Robert Pockrass (born March 1, 1967) is an American motorsports journalist and on-air talent for Fox Sports who covers NASCAR.
Early life
Pockrass grew up in Indianapolis and attended Indiana University Bloomington, initially being a business major before graduating with a degree in journalism.[1][2] His older brother was a writer for the Indianapolis News.[1] Pockrass is Jewish and grew up as a fan of the New York Mets.[3]
Career
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.[4]
Pockrass joined Fox NASCAR before the 2019 season[5] after being laid off at ESPN following the 2018 NASCAR season due to the network's financial problems and budget cuts.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b Pockrass, Bob (May 24, 2018). "How I Got Here with Bob Pockrass" (Interview). Interviewed by Gluck, Jeff. JeffGluck.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Award-Winning Motor Sports Journalist Bob Pockrass Pens Next Chapter at FOX Sports". Fox Sports. January 27, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ Pockrass, Bob [@bobpockrass] (October 27, 2022). "Rarely do I listen to a podcast that takes me back to my youth but this one did growing up in a Jewish family of Mets fans. A fun listen for anyone who enjoys exploring how sports intersects culture: https://t.co/pVMxmOfvQA" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Bob Pockrass Biography". Fox Sports.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Gluck, Jeff (November 30, 2018). "The truth about Bob". JeffGluck.com. WordPress. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ Bupp, Phillip (January 27, 2019). "Fox Sports hires former ESPN racing journalist Bob Pockrass". Awful Announcing. Retrieved April 29, 2020.