Dave Despain

Dave Despain
Born (1946-05-20) 20 May 1946 (age 78)
Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.
OccupationMotorsports journalist
Known forHost of WindTunnel with Dave Despain and NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup and Motoworld

Dave Despain (born 20 May 1946) is an American motorsports journalist. He was the host of WindTunnel with Dave Despain on Speed Channel, and NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup, until the former was cancelled during the demise of Speed and the latter underwent a format change at the beginning of the 2008 NASCAR Season. On 14 December 2013 Despain announced on Twitter that he would be moving to MAVTV in 2014[1] to provide color commentary during races held on the channel and host a show called The Dave Despain Show.

  1. ^ Dave Despain [@DaveDespain] (14 December 2013). "Thrilled to join MAVTV team! If you don't get MAV, complain to your cable company. Debut will be Chili Bowl 1/18 live on MAV. Can't wait!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.