Ken Squier

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Kenley Dean Squier (born April 10, 1935) is an American sportscaster and motorsports journalist from Waterbury, Vermont.

He served as the lap-by-lap commentator for NASCAR on CBS from 1979 to 1999, and was also a lap-by-lap commentator for TBS from 1979-1999.

In 1979, Squier became the first announcer to provide lap-by-lap commentary for the Daytona 500.

For the Daytona 500, he coined the phrase "The Great American Race" and helped with the introduction of the Australian manufactured in-car camera for the 1982 run of the competition.

He lives in Stowe, Vermont.

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Sports announcing career

Lloyd Squier, the family's father, owned and operated WDEV in Waterbury, Vermont, and Ken began his on-air work at the age of 12 (when Lloyd Squier died in 1979, the station's principal owner and CEO) survived the station. At age 14, Squier's racing career began when he announced a stockcar race from the back of an old logging truck on a tiny dirt track in Vermont. In the 1950s, he was the announcer at Malletts Bay and the Northeastern Speedway, as well as the Monadnock Speedway. He opened Thunder Road International SpeedBowl, the Barre, Vermont, quarter-mile oval (sold in April 2017).

Squier was one of a group of six men who established Catamount Stadium in Milton, Vermont, which operated from 1965-1987. He was a regular announcer on this track, "The Home of the Brave."

Bill France, Sr., co-founded Motor Racing Network in 1970. Squier co-founded Motor Racing Network. He appeared on television for many years before deciding to television in the later 1970s.

Squier was a pit reporter for ABC's first live "flag" coverage of the Greenville 200 in 1971, and he joined CBS Sports a year later.

People would watch the entire Daytona 500, according to Squier. "It was a tough sell," the entrepreneur said. "There was a general feeling that this was more of a novelty product and that it wouldn't work on a national basis." CBS aired the 1979 version of the "Great American Race" flag, to slag on February 18, 1979. Television viewings were strong, in part because of a major snowstorm on the East Coast that kept millions of viewers indoors. Richard Petty won the race, but Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough's fight made news around the country.

Various TV stations will have NASCAR coverage over the next 20 years, starting in 1981: CBS, TBS, TNN, ESPN, ABC, ABC, and NBC. Squier will continue to work for CBS and TBS, covering half of the Winston Million races—the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600.

In 1997, Squier began his career as a lap-by-lap commentary and was replaced in the booth by Mike Joy. Every Daytona 500 from 1979 to 1997, Squier had a winner. Squier became the studio host, where he remained until 2000. Squier appeared in the Fox Sports studio during the first-ever regular season Winston Cup Series event televised by Fox.

NASCAR on TNT raced TNT on TNT on July 13, 2014, the final race at the Camping World RV Sales 301. In this address, Squier said goodbye to NASCAR on TNT after the Pre-race show was complete.

Squier was announced in September 2015 that it would participate in the Bojangles' Southern 500 race as part of a throwback weekend for NASCAR to commemorate the years 1970-1974. Ned Jarrett and his son Dale Jarrett appeared at Squier, bringing them together. The trio resurfaced in 2016 as part of the Darlington contract with its throwback theme for the next few years, when the years 1975-1984 were commemorated. They were back in the same position as 2017 in the same role. Squier triggered some media reaction after nick-naming Erik Jones That Jones Boy for his thumping top-five streak.

Squier's distinctive broadcasting style used grandiose words and colorful metaphors. In his youth, he often referred to NASCAR as "common guys doing strange stuff." "two of the best, fiddling, fidgeting with first place at the 1979 Daytona 500," he said, stymied another time at Daytona, "a true American hero." Several of his tales included describing wrecks as "side over side, end over end," and describing wrecked racecars as "all torn up." A contest for a large pack of cars drew comparisons to "an Oklahoma land rush." "Door handle to door handle" or "knuckle to knuckle" will be the case for drivers on either side of the conflict. He was also known for his ability to switch between the "radio" style of television broadcasting and "TV" styles. The 1981 Talladega 500 was one of the best-known examples, but only the audio remained and the video went out. "Three cars came out of the tri-oval, lined up like a squadron of P-51s from World War II, and down they came to the line," Squier described Ron Bouchard's disgrace in true fashion.

In the 1990s, Squier announced CBS Sports' occasional CART IndyCar broadcasts, as well as hosting the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship in the Los Angeles Coliseum with four-time Speedway World Champion Barry Briggs of New Zealand and pit reporter Dave Despain. In the 1980s, Squier hosted CBS' "live flag-to-flag" coverage of American Formula One races (e.g. (British) together with David Hobbs and pit reporter Chris Economaki, we all had a blast in Detroit, Dallas.

He has also participated in a variety of sports outside of auto racing, including ice skating, golf, and tennis. He has made announcements outside of the United States, including Australia, Japan, and Europe. He was a play-by-play announcer for CBS' coverage of Albertville's 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He is a presenter on the television show R U Faster Than a Redneck since 2013.

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