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Considered the world's best-known reporter of the auto racing scene, Chris Economaki saw his first race when he was nine at the Atlantic City board track. He was hooked for life and by the time he was a teenager, he was writing a byline column for the National Auto Racing News, a precursor of National Speed Sport News. When he took over the helm of National Speed Sport News in 1950, he turned the dysfunctional publication around and made it one of the most influential motorsports publications in the country. Stints as a track announcer led to broadcasting

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