John Houghton Track Announcer
John has 20+ years of announcing experience at various events. He served as Delaware Speedway Track Announcer for over ten years from 2005 through 2015 before stepping back from motorsports to pursue teaching and regional event promotion. He returned to regular announcing in 2021 as a track announcer at Grand Bend Speedway. In 2024 he was the trainer for the new announcing team at Buxton Speedway (Chatham, Ontario).
John has also made guest announcer appearances at Flamboro Speedway, Sunset Speedway (ISMA Super Modifieds), Barrie Speedway, the former Cayuga Speedway (ISMA Super Modifieds, Vintage Modifieds), and Buxton Speedway (Chatham, On). He has also announced at the occasional demolition derby.
What You Get:
- Always a family-friendly show.
- Keeping your show moving with speedy (but professional) victory lane interviews.
- Friendly interaction with your fans. Including twitter contests and more.
- Always about your event. You won’t catch John talking about a competing event at your race track.
- Building intensity and creating story lines throughout the event heading towards the feature races.
- Highlighting your drivers & your staff. When it comes to announcing at your track: your drivers and staff are the best. No question.
- Cautions are where the real announcing happens! Build on story lines while the fans can hear clearly and increase your sales tonight with on-air promotion of your food stands and souvenir booth.
From experience, John is also able to handle on-track incidents (such as medical emergencies or other unexpected occurrences) with professionalism and class.
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Rate is based on standard per-event fee + travel from the London, Ontario area. One additional admission ticket may be requested. Contact: info@checkeredflagmedia.com