Leigh Diffey
| Leigh Diffey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 March 1971 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | American sports commentator |
| Employer | NBC |
Leigh Diffey (born 3 March 1971 in Brisbane) is an Australian American auto racing commentator with NBC Sports in the United States. He has also worked in Britain and in his homeland of Australia, where he commentated on Champ Car and V8 Supercars for Network Ten in Australia. He is nicknamed "Stiffey" by fans and fellow commentators.
Prior to his commentary and TV career, Diffey was a primary school teacher at Ipswich Grammar School, leaving in 1995–96 to pursue his love of motorsports and television.
Prior to his 2002 move to the United States, Diffey commented on the Superbike World Championship and presented coverage of the World Rally Championship for the BBC in the United Kingdom. He worked alongside Steve Parrish who along with Diffey, shared a mutual friend - the late Barry Sheene. Sheene was instrumental in joining Diffey and the BBC together.
In 2001 Diffey filled in for Jeremy Shaw covering the Champ Car series for ESPN International alongside Ben Edwards at the Rockingham Motor Speedway (United Kingdom) and the Lausitzring (Germany).
In 2003, Diffey was hired by 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 an occasional The Speed Report anchor and Formula One host. He also did occasional lap-by-lap coverage of the NASCAR Busch North Series.
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