page_title: Motor Racing Network
section_title: Former
hierarchical_section_title: Motor Racing Network / Announcers / Former
caption_attribution_description: NASCAR champion w:Bill Elliott interviewed on w:Motor Racing Network by another former champion w:Ned Jarrett. Photo by Ted Van Pelt
context_page_description: Motor Racing Network is a U.S. radio network that syndicates broadcasts of auto racing events, particularly NASCAR. MRN was founded in 1970 by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. and broadcaster Ken Squier, and is currently a subsidiary of International Speedway Corporation, which is in turn owned by NASCAR. Its first broadcast was the 1970 Daytona 500.
  MRN is one of the two main radio broadcasters of the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series, covering events held at tracks owned by ISC, along with Dover International Speedway and Pocono Raceway. It also broadcasts the NASCAR All-Star Race, and the entire Truck Series season. Almost all of the remaining races are broadcast by the Speedway Motorsports-owned Performance Racing Network, besides the Brickyard 400; 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.
  In addition to NASCAR races, MRN had exclusive coverage of the United SportsCar Championship and Formula One, including the United States Grand Prix, which returned in the 2012 season at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas and offers other race related programs.
context_section_description: Adam Alexander (Pit reporter, Current lead broadcaster for the Xfinity Series races on Fox).
  Fred Armstrong (Turn announcer, Later Production Director).
  Rick Benjamin
  Allen Bestwick (Turn announcer 1988-95, lead booth announcer 1996-2000, fill-in booth announcer 2001-2003, 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 and NASCAR on TNT).
  Bill Bowser (Turn announcer, fill-in booth and pit reporter 1970-1991)
  Russell Branham (Garage reporter for Daytona races, now a director at HB&M Sports in Charlotte, NC).
  Dick Brooks (Pit reporter, died in 2006).
  Kenny Campbell (Fill-in booth announcer, 1970s)
  Dave Despain (Turn announcer in the 1970s, worked on ESPN and CBS racecasts in the 1980s-90s.  Hosted ESPN's NASCAR 2day pre-race show from 1994-2000, Wind Tunnel from 2003-2013 and NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup from 2005-2007 on Speed; formally hosted The Dave Despain Show on MAVTV).
  Fritz Duda (turn announcer; operated the now defunct Riverside International Raceway and turned it into a shopping mall)
  Mark Garrow (Now booth announcer for PRN).
  Eli Gold (co-anchor, turn announcer, pit reporter, formally the host of NASCAR Live; resigned in 2016).
  Barney Hall (Booth announcer, retired in 2014 after 44 years involved in MRN, died in 2016).
  Ned Jarrett (Former color analyst for CBS Sports's and ESPN's NASCAR coverage).
  Mike Joy (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' NASCAR coverage 2001–present).
  Bob Jenkins (Turn announcer in the late 1970s, worked NASCAR telecasts for ESPN for 1981-2000 and IndyCar Series races for NBCSN from 2009-2012, currently works the Public Address system at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
  Paul Page Turn announcer 1977 Michigan, IndyCar on NBC, ABC, ESPN, Host Play by Play of the Indianapolis 500 1977-2004 2014-2016,
  Dustin Long (Pit reporter and MRN.com writer, now at NBC Sports)
  Mike Massaro (Was a host of ESPN2's NASCAR Now, former pit reporter on ESPN/ABC's coverage and NASCAR on NBC, former NASCAR reporter for SportsCenter).
  Gary Montgomery (pit reporter)
  Rick Lewis (Studio announcer, died in 2001).
  Dr. Jerry Punch (Former lead announcer for ESPN/ABC's NASCAR coverage, pit reporter for the networks).
  Jim Phillips (Former pit reporter and host of NASCAR USA).
  Marty Snider (Now a pit reporter for NBC's NASCAR and IndyCar coverage).
  Dave Sutherland (Turn announcer in the 1980s, now primary announcer at Monadnock Speedway).
  Ken Squier (CBS Sports' Motorsports editor. Anchored CBS Daytona 500 coverage from 1979-1997).
  Hermie Sadler (Pit reporter for the 2000 spring Richmond race, now occasional pit reporter for PRN).
  Joe Moore (Former Lead booth announcer, 2001-2018, co-host of Raceline on MAV TV
caption: MRN's Ned Jarrett interviewing Bill Elliott after a victory
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