Chris Economaki spent many years as a broadcast announcer for ABC (photo: NSSN Archives)
American motorsports journalist Christopher “Chris” Constantine Economaki passed away Friday, September 28th, 2012 at the age of 91. Economaki served as an editor, publisher and columnist for National Speed Sport News for more than 60 years. He also was a reporter and commentator for racing broadcasts on network television and radio, including coverage of the Indianapolis 500 for ABC and the IMS Radio Network.
Known as the “The Dean of American Motorsports”, Economaki was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Greek immigrant father and his mother was a great-niece of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He saw his first race at age nine at the board track in Atlantic City. He was immediately hooked on the sport.
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