by FOX Sports

Updated: February 13, 2007, 1:15 PM EST

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Dick Berggren has over 30 years of motorsports experience as a driver, journalist and broadcaster. The smooth delivery, unsurpassed preparation and trademark cap distinguishes his reporting from pit road, where he patrols with NASCAR on FOX colleagues Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum and Krista Voda. The 2005 Daytona 500 marked Berggren's 11th Daytona 500 broadcast.

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Berggren's television career began in 1981 with ESPN where he served as a booth analyst and pit road reporter during television's early coverage of Winston Cup and Busch Grand National events. He has worked as a pit road reporter and booth analyst for TBS, TNN, and CBS where he covered major NASCAR events, including the Daytona 500. Berggren was a professor of psychology at Emanuel College in Boston after earning a doctorate in psychology from Tufts University.

In addition to television, Berggren's racing knowledge and experience is displayed in publishing. He serves as executive editor of Speedway Illustrated, which he founded in 1999. Among many awards for motorsports journalism, Berggren received the Writer of the Year award from the National Motorsport Press Association in 1999.

In 1967, Berggren began his 25 year career as an active race car driver in sprint cars, supermodifieds and stock cars. During his career, he won 26 feature events and set several track records.

Berggren was born on May 27, 1942 in Westerly, R.I. and now resides in Ipswich, Mass. with his wife, Kathy.