Motor Racing Network


Motor Racing Network 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 Xfinity Series, covering events held at tracks owned by NASCAR, along with Pocono Raceway and World Wide Technology Raceway. 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, besides the Brickyard 400 ; 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. 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 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.

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.
  • NASCAR Today.
  • MRN Outloud!. Podcast
  • Rip The Fence. Podcast
  • American Racing Snobs. Podcast
  • Sunday Money. Podcast
  • Winged Nation. Podcast
  • NASCAR Live. Podcast
  • MRN Crew Call. Podcast
  • The Straightline. Podcast
  • NASCAR Coast to Coast. Podcast
  • MRN Classic Races. Podcast
  • Ned Jarrett's World of Racing.
Three MRN announcers also host daily call-in shows on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio channel 90 year round. Mike Bagley and Pete Pistone co-host The Morning Drive Monday through Friday from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. Dave Moody hosts Sirius XM Speedway from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Moody was also the first NASCAR personality to host a show on satellite radio back in 2003 on Sirius Satellite Radio despite the fact NASCAR races and other NASCAR-related shows were exclusively on XM Satellite Radio. This changed on January 1, 2007 when MRN's Barney Hall announced the launch of Sirius XM NASCAR Radio on Sirius XM.

Affiliate stations

MRN has about 600 affiliate stations, including:
; Alabama
; Arizona
; Delaware
; Florida
  • Daytona Beach: WNDB / WKRO-FM
  • Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach: WMIA-FM 93.9 HD3
; Iowa
; Kentucky
; Michigan
; Minnesota
; Missouri
  • Kansas City: WHB
; New Hampshire
; New York
; North Carolina
; Ohio
; Texas
; Virginia

Current

Booth announcers

Cup
  • Alex Hayden
  • Mike Bagley
  • Rusty Wallace
  • Todd Gordon
    Xfinity and Trucks
  • Kurt Becker
  • Dan Hubbard
  • Kyle Rickey

    Turn announcers

Cup
  • Dave Moody
  • Tim Catalfamo
    Standalone races/fill-in as needed
  • Kyle Rickey
  • Dan Hubbard
  • Kurt Becker
  • Chris Wilner
  • Eric Morse
  • Tony Bokhoven
  • Nathan Prouty

    Pit reporters

Cup
  • Steve Post.
  • Chris Wilner
  • Jason Toy
    Standalone/fill-in as needed
  • Hannah Newhouse
  • Georgia Henneberry
  • Alex Weaver
  • Jacklyn Drake
  • Paul Small
  • Alan Cavanna
  • Brad Gillie
  • Brienne Pedigo
  • Dillon Welch

    Former

  • Adam Alexander.
  • Fred Armstrong.
  • Rick Benjamin
  • Allen Bestwick.
  • Bill Bowser
  • Russell Branham.
  • Dick Brooks.
  • Woody Cain
  • Kenny Campbell
  • Dave Despain.
  • Fritz Duda
  • Mark Garrow.
  • Eli Gold.
  • Barney Hall.
  • Ned Jarrett.
  • Mike Joy.
  • Bob Jenkins
  • Paul Page
  • Dustin Long
  • Ford Martin
  • Mike Massaro.
  • Gary Montgomery
  • Joe Moore
  • Rick Lewis.
  • Jerry Punch.
  • Jim Phillips.
  • Tony Rizzuti
  • Charlie Roberts
  • Jeff Striegle
  • Dave Sutherland.
  • Ken Squier.
  • Hermie Sadler.
  • Jim Tretow
  • Kim Coon