STAMFORD, Conn. -- NBC Sports announced Friday that Mike Tirico will anchor the network's inaugural Indianapolis 500 coverage on May 26, giving him his first glimpse at the largest single-day crowd to attend a sporting event anywhere in the world.
"I am thrilled to join our team as we cover one of America's iconic sporting events," Tirico said in a statement released by the company. "Having long enjoyed the Greatest Spectacle in Racing as a viewer, it will be fabulous to see it in person for the first time."
The announcement comes exactly 100 days before the Memorial Day weekend race.