To some, Ken Squier was known as the voice of NASCAR on CBS during the 1980s. To others, he’s a noted track announcer and to still others he’s the ultra-successful promoter at Vermont’s Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl.
But most of all, Squier is a friend of auto racing.
Squier started out as an announcer at Northeastern Speedway in the 1950s. He opened Thunder Road, which he still owns, in 1960.
Squier, now 72, was instrumental in founding the Motor Racing Network, which broadcasts NASCAR races on the radio, and was the play-by-play announcer for CBS’s coverage of the Daytona 500 for more than 20 years.
Squier, who began announcing at age 14, has won numerous awards and is a member of the Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame.
Featured here (clockwise from top left): Interviewing George and Mildred Elliott, parents of Bill Elliott, after Elliott’s Daytona 500 victory in 1987; Accepting the Henry T. McLemore Motorsports Press Award in 1975; At the track in 1985; Hard at work in 1985; With NSSN’s Chris Economaki at the 1990 Winston Cup banquet; Posing for a publicity shot; In the broadcast booth in 1980. — NSSN Archives