John Roberts (sportscaster)

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John Roberts
Roberts in 2013
Born	(1965-10-02) October 2, 1965 (age 59) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	TV sports announcer
Years active	1986–Present
Known for	Reporter on NASCAR on Speed and NASCAR on Fox

John Roberts (born October 2, 1965) is a former on-air broadcaster for NASCAR coverage on Speed Channel, which later became Fox Sports 1. He appeared on NASCAR Race Hub and NASCAR Live! and until 2014, he appeared on NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane, while also having served as a substitute studio host for NASCAR on Fox in 2012. He co-hosted Tradin’ Paint on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio up until that show's cancellation.

Career

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His career started in 1986 at WHSV TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He then worked at WBTV in Charlotte before moving to the Fox Network-owned Speed Channel to host NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane.

In 2012, Roberts was the interim studio host for the 2012 Daytona 500, filling in for Chris Myers, who was on bereavement leave due to the death of his son.

Following the Homestead 2018 edition of RaceDay, Roberts announced on Twitter that he would be retiring and that would be his last broadcast. Towards the end of his tenure at Fox, he hosted the Truck Series pre-race show from the NASCAR on Fox studio in Charlotte, where he was replaced by Kaitlyn Vincie in 2019,who previously had been a pit reporter for the Truck Series.

Since 2019, Roberts hosts Tradin’ Paint every weekday on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio from 1pm-3pm EST with Chocolate Myers.

Personal life

Roberts was born in Washington, D.C. He attended James Madison University.

References

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v t e NASCAR on Speed
Commentators	Sprint All-Star Race broadcasters Budweiser Duel broadcasters
Former personalities	Adam Alexander Rick Allen Bootie Barker Johnny Benson Jr. Dick Berggren Allen Bestwick Steve Byrnes Dave Despain Ray Dunlap Jeff Hammond Mike Joy Chad Knaus Larry McReynolds Phil Parsons Kyle Petty John Roberts Elliott Sadler Hermie Sadler Jimmy Spencer Ken Squier Danielle Trotta Wendy Venturini Kaitlyn Vincie Krista Voda Kenny Wallace Darrell Waltrip Michael Waltrip Rutledge Wood Matt Yocum
Former programs	NASCAR Live! NASCAR Race Hub NASCAR RaceDay NASCAR Trackside NASCAR Victory Lane NASCAR Beyond the Wheel NASCAR Classics NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup NASCAR Nation NASCAR in a Hurry Pit Bull This Week in NASCAR Totally NASCAR WindTunnel with Dave Despain SPEED Center
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Other	NASCAR on TV in the 2000s NASCAR on TV in the 2010s

NASCAR on Fox

Networks

Fox (2001–present)
Fox Sports 1 (2013–present)
FX (2001–2006)
Fox Sports Net (2001–2002)
Fox Sports 2 (2015–present)
Fox News Channel (2015 Kansas pre-race only)
Fox Business Network (2016 Eldora Dirt Derby only)
FXX (2017)

Current
programs

Current
commentators

Play-by-play announcers	Mike Joy (Cup) Adam Alexander (Xfinity, Truck & Mexico Series) Jamie Little (Xfinity, Truck & ARCA) Brent Stover (ARCA alternate) Eric Brennan (ARCA alternate)
Color commentators	Clint Bowyer (Cup) Kevin Harvick (Cup) Michael Waltrip (Xfinity alternate, Truck & Mexico Series) Phil Parsons (Truck & ARCA) Trevor Bayne (Xfinity & ARCA alternate) Jamie McMurray (Xfinity alternate) Andy Petree (Xfinity alternate) Driver / crew chief guest analysts (Xfinity, Truck & ARCA)
Pit reporters	Jamie Little (Cup) Josh Sims (Cup, Xfinity, Truck, ARCA & Mexico Series) Regan Smith (Cup, Xfinity & Truck) Amanda Busick (Xfinity, Truck & ARCA) Todd Bodine (Truck) Heather DeBeaux (Truck & ARCA) Jamie Howe (Truck & ARCA) Mamba Smith (Truck & ARCA)
Pre-race show	Chris Myers (Cup at-track host) Jamie McMurray (Cup at-track analyst) Michael Waltrip (Cup at-track analyst) Shannon Spake (Cup & Xfinity studio host) Trevor Bayne (Cup, Xfinity & Truck studio analyst) Bobby Labonte (Cup studio analyst) Larry McReynolds (Xfinity studio analyst) David Ragan (Xfinity & Truck studio analyst) Kaitlyn Vincie (Truck studio host) Todd Bodine (Truck studio analyst)
Spanish	Tony Rivera (play-by-play) Jessi Losada (color commentator) Giselle Zarur (pit reporter)
Other commentators	Larry McReynolds (Cup technical analyst) Bob Pockrass (social media reporter) Jeff Hammond (NRH analyst) Bobby Labonte (NRH analyst) Andy Petree (NRH analyst) David Ragan (NRH analyst) Josh Sims (NRH reporter/alternate host)

Former
commentators

Dick Berggren (2001–2012)
Steve Byrnes (2001–2015)
Mark Garrow (2001–2006)
Darrell Waltrip (2001–2019)
Matt Yocum (2001–2020)
Jeanne Zelasko (2001–2006)
Chad Little (2002–2006)
Rick Allen (2003–2014)
Ray Dunlap (2003–2016)
Hank Parker Jr. (2003–2006)
Krista Voda (2007–2014)
Kenny Wallace (2007–2018)
Danielle Trotta (2010–2016)
Hermie Sadler (2011–2019)
John Roberts (2014–2018)
Alan Cavanna (2015–2020)
Andrew Doud (2015–2016)
Chris Neville (2015–2017)
Ralph Sheheen (2015)
Brian Till (2015)
Vince Welch (2015–2022)
Jeff Gordon (2016–2021)
Kevin Lee (2017–2018)
Kim Coon (2019)
Ricky Craven (2019–2020)
Lindsay Czarniak (2019–2020)
Dave Rieff (2019–2020)
Sara Walsh (2019)
Dillon Welch (2019)
Katie Osborne (2020–2022)
Glenn Jarrett
Randy LaJoie
Rick Mast
Jim Tretow

Music

Daytona 500

Coca-Cola 600

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