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 was a native of New Jersey and attended Butler University before going into broadcast media.
His 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.
Fans are mourning the death of longtime NASCAR announcer Bill Weber, who died in December
Weber was a pit reporter and lap-by-lap broadcaster at TNN, TNT, ESPN, and NBC
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.
NBC ended up dropping the sport in 2006, but Weber stayed on to call races with TNT up until 2009.
That year, Weber was suspended following an altercation at a hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire.
He was there to cover a race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in nearby Loudon, but was sent home after the incident and never appeared to call NASCAR races again.
After his broadcasting career ended, Weber decided to change paths and oddly became a magician up until his death.
Per Backfired News, a memorial service for Weber is in the works but no information has yet been released.
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