List of NASCAR on NBC broadcasters

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

Current staff[]

These were the broadcasters for NASCAR on NBC in 2021. NBC has yet to announce their broadcast lineup for 2022.

NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series[]

Booth announcers[]

• Rick Allen (play-by-play)
• Steve Letarte (color commentator)
• Jeff Burton (color commentator)
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. (color commentator)
• Mike Bagley (commentator for radio-style broadcasts at the road course races as well as Indianapolis and Pocono each year since 2017 except for 2020)
• Brad Daugherty (alternate for Xfinity Series)
• Dale Jarrett (alternate for Xfinity Series)
• Ricky Carmichael (guest color commentator for Xfinity Series at Darlington)

Notes:

• Since Earnhardt Jr. joined NBC as an additional color commentator in 2018, the booth announcers have commentated each race in two booths (any combination of 2 and 2) instead of all 4 of them together in 1 booth. The two booths are next to each other at the track in the grandstands. In 2021, Allen and Letarte were together in 1 booth with Burton and Earnhardt Jr. in another booth.
• At New Hampshire, Allen was absent from the broadcast in order to prepare to leave for the Olympics, which he served as a commentator for NBC. He was not replaced by another play-by-play such as Burns or Diffey. Instead, the three color commentators were in the booth by themselves.

Pit reporters[]

• Dave Burns
• Parker Kligerman
• Marty Snider
• Kelli Stavast
• Dillon Welch

Notes:

• NBC usually has 3 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 if there is one on the same day and/or weekend. For example, Dave Burns pit reported for the IndyCar race at Road America while the other 3 pit reporters were at the Cup race at Nashville.
• Burns has also been a substitute play-by-play for standalone Xfinity Series races each year since 2015, but was not needed in that role in 2021 since there were no standalone races during NBC's part of the Xfinity Series schedule. The same goes for Leigh Diffey, who was not needed to commentate any NASCAR races in 2020 and 2021.

Roving reporter[]

• Rutledge Wood (Nashville, Atlanta)
• Jac Collinsworth (Pocono, Road America)
• Brad Daugherty (Michigan)

Pre and post-race show[]

• Jac Collinsworth (host at Nashville and Atlanta for Xfinity Series race, at track)
• Rutledge Wood (host at Pocono for Cup Series race, in studio)
• Kelli Stavast (host at Daytona for Cup and Xfinity Series, at track)
• Dale Jarrett (rotating analyst)
• Kyle Petty (rotating analyst)
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. (rotating analyst, pre-race shows only, at track)
• Jeff Burton (rotating analyst, pre-race shows only, at track)
• Steve Letarte (rotating analyst, pre-race shows only, at track)
• Brad Daugherty (rotating analyst starting at Michigan in 2020 and 2021)^[1]
• Brad Paisley (guest analyst at Nashville only for Cup Series race, at track)
• Ricky Carmichael (guest analyst at Darlington only for Cup Series race, at track)

ARCA Menards Series East and West[]

• Charlie Krall (play-by-play)
• Adam Mackey (color commentator, New Smyrna only)
• Jessie Punch (pit reporter, New Smyrna only)
• Rick Allen (pre and post-race show host, all races except Dover and Irwindale)

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

Former commentators[]

• A. J. Allmendinger – NASCAR America analyst (2019–2020)
• Allen Bestwick – play-by-play announcer (1999–2004), pit reporter (2005–2006)
• Ato Boldon – roving reporter (2017)^[2]
• Landon Cassill – fill-in Xfinity Series pit reporter (2018)^[3]
• Bob Costas – guest host for pre-race show at Cup race at Homestead only (2017)^[4]
• 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.
• Leigh Diffey – substitute play-by-play for standalone Xfinity Series races (2015–2019). Diffey is still a part of the broadcast team, but did not commentate any NASCAR races in 2020 and 2021.
• 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)^[5]
• 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)
• Ralph Sheheen – fill-in pit reporter or play-by-play for standalone Busch/Xfinity Series races (2005–2006, 2015–2016)
• Ken Squier – guest play-by-play announcer at Darlington only (2015–2017)
• Frank Stoddard – alternate Xfinity Series color commentator (2015)
• Mike Tirico – guest host for pre-race show at Cup race at Daytona in July only (2018), Indianapolis in July only (2020)
• 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)
• Matt Yocum – pit reporter (2001–2006)

See also[]

• List of NASCAR on Fox broadcasters

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