Motor Racing Network (MRN) is a U.S.

radio network There are two types of radio network currently in use around the world: the one-to-many (simplex communication) broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass-media entertainment, and the two-way radio ( duplex communication) type ...

that syndicates broadcasts of

auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

events, particularly

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and hi ...

. MRN was founded in 1970 by NASCAR founder

Bill France, Sr. William Henry Getty France (September 26, 1909 – June 7, 1992), also known as Bill France Sr. or Big Bill, was an American businessman and racing driver. He is best known for founding and managing NASCAR, a sanctioning body of US-based stock ca ...

and broadcaster

Ken Squier Kenley Dean Squier (born April 10, 1935) is an American sportscaster and motorsports editor from Waterbury, Vermont. From 1979 to 1997, he served as the lap-by-lap commentator for ''NASCAR on CBS'', and was also a lap-by-lap commentator for T ...

, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NASCAR. Its first broadcast was the 1970 Daytona 500. MRN is one of the two main radio broadcasters of the

NASCAR Cup Series The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, ...

and

Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...

, covering events held at tracks owned by NASCAR, along with

Pocono Raceway Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as ''The Tricky Triangle'', is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. It is the site of three NASCAR national series races and an ARCA M ...

. It also broadcasts the

NASCAR All-Star Race The NASCAR All-Star Race, formerly known as The Winston from 1985 to 2003, the Nextel All-Star Challenge from 2004 to 2007, the Sprint All-Star Race from 2008 to 2016, and the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race from 2017 to 2019, is an annual NAS ...

, and the entire Truck Series season (although clearance of Xfinity and Truck Series events may vary by station). Almost all of the remaining Cup and Xfinity races are broadcast by the

Speedway Motorsports Speedway Motorsports, LLC is an American company that owns and manages auto racing facilities that host races sanctioned by NASCAR, IndyCar Series, NHRA, World of Outlaws and other racing series. The company was founded by Bruton Smith and has ...

-owned

Performance Racing Network The Performance Racing Network (PRN) is a radio syndication network controlled by Speedway Motorsports (SMI) founded in 1981. PRN airs NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series events held at Speedway Motorsports and Penske Corporation-owned and manag ...

(PRN), besides the

Brickyard 400 The Brickyard 400 was an annual NASCAR Cup Series points race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The inaugural race was held in 1994 and was the first race other than the Indianapolis 500 to be held at the Indianapolis Moto ...

(which is broadcast by the

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network (known typically as the IMS Radio Network or the INDYCAR Radio Network), is an in-house radio syndication arrangement which broadcasts the Indianapolis 500, the NTT IndyCar Series, and Indy Lights to ...

in association with PRN); many stations have affiliations with both MRN and PRN in order to air a full NASCAR schedule. All races are also carried on

Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Since 2008, Sirius XM Radio has had a similar channel lineup, with a few differences based on whether the individual has a Sirius, XM, or SiriusXM radio. For technical reasons, separate radios continue to be manufactured for the separate services ...

. In addition to NASCAR races, MRN broadcasts the majority of the

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

and once had exclusive coverage of the

United SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...

(IMSA now does the radio broadcasts) and

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

, including the

United States Grand Prix The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event that has been held on and off since 1908, when it was known as the American Grand Prize. The Grand Prix later became part of the Formula One World Championship. , the Grand Prix has been held ...

, which returned in the 2012 season at the

Circuit of the Americas Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas, in the United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand ...

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and offers other race related programs. The MRN flagship station is

WNDB WNDB (1150 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida, the station is owned by Southern Stone Communications. It signed on the air in . WNDB is powered at 1,000 watts. By day, it is ...

, which serves

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. The network headquarters moved near

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

in 2008.

