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Chris Economaki has photographed, written about, promoted and
announced every kind of motorsport racing event. His comments
on television while working for ABC, CBS and ESPN, along with
his tenure as editor and publisher of National Speed Sport News
has earned him the title, "The Dean of American Motorsports."
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Track announcing
led to broadcasting. Economaki reported most of ABC Sports’ telecasts
of motorsports events on ABC’s Wide World of Sports and the special
telecasts of the Indianapolis 500.
In fact, he was one of the first expert commentators
hired by ABC Sports. He made his debut at the July 4, 1961 running
of the Firecracker 250 stock car event at Daytona Int’l Speedway
in Daytona Beach, Florida
His coverage of that event July 4, 1981 marked the
completion of his 20th season with ABC Sports. After 23 years with
ABC Sports he moved to CBS-TV where for more than 10 years he traveled
to the world’s great races for that network. He now does occasional
pieces for ESPN, Speed Channel and other TV networks.
During his tenure at ABC sports, Economaki covered the world’s major
auto events, including Formula One Grands Prix, the LeMans 24-hour,
Australia’s Bathurst 1000, the East African Safari, the Indianapolis
500 and the Daytona 500.
He has covered every form of racing—from the big Championship Indy-type
events to the sprint cars, NASCAR stock car races, Can-Am competitions
and drag races.
In 1984 he joined CBS’s sports staff and worked on the live telecasts
of the Daytona 500 and Detroit Grand Prix in addition to the network’s
IROC coverage. In 1984 he was a weekly contributor to ESPN’s Speedweek
show and, from 1985 to 1988, did a weekly piece on Motorweek Illustrated,
on TBS.
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