List of NASCAR on Fox broadcasters

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

Contents

Current commentators

NASCAR Cup Series

Fox's 2024 lineup of broadcasters for the Cup Series is as follows: [1]

Booth announcers

Race Strategy, Technical and Rules analyst

Pit reporters

Pre-race show (at track)

Notes:

  • Myers only did the Daytona 500 in 2019 and 2020 before returning full-time at every race in 2021, which he previously did from 2001 to 2018. [2]
  • Tom Rinaldi was a guest pre-race pit reporter for the Daytona 500 in 2021, 2022 and 2023. [2] [3] [4]
  • Bryson Byrnes, an intern for NASCAR on Fox who is the son of deceased Fox pit reporter Steve Byrnes has guest pit reported on the pre-race show gridwalk for the last Cup Series race on Fox's schedule each year which is when the Byrnsie Award (in honor of his father) is presented.

Pre-race show

Notes:

  • McMurray also sporadically appears during the broadcast of each race as an in-race analyst from the NASCAR on Fox studio in Charlotte. Michael Waltrip had done this in past years before McMurray joined Fox (although Waltrip would be at the track in the studio with Chris Myers).
  • The Charlotte studio was not used during the race weekend for the 2022 and 2023 Clash races. The pre-race show broadcasters (Spake, McReynolds and McMurray) went to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in-person instead of broadcasting from the Charlotte studio. Additionally, McMurray went to the track for the Daytona 500 and McReynolds went to Daytona for the Duel races before returning to Charlotte for the rest of the race weekend.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

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

Booth announcers

Pit reporters

Pre-race show (Charlotte studio)

Notes:

  • Erik Jones was going to be a guest analyst at Darlington, but he got sick on the day of the race and could not be part of the broadcast. Michael Waltrip filled in for him. [6]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Fox's 2024 lineup of broadcasters for the Truck Series is as follows.

Booth announcers

Pit reporters

Pre-race show (Charlotte studio)

ARCA Menards Series

Fox's 2024 ARCA Series broadcaster lineup is as follows: [4]

Booth announcers

Pit reporters

  • Amanda Busick
  • Heather DeBeaux
  • Jamie Howe
  • Josh Sims
  • Mamba Smith

Spanish language (Fox Deportes)

Other commentators/NASCAR Race Hub analysts

NASCAR Mexico Series

Fox has also broadcast 1 NASCAR Mexico Series race per year since 2024, which is the race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on the same weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum.

Booth announcers

Pit reporter

  • Josh Sims

Former commentators

This is a list of former NASCAR on Fox broadcasters, their position(s), and the years they were each with the network.

Previous guest analysts

Drivers (or crew chief in the case of Chad Knaus and Drew Blickensderfer) have appeared as rotating guest analysts for the Xfinity, Truck and/or the ARCA Menards Series broadcasts, and usually the same drivers return each year on top of a few that are added into the rotation each year. The new guest analysts in 2021 were Blickensderfer, Trevor Bayne, Greg Biffle, Chase Briscoe, Matt DiBenedetto, Brandon Jones, Andy Lally, Tyler Reddick, Tony Stewart, Kevin Swindell, and Daniel Suárez. Guest analysts that returned in 2021 from 2020 were Aric Almirola, Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch, Matt Crafton, Austin Dillon, Joey Logano, and Bubba Wallace. Brad Keselowski, who had last appeared as a guest analyst in 2019, returned in 2021. Kyle Busch was the only driver to appear as a guest analyst on a 2020 broadcast that did not return for any races in 2021. [13] [14]

Numerous other drivers have appeared as guest analysts in years prior to 2020. In addition, Jeff Gordon, Jamie McMurray and Clint Bowyer were guest analysts before they became permanent analysts for Fox after their retirements from driving in NASCAR. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was also a guest analyst for Fox before he became a permanent analyst for NBC after he retired from driving in NASCAR full-time.

2023 guest analysts

CUP SERIES:
Fox's 2023 lineup of guest analysts for the Cup Series was as follows. [4] (Guest analysts for Fox in the Xfinity and Truck Series in 2023 are listed above until Fox announces their 2024 lineup of commentators.)

Full-time permanent Fox commentators:

Rotation of guest color commentators: [4]

2022 guest analysts

Cup Series: [16]

Xfinity Series:

Truck Series:

  • Kurt Busch (Daytona, Las Vegas, Bristol dirt, Kansas, Charlotte and Gateway) [22]
  • Andy Lally (COTA, Sonoma and Mid–Ohio)

ARCA Series:

Drivers Only (+ Chad) broadcasts

Each year since 2017 (except for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Fox has had active Cup Series drivers (plus crew chief Chad Knaus in 2019 and 2021) serve as every member of the broadcast team for one of their Xfinity Series races (Pocono in 2017, Talladega in 2018, and Charlotte in 2019, 2021 and 2022).

In 2021, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano were in the booth, Christopher Bell and Erik Jones were the pit reporters, and Brad Keselowski, Knaus, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were in the Charlotte studio. In 2022, the "Drivers Only" broadcast returned at the same race with the same three drivers in the booth and the return of Keselowski and Stenhouse to the studio. Austin Cindric and Tyler Reddick were the pit reporters, replacing Christopher Bell and Erik Jones, and Aric Almirola replaced Chad Knaus in the studio. [21]

Summary of broadcaster history

Full-time Fox Sports employees are in bold. Broadcasters or analysts who were only assigned to one race in a given season are in italics.

