Connie LeGrand is an American

United States

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 television

Television

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 journalist

Journalist

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 who has served in broadcasting in South Carolina

South Carolina

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 and was host of Speed News (now The Speed Report

The Speed Report

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) from 2004 to 2006.
Growing up in "Bobby Rahal

Bobby Rahal

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 country," LeGrand attended her first auto race in the 1980s: The Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500

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. She went on to graduate from Clemson University

Clemson University

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 in 1989 with a degree in marketing. LeGrand would then earn a Master's degree from the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...

 before going into broadcasting

Broadcasting

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. While attending UGA, LeGrand worked as a radio announcer for Athens radio station 960 AM WRFC and sister station Bulldog 103.7 under the pseudonym Connie Laurens.
She served as co-host of Speed News (now The Speed Report

The Speed Report

SPEED Center is Speed Channel's news show that debuted on February 13, 2011, replacing The SPEED Report. Airing on Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM EST, it has rotating anchors though its most noted are Leigh Diffey, Adam Alexander, Bob Varsha, and Krista Voda.SPEED Center and its predecessors have been...

), a motorsports news program (30 minutes during motorsports season on Saturdays and 60 minutes on Sundays) produced by Speed Channel

SPEED Channel

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, with Drew Johnson.