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Bob Varsha battling cancer

Motor racing broadcaster Bob Varsha starts the new year with a daunting fight to wage after being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of prostate cancer that will require intensive chemotherapy over the coming months...

Darrell Waltrip wins NMPA Myers Brothers Award

Three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Darrell Waltrip was presented Thursday with the 2019 NMPA Myers Brothers Award for...

Fox still expected to use two-man booth in 2020

With the retirement of Darrell Waltrip, Fox has not made an announcement on their 2020 coverage. However, there has been speculation throughout the summer that Fox would not replace him. https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1196556275154329602...

NASCAR and NBC Sports Gold press conference transcript

An interview with: STEVE PHELPS, SAM FLOOD, JEFF BURTON...

NASCAR, NBC Sports to launch ‘TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold’

NASCAR® and NBC Sports have teamed up to launch TrackPassTM on NBC Sports Gold, a new streaming product representing NASCAR’s most significant undertaking in the direct-to-consumer space. Set to launch in early December, TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold builds off the ...

NBC to provide coverage of XFINITY Series and Cup Series finales at Homestead-Miami Speedway

The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Championship will be decided at the Ford EcoBoost 400 from Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC. Pre-race coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC. In addition, for the fifth consecutive year ...

Jeff Hammond to be presented with Smokey Yunick Award

Legendary NASCAR crew chief and Charlotte, North Carolina, native Jeff Hammond will be presented with Charlotte Motor Speedway’s prestigious Smokey Yunick Award prior to Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL™ 400...

Dale Earnhardt Jr’s issues statement on plane accident

UPDATE 8-19-2019: Dale Earnhardt Jr. issued the following statement on Monday afternoon...

Darlington Raceway, Motor Racing Network to celebrate MRN’s 50th Anniversary

Darlington Raceway and the Motor Racing Network, will be celebrating MRN’s 50th anniversary by giving away some very special opportunities for fans that attend the track’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500...

NBC Sports, iRacing, NASCAR collaborate for first-ever eNASCAR telecasts

NBC Sports, iRacing and NASCAR have come together to present the first-ever eNASCAR live event on television, all parties announced Tuesday. The world’s best NASCAR iRacers will compete in the first live event on TV as part of Thursday’s edition of NASCAR America, ...

Danielle Trotta joins NBC Sports’ NASCAR coverage

Danielle Trotta will join NBC Sports’ NASCAR coverage as host of the “Victory Lap” post-race show for select Cup Series races this year...

Wendy Venturini returning to the track at Bristol

Wendy Venturini will return to her duties at the Performance Racing Network this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, almost two months after being struck by a car while running in Novato, California...

Wendy Venturini continues to improve

NASCAR broadcaster Wendy Venturini, who was struck by a car while running June 23 in Novato, California, provided an update on her Facebook page a month into her recovery...

Dale Jr.’s debut on NASCAR broadcast an instant classic

The deep appreciation Dale Earnhardt Jr. carries for NASCAR's history includes him often re-watching races from decades before. It was fitting then that Sunday his debut Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series broadcast as a full-time NBC analyst just happened to be a race...

Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Jeff Gordon expected to return to Fox booth next season

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Wendy Venturini injured in accident

Wendy Venturini Egert, who calls NASCAR races as a booth announcer and pit reporter for Performance Racing Network, is recovering at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Ca. after being struck by a vehicle early Saturday morning...

Dr. Jerry Punch wins 2018 Bob Russo Founders Award

INDIANAPOLIS -- Dr. Jerry Punch, who combined careers in broadcasting and medicine to become one of the most respected people in all of motorsports, was honored Friday with the Bob Russo Founders Award for dedication to auto racing...

Fox brings back “Drivers Only” XFINITY broadcast

"As long as no one sets fire to the FOX Sports booth or pulls the plug that knocks us off the air, the drivers have free rein...

Tethered drone, record number of in-car cameras highlight Fox Sports’ 15th Daytona 500 broadcast

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - FOX Sports, marking its 15th Daytona 500, is raising its game yet again, adding aerial drone coverage and a record number of in-car cameras to its already standard-setting production lineup for the 60th running of the Great American Race on Sunday...