Programs

While MRN's primary role is doing radio broadcasts of NASCAR races, they also produce daily radio programs that are carried by some of their affiliates. They also stream the programs on their website and offer most shows as a podcast on Apple iTunes. *''Busch Pole Updates'' (Short reports broadcast during Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying; full event broadcast available on some affiliates, SiriusXM Satellite Radio and through NASCAR.com's "Track Pass" subscription service). *''NASCAR Today'' (Twice daily three-minute reports, one around noon and one late afternoon/early evening with the hosts of MRN Outloud!). *''MRN Outloud!'' (Extended review of the past weekend's racing action with Woody Cain and Joey Meier). ^Podcast *''Rip The Fence'' (Former Voices of USAC Dillon Welch and Tyler Burnett talk Silver Crown, Midgets and Traditional Non-Winged Sprint Car Racing). ^Podcast *''American Racing Snobs'' (Eric Morse and Tony Rizzuti discuss the world of racing with an emphasis on the Formula 1 World Championship, plus other disciplines such as

IndyCar INDYCAR, LLC, is an American-based auto racing sanctioning body for Indy car racing and other disciplines of open wheel car racing. The organization sanctions five racing series: the premier IndyCar Series with its centerpiece the Indianapolis ...

and IMSA). ^Podcast *''Sunday Money'' (NASCAR Cup Series driver Corey LaJoie, FOX Sports personality Daryl Motte and MRN's own Lauren Fox bring you tales from both on and off the racetrack). ^Podcast *''Winged Nation'' (Winged sprint car news and interviews hosted by Erin Evernham and Steve Post). ^Podcast *''NASCAR Live'' (Tuesday evening call-in show hosted by Mike Bagley). ^Podcast *''MRN Crew Call'' (Motor Racing Network Host Rocko Williams talks to the guys that sit atop the pit boxes and jump over the wall). ^Podcast *''The Straightline'' (NHRA news and interviews hosted by Doug Herbert and Ralph Sheheen). ^Podcast *''NASCAR Coast to Coast'' (NASCAR local, regional and international talk with Hannah Newhouse and Kyle Rickey). ^Podcast *''MRN Classic Races'' (Rebroadcasts of classic races (formerly known as Flashback Friday and Throwback Thursday)). ^Podcast *''Ned Jarrett's World of Racing'' (Two-minute weekday morning commentary by two-time Grand National Series champion and former MRN pit reporter

Ned Jarrett Ned Jarrett (born October 12, 1932) is an American retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion. Because of his calm demeanor, he became known as "Gentleman Ned Jarrett". He is the father of former drivers Glenn J ...

, hosted by Suzy Armstrong). Three MRN announcers also host daily call-in shows on

channel 90 year round.

Mike Bagley Mike Bagley is an American motorsports commentator who works for the Motor Racing Network. He is the secondary turn announcer for MRN and has worked for the radio network since 1992 and became a turn announcer in 1998. Since 2008, Bagley has bee ...

and

Pete Pistone Pete Pistone is an American motorsports journalist and commentator who works for the Motor Racing Network. He is the lead writer for MRN.com and has worked for the radio network since 2009 after they purchased RacingOne.com. Since 2009, Pistone ...

co-host ''The Morning Drive'' Monday through Friday from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. Dave Moody hosts ''Sirius XM Speedway'' from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Moody was also the first NASCAR personality to host a show on satellite radio back in 2003 on

Sirius Satellite Radio Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Holdings. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Sirius ...

despite the fact NASCAR races and other NASCAR-related shows were exclusively on

XM Satellite Radio XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings. It provided pay-for-service radio, analogous to subscription cable television. Its s ...

. This changed on January 1, 2007 when MRN's

Barney Hall Barnet Hall (June 24, 1932January 26, 2016) was an American sports commentator for Motor Racing Network, formerly calling NASCAR races. Hall broadcast races for over 50 years. Hall is considered one of the best NASCAR commentators of all-time. MR ...

announced the launch of Sirius XM NASCAR Radio on Sirius XM.

Affiliate stations

MRN has about 600 affiliate stations, including: ; Alabama * Birmingham: WYDE /

WXJC-FM WXJC-FM (101.1 MHz, "The Truth") is a commercial Christian FM radio station licensed to Cullman, Alabama, serving the Birmingham metropolitan area and nearly all of north-central Alabama. The station is owned by Crawford Broadcasting Com ...

