Chris Economaki, a journalist long regarded as the
authoritative voice in motor sports, died Friday. He was 91.
National Speed Sport News, which Economaki edited and
published for more than 60 years, announced his death but gave no details, according to a story at latimes.com.
Economaki, who was often called the "dean of American
motor sports journalism," worked in television for more than 30 years with
stints at ABC, CBS and ESPN.
He was part of ABC's first telecast from Daytona
International Speedway in 1961, then became a pit reporter and commentator for
the network's "Wide World of Sports" until 1983.
After moving to CBS in 1984, he called races for that
network until 1993. He also covered Formula One races for ESPN in the late
1980s.
Born Oct. 15, 1920, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to a Greek immigrant
and his wife, Economaki grew up in Ridgewood, N.J., and attended his first race
in Atlantic City when he was 9.
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