Brian Till (born March 26, 1960 in
Houston, Texas), is a racecar driver who formerly competed in the
CART Championship Car
American open-wheel car racing, also known as Indy car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2022, the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar.
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series. He raced in the 1992–1995 seasons with 20 career starts.
Racing career
Till had success early being named Rookie of the Year of the Houston Region of the
SCCA
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in 1986. Not long after, he won the 1990
Atlantic Championship
The Atlantic Championship is a formula race car series with races throughout North America. It has been called Champ Car Atlantics (after its former name), Toyota Atlantics (due to the series' previous history of using Toyota-powered engines) ...
. In
1991
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, he joined the
Indy Lights
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series and won the race at
Mid-Ohio
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. In
CART he ran 20 races, including the
1994 Indianapolis 500
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, where he finished 12th. Till had three top-ten finishes in CART competition.
Till drove full-time in the
Trans-Am Series
The Trans-Am Series is a sports car racing series held in North America. Founded in 1966, it is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA).
Primarily based in the United States, the series competes on a variety of track types includ ...
in 1995 and finished 9th in points.
Broadcasting career
After retiring as a professional driver, Till worked for the
American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The American Le Mans' hea ...
as a pit reporter for coverage of endurance sports car races and an instructor at the Mid-Ohio High Performance Driving school near Lexington, Ohio.
Currently, Till is contracted to
NBC Sports but has also worked sports car and
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series broadcasts for
Fox Sports
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The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the F ...
. On
NBCSN, Till has filled in on the network's IndyCar coverage, particularly on weekends of both an IndyCar and
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
race on the network. He has been play-by-play announcer on at least one IndyCar Series race per season since 2012.
Racing record
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
American Open Wheel
(
key)
CART
References
External links
Driver Database Profile
1960 births
Living people
Indianapolis 500 drivers
Indy Lights drivers
Atlantic Championship drivers
Trans-Am Series drivers
Motorsport announcers
Racing drivers from Houston
Sportspeople from Houston
Barber Pro Series drivers
SCCA National Championship Runoffs participants
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Dale Coyne Racing drivers
A. J. Foyt Enterprises drivers