Richard Berggren (born May 27, 1942) is a motorsports announcer and magazine editor from Manchester, Connecticut in the United States.

[1] Berggren transferred to Southern Connecticut State University, where his girlfriend Kathy was a student.

[4] He stopped racing after his racecar climbed a dirt bank at Boone Speedway, causing over 200 people to scatter to avoid being hit.

[1] The National Motorsport Press Association named Berggren the 1999 Writer of the Year.

[6] He began his television career at NASCAR races in 1981 as a pit road reporter for ESPN.

In May 2012, Berggren announced he would retire after Fox's broadcast of the 2012 FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway.

"[8] However, Berggren did return to CBS (where he had previously worked until 2000) for a limited schedule of pit reporting ARCA telecasts during the 2014 season.

Berggren received the 2007 Bobby Isaac Memorial Award for his outstanding contributions to short track racing.

[9] Born in Westerly, Rhode Island, he now lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts with his wife Kathy.