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The voice of Ken Squier has been easily
recognized, for the last 50 years, by a few thousand fans at the
high banks of Vermont's Thunder Road, or a few million listening to
the "Great American Race" from the high banks of the Daytona
Speedway. Squier started out as an announcer at Mallets Bay and the
Northeastern Speedway in the 1950's, before opening Thunder Road,
the Barre Vt. ¼ mile oval, which he still owns, in 1960.
Longtime NASCAR NORTH competitor
Stub Fadden put it best. "In 1960, we had been helping a guy named
Leland Ingerson. Well, opening day at Thunder Road, my wife
Charlotte and I listened to the race on WDEV (Squier's radio station
in Waterbury, Vt). Ken made the race sound exciting and I had to get
involved. I wouldn't even want to estimate the number of people that
Ken Squier has introduced to auto racing myself included".
Ken is one of the founders of
World Sports Enterprises and the Motor Racing Network, where he
served as announcer and play by play commentator. Fellow television
personality Dick Berggren admires Squier. "When you look at today's
television reporters, myself, Mike Joy, Jack Arute", says Berggren,
"Ken has been a role model for each and every one of us. He's my
hero".
Squier has been with CBS Sports
for over 25 years. It was there that he announced the first live
flag to flag coverage of the Daytona 500 in 1979. He has received
Emmy nominations for Outstanding Edited Sport Series and Outstanding
National Sports Broadcaster. Today, we welcome Ken into the NEAR
Hall of Fame. |
