Dick Berggren

Richard Berggren (born May 27, 1942) is an American motorsports announcer and magazine editor from Manchester, Connecticut. He is commonly seen wearing a trademark flat cap.

Academia Berggren described himself as "the worst student" in high school. No college accepted him, so he accepted a job as an office boy at United Aircraft. He was a psychology professor at Emmanuel College in Boston for nine years.

Driving career Berggren began racing in 1967 and won 26 events before his driving career ended in 1981. He raced SuperModifieds, Modifieds, stock cars, and sprint cars. He stopped racing after his racecar climbed a dirt bank at Boone Speedway, causing over 200 people to scatter to avoid being hit.

Editing Berggren wrote for local newspapers early in his career. He worked for Stock Car Racing magazine while he taught at Emmanuel College and raced on the weekends. He began his television career at NASCAR races in 1981 as a pit road reporter for ESPN. He also hosted the Speed Channel show NASCAR Performance.

However, Berggren did return to CBS (where he had previously worked until 2000) for a limited schedule of pit reporting ARCA telecasts during the 2014 season. Berggren ended up working the three races for which CBS held the broadcast rights.

Acting Berggren appeared as himself in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

Awards Berggren was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2002. He was inducted in the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame in 2008. Berggren received the 2007 Bobby Isaac Memorial Award for his outstanding contributions to short track racing.

Personal Born in Westerly, Rhode Island, he now lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with his wife Kathy. Berggren's mother died in 1992.