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Jenna Fryer May 26, 2021 - 2:55 PM INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NBC Sports heads into its third Indianapolis 500 not ready to wave the checkered flag on its partnership with Roger Penskes open-wheel racing series. IndyCars current deal with NBC Sports is in its final season and contract negotiations are unclear. There have been reports Penske will take a higher rights fee from a new partner and that NBC has fallen out of the running on a renewal. Sam Flood, executive p...

05/26/2021 NBC announced a somewhat significant change to their Olympics broadcaster lineup. On Wednesday, the network announced that Leigh Diffey would take over as the play by play broadcaster for track and field events in Tokyo. Diffey replaces Tom Hammond, who called track events for NBC since the 1992 Olympics. The good news is that Diffey is no stranger to track, the Olympics, or NBC. He’s been with the network since 2013, and has called events at the Olympics in 2014, 2016, and 2018 (b...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Leigh Diffey has been stereotyped as the speed guy at NBC Sports....

Man of Speed: Diffey to call Olympic track and field for NBC Poll Yes This photo provided by IndyCar shows Leigh Diffey at an IndyCar Series race in Monterey, Calif., in a Sept. 18, 2019, photo. Leigh Diffey has been stereotyped, if you will, as the speed guy at NBC Sports. Hes the lead announcer for this weekends Indianapolis 500 and most of his network involves sports that go fast. His next assignment has Diffey covering the fastest athletes in the world. The 50-year-old Australian has been n...

Jenna Fryer This photo provided by IndyCar shows Leigh Diffey at an IndyCar Series race in Monterey, Calif., in a Sept. 18, 2019, photo. Leigh Diffey has been stereotyped, if you will, as the speed guy at NBC Sports. Hes the lead announcer for this weekends Indianapolis 500 and most of his network involves sports that go fast. His next assignment has Diffey covering the fastest athletes in the world. The 50-year-old Australian has been named play-by-play announcer of NBC Olympicsâ�...

Opinion Our car experts choose every product we feature. We may earn money from the links on this page. Parity and Performance Making IndyCar More Fun Than F1 for Fans and Drivers Rinus VeeKay makes it five different winners in five races races this season for NTT IndyCar Series. By Jerry Bonkowski KARL ZEMLIN Rinus VeeKay led 33 of 85 laps on Saturday to become the NTT IndyCar Series fifth different winner in five races this season. Romain Grosjean, who failed to reach the podium in ...

The seven-time NASCAR champion is now an IndyCar rookie running only the road and street courses. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:06 PM CDT May 5, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson will make his first Indianapolis 500 start this year after all — with the television crew, not on the racetrack. NBC Sports said Tuesday it will use Johnson for studio coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on both race day and qualifying weekend. The seven-time NASCAR champion is n...

The seven-time NASCAR champion is now an IndyCar rookie running only the road and street courses. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:06 PM CDT May 5, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson will make his first Indianapolis 500 start this year after all — with the television crew, not on the racetrack. NBC Sports said Tuesday it will use Johnson for studio coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on both race day and qualifying weekend. The seven-time NASCAR champion is n...

May 04, 2021 - 10:46 AM INDIANAPOLIS - Jimmie Johnson will make his first Indianapolis 500 start this year after all — with the television crew, not on the racetrack. NBC Sports said Tuesday it will use Johnson for studio coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on both race day and qualifying weekend. The seven-time NASCAR champion is now an IndyCar rookie running only the road and street courses, a decision that has sidelined Johnson for the four ovals on the schedule including t...

Book review: Aussie ‘Speed Kings’ at the Indy 500 Book review: Aussie ‘Speed Kings’ at the Indy 500 February 03, 2021 There’s a mystique associated with the Indianapolis 500. When traffic’s moving fast and erratically, the casual observer will be heard to remark that it’s like the Indianapolis 500. But when it comes to awareness, the ‘Indy 500’ plays second fiddle in this country to F1 at Albert Park and Supercars at Bathurst. The famous open-wheel race is the subject of John ...