Race Coverage

Lap-by-LapWinstonCupBuschseriesCraftsmanTruck Series
Nextel
SprintXfinityCamping World
Monster Energy
NASCARGander Outdoors
Mike Joy 2001-present2001-20062009, 2015
Steve Byrnes 2001-20062014
Mark Garrow2002-2003, 2005
Rick Allen 2003-2006, 20112003-2014
Matt Yocum 2004
Phil Parsons 2006
Adam Alexander 2015-present2014, 2015, 2023-present
Brian Till 2015
Ralph Sheheen 2015
Vince Welch 2015, 2016-2022
Jamie Little 2024-present2023-present
Color CommentatorWinstonCupBuschseriesCraftsmanTruck Series
Nextel
SprintXfinityCamping World
Monster Energy
NASCARGander Outdoors
Darrell Waltrip 2001-2019,2022-20232001-2006, 20112003-2011
Larry McReynolds 2001-2015, 2020, 2022-20232001-2006, 2015-20162005, 2009, 2011
Jeff Hammond 2001-2002, 2005
Mike Wallace 2002
Chad Little 2002-20062004
Brett Bodine 2003
Rusty Wallace 20232003
Hank Parker Jr. 2003-20062005
Dorsey Schroeder 2003
Barry Dodson 2003
Phil Parsons 2004-2006, 2015, 20172003-2019, 2020-2021, 2022-present
Michael Waltrip 2011, 2014, 2022-20232011, 2015-2020, 2021-present2003,2004-present
Randy LaJoie 2004
Johnny Benson Jr. 2004-20062004, 2009
Kenny Wallace 2022-20232004-2006
Hermie Sadler 2005-20062006
Boris Said 2005
John Andretti 2005
Jimmy Spencer 2006-2007
Marcos Ambrose 2007
Doug Richert 2008
Todd Bodine 2013,2015-2021
Kevin Harvick 2024–present2015-2020, 2022-2023, 20212015,2017-2018
Brad Keselowski 2015-20242021
Clint Bowyer 2021-present2015-2020, 2021
Jeff Gordon 2016-2021,20222015
Danica Patrick 2022-20232015-2016
Joey Logano 2016-20232020,2021
Carl Edwards 20232016
Denny Hamlin 2016, 2022
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 20222016
Chase Elliott 20232017-2018
Jamie McMurray 2022-20232017-2018,2020, 2021-2023,2020, 2021
Austin Dillon 2017-2021,2022-20242021
Regan Smith 2017, 2018-20202020
Ryan Blaney 2018-2019, 2021-20232021
Erik Jones 2018-2019, 2021-20222018
Kyle Larson 2018
Kurt Busch 20232019-20222018,2020-2022
Jimmie Johnson 2019
Chad Knaus 20222019-2020, 2022
Bubba Wallace 2019,2021
Kyle Busch 2020
Aric Almirola 2020-2021
Tony Stewart 2022-20232021
Drew Blickensderfer 2021
Daniel Suárez 2021, 2023,2022
Tyler Reddick 2021
Greg Biffle 2021, 2023
Andy Lally 2021,2022
Kevin Swindell 2021
Matt Kenseth 2022
Richard Petty 2022-2023
Bobby Labonte 2022-2023
Bill Elliott 2022-2023
Trevor Bayne 2022-20232022
Guenther Steiner 2023
Kyle Petty 2023
Coleman Pressley 2023
Austin Cindric 2023
Pit ReporterWinstonCupBuschseriesCraftsmanTruck Series
Nextel
SprintXfinityCamping World
Monster Energy
NASCARGander Outdoors
Dick Berggren 2001-20122001-20062009
Steve Byrnes 2001-20142001-2006
Matt Yocum 2001-20202001-2006, 2015-20202008-2009, 2015-2016, 2020
Jeanne Zelasko 2001-20062001-2006
Jeff Hammond 20132001-2006
Mark Garrow2002-2006
Barry Dodson 20022003
Glenn Jarrett 2002-2006
Brett McMillan2002
Bill Venturini 2003
Rick Mast 2003
Ray Dunlap 2004-2006, 20112003-2014
Phil Parsons 2003, 2017-2018
Wendy Venturini 2004-20052004-2005
Hank Parker Jr. 2005
Bob Dillner 2005-2007, 2013-2014
Krista Voda 2007-20142006, 20112006-2012
Hermie Sadler 2011, 2015-20192006, 2011-2019
Adam Alexander 2006, 2007-2010
Carl Edwards 2007-2008
Tony Rizzuti2007
Jamie Little 2015-present2015-20222020-2022
Chris Neville 2015-20172015-20172015, 2017
Vince Welch 2015-20222015-2017, 2019, 2021-20222015
Kaitlyn Vincie 2017-20182015-2018
Alan Cavanna20192017-2020
Regan Smith 2018-present2018-present2020-2022, 2023–present
Kenny Wallace 2018
Christopher Bell 2018
Michael Waltrip 2018
Jamie Howe 2021-present2019, 2021-present
Katie Osborne2021
Josh Sims2023-present2022, 2023-present2021-present
Larry McReynolds 2022-2023
Heather DeBeaux2022, 2023-present
Amanda Busick 2023-present

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