Bob Pockrass

Robert "Bob" Pockrass (born 1967) is an American motorsports journalist and on-air talent for Fox Sports who covers NASCAR.[1]

Bob Pockrass
Pockrass (center) in 2010
Born
Robert Pockrass

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OccupationTV sports announcer
Years active1991–present
Known forReporter on Fox Sports for NASCAR
Home town?, U.S.
Spouse(s)Lori Perkovich (m. 2019)
Children0

Career
Pockrass receiving an award from the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) in 2010

Pockrass began covering NASCAR in 1991. He started as a sports writer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal from 1991 to 2003. He later covered the sport for SceneDaily.com from 2003 to 2012, Sporting News from 2012 to 2014 and ESPN from 2015 to 2018.[2]

Pockrass joined Fox NASCAR before the 2019 season[3] after being laid off at ESPN following the 2018 NASCAR season due to the network's financial problems and budget cuts.[4][5]

References
  1. "Award-Winning Motor Sports Journalist Bob Pockrass Pens Next Chapter at FOX Sports". Fox Sports. January 27, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. "Bob Pockrass Biography". Fox Sports.
  3. "FOX NASCAR Rounds Out 2019 Studio Roster with Addition of Hosts Lindsay Czarniak and Sara Walsh". Fox Sports. February 5, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. Gluck, Jeff (November 30, 2018). "The truth about Bob". JeffGluck.com. WordPress. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. Bupp, Phillip (January 27, 2019). "Fox Sports hires former ESPN racing journalist Bob Pockrass". Awful Announcing. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
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