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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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Economaki is
the recipient of many awards, including the 1984 Walt Ader Memorial
Award; the first Hugh Deery Memorial Award for Service to Auto Racing;
the 1990 USAC Presidential Award; 1990 Charlotte Speedway Award; the
Patrick Jacquemart, Ray Marquette, Dave Fritzlen and Ken Purdy Awards
for his work over the years in furthering the cause of autoracing.
In 1998, NASCAR presented him with its Lifetime Media
Award. His latest honor came in late 2001 when he received the International
Automotive Media Council Lifetime Achievement Award.
Economaki is also the recipient of NASCAR’s Award
of Excellence, which was presented to him by NASCAR President Bill
France in 1990 at the annual NASCAR awards banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria
in New York City.
In 2000, Economaki received the NASCAR/Federal Mogul
Buddy Shuman award, presented annually to the person judged to have
gone above the call of duty in service to NASCAR Winston Cup racing.
That same year, he was also honored by Speedvision (now Speed Channel)
for his many contributions to auto racing.
In 2005, Economaki was elected as a member of the
Auto Racing Hall of Fame located at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Hall of Fame and Museum.
Because of Economaki’s knowledge of U.S. auto racing history, Microsoft
chose him to author the auto racing history portion of its Encarta
Encyclopedia.
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