List of NASCAR on NBC broadcasters

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

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Current commentators

NASCAR Cup Series

NBC's 2025 lineup of broadcasters for the Cup Series is as follows:

Booth announcers

Pit reporters

Pre and post-race show

Unconfirmed status for 2025

The following commentators worked for NBC in 2024 but have yet to appear on a broadcast in 2025 and NBC has yet to confirm if they will return in 2025:

Broadcast lineups by year

2024

NASCAR Cup Series
Booth announcers

  • Rick Allen (play-by-play, first 8 races)
  • Leigh Diffey (play-by-play, last 12 races)
  • Steve Letarte (color commentator)
  • Jeff Burton (color commentator)
  • Mike Bagley (commentator for the Chicago Street Course and Watkins Glen radio-style broadcasts) [1]
  • Dillon Welch (commentator for the Chicago Street Course and Watkins Glen radio-style broadcasts)

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.

Pre and post-race show

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Booth announcers

  • Rick Allen (play-by-play)
  • Dave Burns (alternative play-by-play)
  • Steve Letarte (color commentator)
  • Jeff Burton (color commentator)
  • Dale Jarrett (color commentator)
  • Mike Bagley (commentator for the Chicago Street Course and Watkins Glen radio-style broadcasts) [1]
  • Dillon Welch (commentator for the Chicago Street Course and Watkins Glen radio-style broadcasts)

Pit reporters

Note: 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.

Pre and post-race show

ARCA Menards Series East and West

  • Charles Krall (play-by-play)
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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. "(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!
  3. 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.
  4. "Brad Daugherty joins NBC Sports NASCAR broadcast team". NASCAR on NBC . Comcast. July 28, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  5. "Four-time Olympic medalist to explore different aspects of NASCAR for NBC Sports". NASCAR on NBC . Comcast. June 20, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  6. Hartshorn, Tori (August 22, 2018). "NBCSN Presents NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing From Road America This Saturday". BroadwayWorld . Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  7. Hembree, Mike (November 15, 2017). "NBC brings Bob Costas to NASCAR season finale to interview Dale Earnhardt Jr". USA Today . Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.