; Arizona * Phoenix:

KGME KGME (910 AM) is a commercial radio station in Phoenix, Arizona. KGME carries a sports radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are in Phoenix near Sky Harbor International Airport. KGME is powered at 5,000 watts, u ...

; Delaware * Dover:

WDSD WDSD (94.7 FM) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Dover, Delaware. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts a country format. WDSD broadcasts some sporting events, including NASCAR races, and is the flagship stat ...

; Florida * Daytona Beach:

WKRO-FM WKRO-FM (93.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Port Orange, Florida, broadcasting to the Daytona Beach area. It is owned by Southern Stone Communications and airs a country music radio format branded as "93-1 Coast Country". WKR ...

* Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach: WMIA-FM 93.9 HD2 ; Iowa * Decorah:

KVIK KVIK (104.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Decorah, the county seat of Winneshiek County, Iowa. The station is owned by Wennes Communications Stations, Inc. KVIK broadcasts a classic hits music format to northeast Iowa. On weekends ...

; Kentucky * Lexington:

WLXO WLXO (105.5 FM, "105.5 Hank FM") is a radio station with a classic country format. Licensed to Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Lexington-Fayette metro area. The station is currently owned by Clarity Communications ...

; Michigan * Detroit:

WDFN WDFN (1130 AM) is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts an all-news radio format under iHeartMedia's Black Information Network, targeting Detroit's African American community. Its studios are located in the D ...

; Minnesota * Buffalo:

KRWC KRWC (1360 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Buffalo, Minnesota, United States. The station is owned by Donnell, Inc. History The station signed on in November 1971. The station used to sign off at sunset, but switched to 24 hour broadc ...

; Missouri * Kansas City:

WHB WHB (810 AM) is a commercial radio station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Union Broadcasting and it airs an all-sports radio format. For most of the 1950s through the 1970s, while it was broadcasting at 710 AM, ...

; New Hampshire * Lebanon:

WXXK WXXK (100.5 FM broadcasting, FM; "Kixx 100.5") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, the station serves the Lebanon-Rutland (city), Vermont, Rutland-White River Junction, Vermont ...

; New York * Newark:

WACK WACK (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a full service format and licensed to Newark, New York, United States. The station is owned by Waynco Radio, Inc., and features programming from CNN Radio and Westwood One. WACK is the station wh ...

WUUF WUUF (103.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Sodus, New York, United States, the station serves the Sodus area. The station is currently owned by Waynco Radio and features programming from Westwood One's Ma ...

; North Carolina * Charlotte:

WEND WEND (106.5 FM) – branded 106.5 The End – is a commercial alternative rock radio station licensed to Salisbury, North Carolina, serving primarily the Charlotte metropolitan area, as well as parts of the Piedmont Triad. Owned by iHe ...

; Ohio * Cincinnati:

WSAI WSAI (1360 AM) is a Cincinnati, Ohio commercial radio station. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, its studios, as well as those of iHeartMedia's other Cincinnati stations, are in the Towers of Kenwood building next to I-71 in the Kenwood secti ...

* Cleveland:

WWGK WWGK (1540 AM) is a commercial daytime-only radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, that is currently silent. Owned by Good Karma Brands, it has previously operated as an ESPN Radio affiliate. The transmitter tower for WWGK is located on ...

WKNR WKNR (850 AM) – branded as ''850 ESPN Cleveland'' – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland. Owned by Good Karma Brands, WKNR is the Cleveland affiliate for ESPN Radio and the AM flags ...

* Newark: WCLT-FM ; Texas * Dallas:

KRLD (AM) KRLD ( ''NewsRadio 1080 KRLD'') is a commercial AM radio station in Dallas, Texas. Owned and operated by Audacy, Inc., the station carries an all news radio format on weekdays, switching to mostly non-political talk radio nights and weekends. ...

KRLD-FM KRLD-FM (, "105.3 The Fan") is a commercial radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. KRLD-FM is owned by Audacy, Inc., and airs a sports radio format. The station's studios and offices are located a ...

; Virginia * Bristol: WFHG /

WXBQ-FM WXBQ-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, serving the Tri-Cities. WXBQ-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. History WOPI-FM, sister to 1490 WOPI, signed on Christmas Day ...

