Totally NASCAR news: There will be an announcement that Krista Voda has been hired as a reporter/anchor for Totally NASCAR. Krista has been the weekend sports anchor at WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky since 1999. She is expected to start no later than mid-June. Her motorsports background includes covering Daytona Speedweeks, the Indy 500 for WLEX, as well as everything that has ever been on the track at the Kentucky Speedway. After a half dozen Kentucky Derbys, she also knows a little about the other kind of horsepower. A native of Clinton, Iowa, Krista got her start in radio, working for the hometown AM station before heading off to college. She attended the University of Northern Iowa (Alma Mater of Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner) and majored in Electronic Media and Communications. While a student, Krista worked for the public access television station in Cedar Falls. In late 1996, Krista moved to Lexington for a job with radio station WKQQ. She then worked for WVLK radio and the Kentucky Thoroughblades before finding her way back into television at WLEX.(MotorsportsTV) Voda replaces Kirsten Gum who left the show for other duties a few weeks ago.(5-23-2002)
