Many former NASCAR drivers have taken their talents from behind the wheel to behind the mic and are breaking down races for the fans on race days. Here are seven legends who made the move to broadcasting:
7. Carl Edwards
Having retired in 2011, Carl Edwards returned to NASCAR in 2025 as a member of the initial broadcast team on Amazon Prime Video, covering the Cup Series. Edwards can now be seen in studio and pre-race shows, with an analytical contribution to the table. He brings credibility to the coverage of Amazon within the first year of the new media rights agreement.
6. Clint Bowyer
Clint Bowyer was a full-time analyst on FOX Sports on the Cup Series beginning in 2021 after leaving full-time racing in the same year. With his personable and humorous nature, Bowyer injected a lot of energy in the booth. He has emerged as one of the most entertaining and easy to relate in the NASCAR broadcasting.
5. Kevin Harvick
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Harvick retired after the 2023 season and formally joined the Cup Series FOX broadcast team in 2024. He had been a guest analyst since 2015, and is a full-time analyst now with Mike Joy and Clint Bowyer.
4. Jeff Burton
Jeff Burton joined NBC Sports as one of the lead NASCAR analysts in 2015. He covers the Cup and Xfinity Series and has the reputation of making heavy race strategy and technical material simple to commentate on in a manner that race fans can understand. Burton has become an icon of the NBC NASCAR broadcast team.
3. Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart, three-time Cup Series winner, has made occasional appearances on FOX as a commentator. He has given raw opinions, which pour truth and passion into the commentary of the races. After making his first guest-analysis slot with FOX in early 2022 on major events such as the Busch Light Clash and Daytona 500, he started appearing as a weekly guest announcer or analyst at major NASCAR events.
2. Jeff Gordon
Following a Hall of Fame driving career as a four-time Cup Series champion, Gordon went to work with FOX in the broadcasting booth in 2016. He contributed with a detailed analysis until his departure in 2021 to attend to team ownership responsibilities at Hendrick Motorsports.
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
At the end of the 2017 season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended his full-time racing career in the Cup Series and joined the racing broadcast team at NBC Sports in 2018. He stayed with NBC until the 2023 season and is now working to Amazon Prime Video and TNT broadcasts in 2025 under NASCAR’s new television contract.
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