List of NASCAR on NBC broadcasters

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The following is a list of current and former broadcasters for NASCAR on NBC.

Current commentators

NOTE: These are all of NBC's 2024 commentator lineups Dale Earnhardt Jr., whose contract with NBC expired after the 2023 season, will reportedly be leaving NBC for Amazon and TNT's new NASCAR coverage in the next TV contract that starts in 2025.[1]

NASCAR Cup Series

NBC's 2024 lineup of broadcasters for the Cup Series is as follows:

Booth announcers

Pit reporters

Note: NBC usually has 3 or 4 pit reporters per Cup race and 2 or 3 per Xfinity race. All 5 of them take turns, and the pit reporters that aren't on the broadcast are usually pit reporting for an IndyCar race for NBC or IMSA race if there is one on the same day and/or weekend. Coon and Welch also split time between NBC and Motor Racing Network.

Specialty reporter

Pre and post-race show

Note: There was no studio for the race at Richmond.[6]

NASCAR Xfinity Series

NBC's 2024 lineup of broadcasters for the Xfinity Series is as follows:

Booth announcers

Pit reporters

Note: Yocum was previously a permanent pit reporter for NBC from 2001 to 2006 and Lee also pit reported standalone Xfinity Series races for NBC in 2018 and 2019.

Pre and post-race show

Note: There was no studio for the race at Road America.[6]

Notes:

  • NBC usually has 3 or 4 pit reporters per Cup race and 2 or 3 per Xfinity race. All 4 of them take turns, and the pit reporters that aren't on the broadcast are usually pit reporting for an IndyCar race for NBC or IMSA race if there is one on the same day and/or weekend. Coon and Welch also split time between NBC and Motor Racing Network.

ARCA Menards Series East and West

NBC's 2023 lineup of broadcasters for the ARCA Series is as follows:

Booth announcers

  • Charles Krall (play-by-play)

Broadcast lineups by year

2022

NASCAR Cup Series Booth announcers

Pit reporters

Cityview reporter

Pre and post-race show

NASCAR Xfinity Series Booth announcers

Pit reporters

Pre and post-race show

ARCA Menards Series East and West

  • Charlie Krall (play-by-play)
  • Adam Mackey (color commentator)
  • Jessie Punch (pit reporter)
  • Rick Allen (pre and post-race show host)

Krall also commentated the pre and post-race shows himself at Dover and Irwindale in Rick Allen's absence.

Former commentators

  • Allen Bestwick – play-by-play announcer (1999–2004), pit reporter (2005–2006)
  • Ato Boldon – roving reporter (2017)[8]
  • Landon Cassill – fill-in Xfinity Series pit reporter (2018)[9]
  • Jac Collinsworth – pre-race show host/roving reporter (2021)
  • Bob Costas – guest host for pre-race show at Cup race at Homestead only (2017)[10]
  • Lindsay Czarniak – fill-in pit reporter for standalone Busch Series races (2005–2006) Czarniak still works for NBC covering the Summer Olympics in 2021 and the Winter Olympics in 2022.
  • Wally Dallenbach Jr. – color commentator (2001–2006) Dallenbach also returned to NBC for a cameo appearance on the pre-race show of the 2020 Cup Series race at the Daytona Road Course.
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. – color commentator for the Cup and Xfinity Series (2018–2023). His departure has yet to be officially announced but he is reportedly leaving to join Amazon and TNT's broadcast teams starting in 2025 at the start of the next NASCAR Cup Series TV contract.[1]
  • Carl Edwards – color commentator for Xfinity Series race at Richmond only (2015)
  • Ray Evernham – alternate Xfinity Series color commentator (2015)
  • Brendan Gaughan – fill-in Xfinity Series pit reporter (2018)[11]
  • Joe Gibbs – color commentator (1999)
  • Alex Hayden - fill-in pit reporter for standalone Xfinity Series races (2015–2016)
  • Ned Jarrett – guest color commentator at Darlington only (2015–2017)
  • Carolyn Manno – host of NASCAR Victory Lap (2014–2018). Manno still works for NBC, but is no longer a commentator for NASCAR.
  • Mike Massaro – pit reporter (2015–2016)
  • Jamie McMurray – color commentator for Xfinity Series race at Chicagoland only (2015)
  • Jim Noble – fill-in pit reporter for standalone Xfinity Series races (2015–2016)
  • Benny Parsons – color commentator (2000–2006)
  • Dorsey Schroeder – pit reporter (1999)
  • Ken Squier – guest play-by-play announcer at Darlington only (2015–2017)
  • Kelli Stavast – pit reporter (2015–2021)
  • Frank Stoddard – alternate Xfinity Series color commentator (2015
  • Danielle Trotta – host of NASCAR Victory Lap (2019)
  • Brian Vickers – NASCAR America analyst and rotating/alternate pre/post-race show analyst (2015–2016)
  • Krista Voda – host (2015–2020)
  • Mike Wallace – color commentator (1999)
  • Bill Weber – pre-race show host/pit reporter (2001–2004), pre-race show host/play-by-play announcer (2005–2006). Weber also filled-in for the injured Allen Bestwick as the play-by-play for the races at Talladega and Kansas in 2004.
  • Brian Williams – host (1999)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Marchand, Andrew (February 29, 2024). "Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaving NBC for Amazon Prime, Warner Bros. Discovery: Sources". The Athletic. The New York Times Company. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "NBC Sports' 2023 NASCAR season begins at Nashville Superspeedway". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "(Twitter post)". Twitter. NASCAR on NBC. October 29, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2023. @pkligerman will drive full-time in @XfinityRacing next year with @bigmchnracing, while continuing to be a pit reporter with us!
  4. ^ Long, Dustin (October 29, 2022). "Parker Kligerman to run full-time in Xfinity Series in 2023". NASCAR on NBC. NBC Sports. Retrieved June 21, 2023. Kligerman said he intends to (...) continue his pit reporting duties with NBC Sports for Cup races.
  5. ^ "NBC Sports begins 2023 NASCAR season this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 23, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race Heats Up at Richmond Raceway This Sunday at 3 P.M. ET on USA Network". NBC Sports. NBC. July 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Brad Daugherty joins NBC Sports NASCAR broadcast team". NASCAR on NBC. Comcast. July 28, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Four-time Olympic medalist to explore different aspects of NASCAR for NBC Sports". NASCAR on NBC. Comcast. June 20, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  9. ^ Hartshorn, Tori (August 22, 2018). "NBCSN Presents NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing From Road America This Saturday". BroadwayWorld. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  10. ^ Hembree, Mike (November 15, 2017). "NBC brings Bob Costas to NASCAR season finale to interview Dale Earnhardt Jr". USA Today. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  11. ^ Kantowski, Ron (August 2, 2018). "Brendan Gaughan impresses as NASCAR pit road reporter". Las Vegas Review-Journal. News + Media Capital Group LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2021.

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