Leigh Diffey

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leigh Diffey
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Mar 3, 1971(1971-03-03)
Age	53
Birthplace	Brisbane
Country	Australia
Birth City	Queensland
Horoscope	Pisces

Leigh Diffey Biography

Leigh Diffey is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on March 3, 1971 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Diffey grew up in Queensland, Australia where he briefly raced motorcycles with his friend Daryl Beattie, who eventually became a professional motorcycle racer. Diffey, meanwhile, pursued a career in motorsports broadcasting; his first job came in 1990 at the age of 19, calling Ipswich Motorcycle Club racing at Tivoli Raceway. Diffey also worked as a physical education teacher at Ipswich Grammar School; he left in 1995 to pursue a full-time career in television and sportscasting.

In 2001, Diffey moved to the US to cover the American-based open-wheel racing CART series, while still working for the BBC. Two years later in 2003, Diffey made a full-time move to the States when he was hired by Speed Channel, which later simply became “Speed”. At Speed, Diffey was the play-by-play announcer for the network’s coverage of the Speed World Challenge, the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Sports Car Series, the Rolex Grand-Am Cup, the SCCA Trans-Am Series, and a regular anchor of The Speed Report and Speed Center. Diffey occasionally filled in for Speed commentator Bob Varsha during the network’s Formula One broadcasts. He also commentated selected rounds of the AMA Superbike and AMA Motocross Championships.

Leigh Diffey Net Worth

Leigh Diffey is one of the richest Journalist from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leigh Diffey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Leigh Diffey (born 3 March 1971 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian American auto racing commentator. His career began calling motorcycle races in his home country before moving to the United Kingdom to cover other forms of motorsport. Diffey then moved to the United States to join Speed Channel, while simultaneously working for Network Ten in Australia. Since 2013, he has served as a play-by-play announcer and studio host with NBC Sports in the US.

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Diffey served as lead announcer for several events of NBCSN’s coverage of Red Bull Global Rallycross beginning with the opening event from Fort Lauderdale in the 2015 season. He continued to cover the series for the network until the series folded, doing play-by-play for the final round of the 2017 season from the Port of Los Angeles on 14 October.

Facts & Trivia

Eric Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Leigh Diffey celebrates birthday on March 3 of every year.

Diffey serves as a recurring co-host of NASCAR America, a weekday NBCSN program dedicated to NASCAR. While he had covered NASCAR practice and qualifying sessions with Speed, it was not until his tenure with NBC that he made his NASCAR debut as a play-by-play announcer for a race, covering the Xfinity Series (NXS) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on 15 August 2015. After calling the race, Diffey spoke of the experience as “a thrill…I’ve been a NASCAR fan and dabbled in it, and for that to be my first race was something else.” He also commentated the Richmond, Dover, and Kansas NXS races.

Where does Leigh Diffey live?

Diffey is a native of Brisbane, Australia, and currently lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children.

What nationality is Leigh Diffey?

Australian

How old is Leigh diffey?

51 years (March 3, 1971)

Who is announcing bobsled at the Olympics?

Leigh Diffey reprises his role as the lead play-by-play bobsled, skeleton and luge announcer for NBC Sports during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. This marks his third Olympics overall with NBC Sports, having previously served as the play-by-play rowing commentator for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

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