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Published 5:30 am, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Peter Fernandez, 81, the original American voice of Speed Racer. Peter Fernandez, 81, the original American voice of Speed Racer. Peter Fernandez created the fast-talking Speed Racer persona that U.S. kids rushed home to watch after school in the late 1960s.
Fernandez also is working with Speed Racer: The Next Generation, which can be seen 6 p.m. Fridays on the Nicktoons Network. The new series jumps ahead about 30 years to focus on Speed's racing progeny. Fernandez does the voice of middle-age Spritle, the headmaster of the racing academy.In the original series, Spritle was the comic-relief little brother who often jumped in the trunk of Speed's car with his ape pal, Chim Chim.After beginning his career as a child model and working in radio, Fernandez settled into voice work in the 1960s and '70s.ernandez also is working with Speed Racer: The Next Generation, which can be seen 6 p.m. Fridays on the Nicktoons Network. The new series jumps ahead about 30 years to focus on Speed's racing progeny. Fernandez does the voice of middle-age Spritle, the headmaster of the racing academy.