NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip will head to Australia later this year to commentate the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and Armor All Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercars events for SPEED TV.
Just like he does on the NASCAR races, fans across the US are set to hear “boogity, boogity, boogity – let’s go racing boys from Mount Panorama!”
Waltrip will be joined for the races by fellow NASCAR commentator Mike Joy, Australian ex-pat Leigh Diffey and Englishman Calvin Fish.
The news follows last Thursday’s announcement that the Fox Network-owned station will broadcast both events live into the United States for the first time (CLICK HERE for previous story).
Waltrip, who won three top-tier NASCAR titles before retiring in 2000, says he’s a fan of V8 Supercars’ aggressive style of racing.
“I’ve watched some of their races on SPEED and it’s some of the best racing I have ever seen,” said Waltrip.
“It is some of the most aggressive road course racing I have ever watched … these guys don’t mess around.
“They race the entire race like the last 10 laps of a Cup race and I just watch with my jaw hanging open.”
The Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 will take place across the October 6-9 weekend, with the internationally flavoured Armor All Gold Coast 600 following two weeks later.
The 2011 V8 Supercars Championship continues next weekend with the L&H 500 at Phillip Island.
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