for a photo that I can make a Xmas card out of for 2017."

Although not usually available to the public, RACER.com readers will have a chance to score one of a very limited number of the Parnelli Jones 'Legend Series' T-shirts that Miller and Shunck produced for this year's Indy 500. Check this week's Miller's Mailbag on Wednesday for more details.