Stock car racing fans in the United States are mourning the death of longtime NASCAR broadcaster Bill Weber, who passed away at the age of 67.
News of Weber’s death has only begun circulating now – despite the veteran broadcaster having died back on December 13, 2024.
The news was broken by the National Motorsports Press Association back on Monday.
Weber’s rise through the ranks of motorsport broadcasting coincided with a peak in NASCAR’s popularity in the 1990s through the mid-2000s.
He spent time as a pit reporter and a studio host with TNN and ESPN in the 1990s before jumping to NBC in the 2001 when the network won the rights to broadcast the sport for the first time.
Weber became NBC’s top voice in 2004 when he replaced lead announcer Allen Bestwick for lap-by-lap coverage. He impressed enough to replace Bestwick full-time.
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