* Richmond:

WRNL WRNL (910 AM "910 AM The Fan") is a commercial radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia. WRNL features a sports radio format and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. The studios, offices and transmitter are all co-located just north of the ...

WRVA-AM WRVA (1140 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Richmond and serving Central Virginia. WRVA airs a talk radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. Established in 1925, WRVA is one of Virginia's oldest radio stations, and the most pow ...

* Norfolk:

WTAR WTAR (850 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, and serving the Hampton Roads (Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News) radio market. WTAR is owned and operated by Sinclair Telecable, Inc. It broadcasts a hot adult cont ...

(except during

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seasons in September–November)

Announcers

Current

Booth announcers

=Cup

= *Alex Hayden (Lead booth announcer, 2019–present) *Jeff Striegle (booth announcer, 2013–present) *

Rusty Wallace Russell William "Rusty" Wallace Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is an American former NASCAR racing driver. He has won the 1984 NASCAR Cup series Rookie of the Year and the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. Over the course of his successful care ...

(booth announcer, 2015–present) * Todd Gordon (booth announcer, 2022-present)

=Xfinity and Trucks

= (For Companion Races; Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, Steve Post, Dave Moody and Mike Bagley Rotate Week to Week) *Kurt Becker (Stand-Alone Booth Announcer) *Dan Hubbard (Stand-Alone Booth Announcer) *Kyle Rickey (Stand-Alone Booth Announcer)

Turn announcers

=Cup

= * Dave Moody (Turn announcer, 1987–present, Lead turn announcer 2001–present, host of ''Sirius XM Speedway'') Dave Moody primarily works turns 1 and 2 at most tracks (i.e.

Daytona Daytona refers to the city of Daytona Beach, Florida, or things named after it. Daytona may also refer to: Locations * Daytona Beach Shores, Florida * South Daytona, Florida * The Daytona Beach metropolitan area * Halifax area, also known as Da ...

and Talladega), the backstretch at the short tracks ( Martinsville and the September

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

race (Mike Bagley works the April race), turn 1 at Pocono and the esses at Watkins Glen. When the Truck and Cup Series share a weekend at an SMI venue (except for the All-Star Race), Dave Moody works the booth for the Truck race. This occurs during both

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is ...

races. *

(Turn announcer, 1992–present, Fill in booth announcer, co-host of ''The Morning Drive'') Mike Bagley primarily works turns 3 and 4 at most tracks, the backstretch at

Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...

, turn 2 at Pocono, and the backstretch at Daytona and Talladega. He has been used by

NBC Sports NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its d ...

in a similar rule since 2017 at

Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen International, nicknamed "The Glen", is an automobile race track located in the town of Dix just southwest of the village of Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the hom ...

and

Indianapolis Motor Speedway The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is an automobile racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Verizon 200, and and formerly the home of the United State ...

in 2018 (Indianapolis is technically an SMI venue for radio purposes, as SMI's radio network works that race). Both men also work these same positions for the Xfinity and Truck Series when they share the same track and weekend with the Cup Series as well as standalone Xfinity and Truck races (usually road course races that aren't shared with the Cup Series (like

Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central regio ...

=Standalone races/fill-in as needed

= *Kyle Rickey (Turn Announcer) (Primary 3rd Turn Announcer at Daytona, Talladega, Pocono and Watkins Glen) *Dan Hubbard (Lead West Coast Turn announcer, Stand-Alone Events Booth Announcer) *Tony Bokhoven (Turn announcer) *Ford Martin (Turn announcer) *Chris Wilner (Turn announcer) *Jim Tretow (Road America Xfinity Race Only) *Tim Catafalmo (Turn announcer) *Kurt Becker (Turn announcer)

Pit reporters

=Cup

= *Steve Post (Pit reporter, co-host of ''Winged Nation''). *Kim Coon (Social Media/Garage reporter; Co-Host of NASCAR Live Today Pre-Race Show) *Dillon Welch (Pit reporter, Also Fill In Turn Announcer; son of Fox NASCAR pit reporter Vince Welch; part-time, as he will do some NBC Sports INDYCAR coverage to replace Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast when NBC's half of NASCAR begins)

