November 25, 1949
Mike Joy
(Photo; twitter.com)
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Joy is a TV sports announcer, who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage. His color analysts are Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds. Joy has broadcast 35 Daytona 500s, NASCAR's biggest event. He also serves as FOX Sports' expert analyst for their coverage of collector car auctions and vintage auto racing events.
Joy is a TV sports announcer, who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage. His color analysts are Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds. Joy has broadcast 35 Daytona 500s, NASCAR's biggest event. He also serves as FOX Sports' expert analyst for their coverage of collector car auctions and vintage auto racing events.
Joy's broadcast career has also included college football, Formula One, CART, IRL, as well as coverage of the Winter Olympics, the Sun Bowl, harness racing's Hambletonian, Pro Beach Volleyball and World Cup Skiing, plus NCAA championship events in soccer, gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field, and wrestling.
Joy resides on Lake Norman, in North Carolina with his wife Gaye and their two children, Scott and Kaitlyn. He restores vintage MG's, and retains his New England roots as CEO and equity partner in New England Racing Fuel, Inc., distributor of Sunoco Race Fuels.
An avid SCCA amateur race driver, he has won events at Lime Rock, Watkins Glen, Pocono and New Hampshire, and raced professionally in IMSA, including the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1993. He has tested in NASCAR stock cars and trucks, and won driving Historic TransAm cars.