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Mike Joy (born November 25, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American TV sports announcer, who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage. His color analysts are Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds. Joy has broadcast more than 30 Daytona 500s, NASCAR's biggest event. He also serves as Speed TV's expert analyst for their coverage of collector car auctions and vintage auto racing events.
Joy was raised in Windsor, Connecticut and graduated from West Hartford, Connecticut's Conard High School. While attending University of Hartford and later Emerson... MORE
Mike Joy (born November 25, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American TV sports announcer, who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage. His color analysts are Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds. Joy has broadcast more than 30 Daytona 500s, NASCAR's biggest event. He also serves as Speed TV's expert analyst for their coverage of collector car auctions and vintage auto racing events.
Joy was raised in Windsor, Connecticut and graduated from West Hartford, Connecticut's Conard High School. While attending University of Hartford and later Emerson College, Joy began his public address work at Riverside Park Speedway in Massachusetts in 1970.
He added Thompson Speedway in 1972 and in 1975 began working at Stafford Motor Speedway in Connecticut, joining Jack Arute, Jr., the son of the track owner, establishing the track as a hotbed for announcers. Announcing five nights per week, he was noticed by Motor Racing Network (MRN) co-founder Ken Squier. MRN hired him as a freelancer in 1976, full-time in 1978, and he rose to co-anchor, general manager and executive producer in January 1980. In 1981, he was the lead broadcaster for ESPN's first live LESS
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