=Standalone/fill-in as needed

= *Woody Cain (Pit reporter, turn announcer, NASCAR Today (daily news show) producer/host, also Co-Host of NASCAR Live Pre-Race Show) *Jason Toy (Pit Reporter and Turn announcer) * Hannah Newhouse (Pit reporter) *

(Pit reporter, lead writer at MRN.com, co-host of ''The Morning Drive'') *

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(Pit reporter) *Georgia Henneberry (Pit reporter) *Glenn Jarrett (Pit reporter) *Winston Kelley (Pit reporter)

Former

* Adam Alexander (Pit reporter 2000-2006, Current lead broadcaster for the Xfinity Series races on

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). *Fred Armstrong (Turn announcer, Later Production Director). * Rick Benjamin *

Allen Bestwick Allen Bestwick (born September 24, 1961) is an American sportscaster. He is the lead play-by-play voice for University of Connecticut women’s basketball telecasts for SNY, the lead track announcer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the l ...

(Turn announcer 1988-95, lead booth announcer 1996-2000, fill-in booth announcer for 2003 Speedweeks, was lead announcer for NASCAR coverage on ABC and ESPN, formally worked IndyCar races covered by ABC, plus covers college football and college basketball for ESPN. Previously was a race announcer then pit reporter for

NASCAR on NBC ''NASCAR on NBC'' (visually branded as ''NBC NASCAR'' in logos shown within on-air graphics and network promotions) is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races that are produced by NBC Sports, and televised on several NBCUniversal-owned ...

and

NASCAR on TNT ''NASCAR on TNT'' was the tagname for any NASCAR series race that had been broadcast on TNT by Turner Sports between 2001 and 2014. The network continued Turner's longstanding relationship with NASCAR that dated back to its initial association with ...

). *Bill Bowser (Turn announcer, fill-in booth and pit reporter 1970-1991) *Russell Branham (Garage reporter for

races, now a director at HB&M Sports in Charlotte, NC). *

Dick Brooks Richard Brooks (April 14, 1942 – February 1, 2006) was an American NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500. Brooks held off veteran Buddy Baker b ...

(Pit reporter, died in 2006). *Kenny Campbell (Fill-in booth announcer, 1970s) *

Dave Despain Dave Despain (born 20 May 1946) is an American auto racing, motorsports journalist. He was the host of ''WindTunnel with Dave Despain'' on Speed Channel, and ''NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup'', until the former was cancelled during the demise of Speed ...

(Turn announcer in the 1970s, worked on

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

and

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

racecasts in the 1980s-90s. Hosted

's NASCAR 2day pre-race show from 1994-2000,

Wind Tunnel Wind tunnels are large tubes with air blowing through them which are used to replicate the interaction between air and an object flying through the air or moving along the ground. Researchers use wind tunnels to learn more about how an aircraft ...

from 2003-2013 and

NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup ''NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup'' was a show that aired Monday nights on Speed Channel during the NASCAR season. ''Inside Nextel Cup'' was hosted by Dave Despain. The show was taped every Monday morning at Speed's studios in Charlotte, North Carolina ...

from 2005-2007 on

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; formally hosted The Dave Despain Show on MAVTV). *Fritz Duda (turn announcer; operated the now defunct

Riverside International Raceway Riverside International Raceway (sometimes known as Riverside, RIR, or Riverside Raceway) was a motorsports race track and road course established in the Edgemont area of Riverside County, California, just east of the city limits of Riverside ...

and turned it into a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

) *Mark Garrow (Now booth announcer for PRN). *

Eli Gold Elias Leo Gold (born December 15, 1953) is an American sportscaster. Gold is best known as the radio voice for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, along with Tom Roberts, as part of the Crimson Tide Sports Network since 1988. He was the hos ...

(co-anchor, turn announcer, pit reporter, formally the host of NASCAR Live; resigned in 2016). *

(Booth announcer, retired in 2014 after 44 years involved in MRN, died in 2016). *Ned Jarrett (Former color analyst for

CBS Sports CBS Sports is the sports division of the American television network CBS. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on W 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on W 5 ...

