Motor Racing Network (MRN) is an American 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 a wholly owned subsidiary of NASCAR. Its first broadcast was the 1970 Daytona 500.
MRN is one of the two main radio broadcasters of the NASCAR Cup Series and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, covering events held at tracks owned by NASCAR, along with Pocono Raceway and Gateway Motorsports Park. It also broadcasts the NASCAR All-Star Race. Almost all of the remaining Cup and Xfinity races are broadcast by the Speedway Motorsports-owned Performance Racing Network (PRN), besides the Brickyard 400 (which is broadcast by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network in association with PRN); many stations have affiliations with both MRN and PRN in order to air a full NASCAR schedule. PRN and MRN, as of 2025, also collaborate as the NASCAR Racing Network to carry all NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events, with distribution handled by MRN (although clearance of Xfinity and Truck races varies by station). All races are also carried on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
In addition to NASCAR races, MRN broadcasts the majority of the ARCA Menards Series and once had exclusive coverage of the United SportsCar Championship (IMSA now does the radio broadcasts) 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.
The MRN flagship station is WNDB, which serves Daytona Beach, Florida. The network headquarters moved near Charlotte, North Carolina in 2008.
Contents
Programs
While MRN's primary role is doing radio broadcasts of NASCAR races, they also produce daily radio programs that are carried by some of their affiliates. They also stream the programs on their website and offer most shows as a podcast on Apple iTunes.
Busch Pole Updates (Short reports broadcast during NASCAR Cup Series qualifying; full event broadcast available on some affiliates, SiriusXM Satellite Radio and through NASCAR.com's "Track Pass" subscription service).
NASCAR Today (Twice daily three-minute reports, one around noon and one late afternoon/early evening with the hosts of MRN Outloud!).
MRN Outloud! (Extended review of the past weekend's racing action with Woody Cain and Joey Meier). Podcast
Rip The Fence (Former Voices of USAC Dillon Welch and Tyler Burnett talk Silver Crown, Midgets and Traditional Non-Winged Sprint Car Racing). Podcast
American Racing Snobs (Eric Morse and Tony Rizzuti discuss the world of racing with an emphasis on the Formula 1 World Championship, plus other disciplines such as IndyCar and IMSA). Podcast
Sunday Money (NASCAR Cup Series driver Corey LaJoie, FOX Sports personality Daryl Motte and MRN's own Lauren Fox bring you tales from both on and off the racetrack). Podcast
Winged Nation (Winged sprint car news and interviews hosted by Erin Evernham and Steve Post). Podcast
NASCAR Live (Tuesday evening call-in show hosted by Mike Bagley). Podcast
MRN Crew Call (Motor Racing Network Host Rocko Williams talks to the guys that sit atop the pit boxes and jump over the wall). Podcast
Affiliate stations
MRN has about 600 affiliate stations, including:
Alabama
Birmingham: WYDE / WXJC-FM
Arizona
Phoenix: KGME
Delaware
Dover: WDSD
Florida
Daytona Beach: WNDB / WKRO-FM
Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach: WMIA-FM 93.9 HD3
Iowa
Decorah: KVIK
Kentucky
Calvert City: WCCK
Lexington: WLXO
Michigan
Detroit: WDFN
Minnesota
Buffalo: KRWC
Missouri
Kansas City: WHB
New Hampshire
Lebanon: WXXK
New York
Newark: WACK, WUUF
North Carolina
Charlotte: WEND
Ohio
Newark: WCLT-FM
Announcers
Current
Alex Hayden (Lead booth announcer, 2019–present)
Mike Bagley (booth announcer, 2025–present)
Rusty Wallace (booth announcer, 2015–present)
Todd Gordon (booth announcer, 2022–present)
Kurt Becker (Stand-Alone Booth Announcer)
Dan Hubbard (Stand-Alone Booth Announcer)
Kyle Rickey (Stand-Alone Booth Announcer)
Dave Moody (Turn announcer)
Tim Catalfamo (Turn announcer)
Kyle Rickey (Turn Announcer)
Dan Hubbard (Lead West Coast Turn announcer, Stand-Alone Events Booth Announcer)
Kurt Becker (Turn announcer)
Chris Wilner (Turn announcer)
Eric Morse (Turn announcer)
Tony Bokhoven (Turn announcer)
Nathan Prouty (Turn announcer)
Steve Post (Lead Pit reporter).
Chris Wilner (Pit Reporter/Turn Announcer)
Jason Toy (Pit Reporter/Turn Announcer)
Hannah Newhouse (Pit reporter)
Georgia Henneberry (Pit reporter)
Former
Adam Alexander (Pit reporter 2000-2006, Current lead broadcaster for the Cup series on Amazon Prime and TNT and the Oreilly Series races on The CW).
Fred Armstrong (Turn announcer, Later Production Director).
Rick Benjamin
Allen Bestwick (Turn announcer 1988-95, lead booth announcer 1996-2000, fill-in booth announcer for 2003 Speedweeks, was lead announcer for NASCAR coverage on ABC and ESPN, worked IndyCar races covered by ABC, plus covers college football and college basketball for ESPN. 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)
Woody Cain (Pit reporter, turn announcer, NASCAR Today (daily news show) producer/host, also Co-Host of NASCAR Live Pre-Race Show)
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 to 2000, Wind Tunnel from 2003 to 2013 and NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup from 2005 to 2007 on Speed; formally hosted The Dave Despain Show on MAVTV).
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).