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'''Calvin Fish''' (born 22 July 1961 in [[Norwich]]) is an [[England|English]] television announcer for the [[Speed Channel]] and a former race car driver.
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'''Calvin Fish''' (born 22 July 1961 in [[Norwich]]) is ana British [[England|English]] television announcercommentator for the [[SpeedNBC ChannelSports]] and a former race carracing driver.
 
Fish began his career in karts at 13. He then moved to [[Formula Ford]] in 1979 at age 18 and then [[British Formula Three]]. He finished fourth in the [[1983 British Formula Three Championship]] and was the only other driver besides [[Ayrton Senna]] and [[Martin Brundle]] to win a race that year. He then came to the [[United States]] and competed in various classes of [[Sports Car Club of America|SCCA]] competition as well as [[IMSA GT]]. He was the 1987 [[Atlantic Championship|Formula Atlantic]] champion and then made 14 starts in the [[Indy Lights]] series. He returned to sports cars following a good showing at a Roush Racing gong-show shoutout. He was the GTO class winner at the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] and [[24 Hours of Daytona]] in 1990. He drove sporadically until 1995.
 
He is currently an analyst and commentator for NBC Sports on [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] broadcasts, and for [[CBS Sports Network]] on [[GT World Challenge America]] broadcasts.
Calvin is featured in all editions of the [[Ayrton Senna]] story. Fish and Senna were fierce rivals in the junior formulae in the UK. Both had the utmost respect for each other, hence, the acknowledgment of Fish in any of the books written about Senna. Fish is one the few drivers to beat Senna in F3 and F2000.
 
He is currently an analyst announcer for the Speed Channel in the US and covers such series as the [[Grand-Am|GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series]], [[Speed World Challenge]], and the [[American Le Mans Series]].
 
==External links==
*[http://www.speedtv.com/speed/bio/132/ Speed Channel bio]
 
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