's and ESPN's NASCAR coverage). *

Mike Joy Michael Joy (born November 25, 1949) is an American TV sports announcer and who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' coverage of NASCAR. His color analyst is Clint Bowyer. Counting 2022, Joy has been part of the live broadcast ...

(Turn announcer 1976-1979, co-anchor and exec producer 1980-84, pit reporter 1985-87. Broadcast NASCAR on TV for CBS, ESPN, TBS, TNN, SETN, MRN. Lead announcer for

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...

' NASCAR coverage 2001–present). *

Bob Jenkins Robert F. Jenkins (September 4, 1947 – August 9, 2021) was an American television and radio sports announcer, primarily calling Indy car and NASCAR telecasts for ESPN/ABC and later Versus/NBCSN. Jenkins was the radio "Voice of the Indianapoli ...

(Turn announcer in the late 1970s, worked NASCAR telecasts for

for 1981-2000 and

IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of ...

races for

NBCSN NBCSN was an American sports television television channel, channel owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It originally launched on July 1, 1995, as the Outdoor Life Network (OLN), which was dedicated t ...

from 2009-2012, worked the Public Address system at the

from 2011-2020, died in 2021) *

Paul Page Paul Page (born November 25, 1945) is an American motorsports broadcaster who is best known for serving as the play-by-play commentator for the Indianapolis 500 for a total of 27 years across radio and television. Page was the radio ''Voice of th ...

(Turn announcer 1977 Michigan, IndyCar on NBC, ABC, ESPN, Host Play by Play of the Indianapolis 500 1977-2004 and 2014-2016) *Dustin Long (Pit reporter and MRN.com writer, now at NBC Sports) *

Mike Massaro Michael Massaro (born 1970) is an American sportscaster and journalist who covers auto racing as a pit reporter for MAVTV's ARCA Menards Series coverage. He was previously a studio host and pit reporter for NASCAR on ESPN and NASCAR on NBC. He ...

(Was a host of

ESPN2 ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN2 was initially fo ...

NASCAR Now ''NASCAR Now'' was a NASCAR news and analysis show that aired year round Tuesday through Saturday as a thirty-minute show at 2:00am ET on ESPN2. ''NASCAR Now'', that debuted on February 5, 2007, was broadcast in HD from Bristol, Connecticut and ...

, former pit reporter on ESPN/ABC's coverage and

, former NASCAR reporter for

SportsCenter ''SportsCenter'' (SC) is a daily sports news television show, television program that serves as the flagship program and brand of United States, American cable television, cable and satellite television television network, network ESPN. The show ...

). *Gary Montgomery (pit reporter) *Joe Moore (Former Lead booth announcer, 2001-2018, co-host of Raceline on MAV TV * Rick Lewis (Studio announcer, died in 2001). *

Jerry Punch Gerald Punch (born August 20, 1953) is an American auto racing and college football commentator working for ESPN, as well as a physician. Punch also does local radio spots in Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox Cou ...

(Former lead announcer for ESPN/ABC's NASCAR coverage, pit reporter for the networks). *Jim Phillips (Former pit reporter and host of NASCAR USA). *Tony Rizzuti (Former Pit Reporter 1995-2018, FOX Sports pit reporter 2008-2012, FS1 NASCAR RaceHub 2013-2015, Raceline) *Charlie Roberts (Founder of MotorNet radio, TV pit announcer on Superstation WTBS, and track announcer at Daytona, Pocono, Dover Downs, and Wall Stadium.) *Dave Sutherland (Turn announcer in the 1980s, now primary announcer at Monadnock Speedway). *

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' Motorsports editor. Anchored CBS

Daytona 500 The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three ...

coverage from 1979-1997). *

Hermie Sadler Herman Marion Sadler III (born April 24, 1969) is a candidate for the newly redrawn Virginia State Senate District 17 and was a former American professional stock car racing driver, announcer, professional wrestling promoter, and autism advocate ...

(Pit reporter for the 2000 spring Richmond race).

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