Condolences to ESPN commentator Dr. Jerry Punch who’s mother Betty Jo Punch died Saturday morning in Charlotte, NC, after a lengthy struggle with cancer. Jerry Punch was to have been on the ESPN announcing team for the Bristol races. Ray Dunlap will fill-in for him in Sunday’s Food City 500.(3-28-98) – Funeral services for Betty Jo Punch, the mother of ESPN motorsports commentator Dr. Jerry Punch and motorsports PR rep Dennis Punch, will be at 11am Monday (March 30) at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Newton, NC. Visitation for Mrs. Punch, who passed away Saturday morning in Charlotte, NC, after a long battle with cancer, will be Sunday night from 6 to 8 at the Drum Funeral Home in Conover, N.C.(NASCAR Online)(3-29-98)
