Mike Joy
| Mike Joy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 25, 1949 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Nationality |
 American
|
| Occupation | TV sports announcer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Known for | Commentator on Fox Sports for NASCAR events and Barrett-Jackson collector car auctions |
| Spouse(s) | Gaye Joy |
Michael "Mike" Joy (born November 25, 1949) is an American TV sports announcer who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' coverage of NASCAR. His color analysts are Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon. Counting 2017, Joy has been part of the live broadcast of 38 Daytona 500s, (7 for MRN Radio, 17 for CBS-TV and 14 for FOX-TV). He also serves as Velocity/Discovery Channel's expert analyst for their coverage of collector car auctions.
Joy was raised in Windsor, Connecticut and graduated from West Hartford, Connecticut's Conard High School. His career began as a public address announcer at Riverside Park Speedway in Agawam, Mass., in 1970 while attending the University of Hartford and then Emerson College. He spent 15 years with NASCAR's radio network, MRN Radio (1976-1990) and anchored the first live Sprint Cup telecasts on ESPN (1981) and TNN (1991).
He added Thompson Speedway in 1972 and in 1975 began working at Stafford Motor Speedway in Connecticut, joining Jack Arute, Jr., the son of the track owner, establishing the track as a hotbed for announcers. Announcing five nights per week, he was noticed by Motor Racing Network (MRN) co-founder Ken Squier. MRN hired him as a freelancer in 1976, full-time in 1978, and he rose to co-anchor, general manager and executive producer in January 1980. In 1981, he was the lead broadcaster for ESPN's first live NASCAR telecast in that November's Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta International Raceway. On weekdays, he worked in marketing for Daytona International Speedway.
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