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NASCAR is set to crown a champion this weekend at Phoenix Raceway as its season comes to an end. The race will also mark the final one with legendary motor racing voice Jeff Striegle on the call for Motor Racing Network (MRN). After 27 years behind the microphone, Striegle had announced earlier this year it would be his last.
Striegle had made the announcement in a post on X in August saying, “I have made the decision that after 27 years with MRN, this will be my last. This journey has taken me to places and provided opportunities that I could have never imagined. I have memories that will last a lifetime and friends that I will miss dearly.”
Striegle has seen it all in his career and when asked to choose a favorite memory he said, “It’s hard to pick out just one racing moment. There are so many amazing memories. For me, what I will miss most are the people. Everywhere we go, we meet wonderful people, great race fans that tell us ‘We have been listening to MRN for years…‘ they always want to thank us for what we do. Without the fans, there would be no need for the Motor Racing Network.”
“Throughout his time with the network Jeff has lent his talents to a number of positions around the racetrack before finding his way to the broadcast booth in 2013,” said MRN President Chris Schwartz. “His broadcast career began like so many others by working the public address booth providing the soundtrack for thousands of fans at his local racetrack, in Jeff’s case Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan. He has been involved with calling some of the sport’s most iconic moments, and it is fitting that the checkered flag will fall on his broadcast career by calling the final laps of another NASCAR Cup Series Championship.”
Motor Racing Network will have complete coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race Sunday, Nov. 10 beginning at 2 p.m. ET. The NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race will be carried live on approximately 300 radio station partners across the United States, the NASCAR mobile app, and at MRN.com.
In addition to his work with the radio network, Jeff Striegle is also the General Manager of Berlin Raceway near his home in Grand Rapids.
