INDIANAPOLIS — After an incredible 40-year career with WTHR , meteorologist Chuck Lofton signed off 13Sunrise Friday morning.

On Friday's broadcast, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar President Doug Boles presented Chuck with one of the official bricks that was in the track when it was paved in 1909.

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett also declared June 6 "Chuck Lofton Day" in the City of Indianapolis.

"My thanks to you," Chuck said to viewers in his closing message. "Over the decades, I have heard so many stories while at gas stations or grocery stores, picking up toilet paper, about how Sunrise is a part of so many people's lives in Indianapolis and Indiana. Starting those days with news, traffic, weather and a smile – that's been my goal, that no matter what is happening, or how bad

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