division of speedway motorsports industry radio network founded 1981 ; 35 years ago 1981 headquarters charlotte motor speedway concord north carolina key people doug rice products nascar racing and radio programming number of employees roughly 70 website www.goprn.com the performance racing network prn is a radio network controlled by speedway motorsports . since 1981 prn has aired all nascar sanctioned sprint cup and xfinity series events held at speedway motorsports controlled tracks which include atlanta bristol charlotte kentucky las vegas new hampshire sonoma and texas along with the indianapolis motor speedway where they co produce and syndicate in non conflicting markets with the indycar radio network for the brickyard 400 where their staffers work both races . this is in contrast to other nascar events operated by isc dover motorsports and the mattioli family which are broadcast by isc controlled motor racing network . prn and mrn on most occasions share the same radio affiliates ims also although prn jointly produces the ims race in order to broadcast a complete nascar schedule . all prn shows with the exception of the pre and post race shows originate from performance racing network s studios at charlotte motor speedway . all prn race broadcasts are available via the nascar radio channel on siriusxm via both sirius satellite radio and xm radio s best of sirius package . fast talk is also carried on sirius xm nascar radio on wednesdays at 10 00 p.m. eastern time . fast talk the o reilly pit reporters and garage pass can all be heard online at goprn.com . contents 1 programming 2 announcers 2.1 booth announcers 2.2 turn announcers 2.3 pit reporters 3 references 4 external links programming edit prn s schedule includes the following fast talk doug rice hosts the show with a rotating host usually a driver . the driver co hosts include kyle petty 1 jeff hammond and hermie sadler . the rotating host format was adopted after the death of benny parsons who had hosted the show during the first 14 seasons . it is a call in show that airs mondays at 7 00 p.m. eastern time . fast talk is heard on 220 stations fifty two weeks a year . fast talk is also live video streamed and can be viewed at goprn.com . garage pass mark garrow 1 and steve richards substitute anchor this four minute nascar news program . garage pass is heard on 450 stations across the usa . the program was created by garrow in 1986 under the name winston cup usa and ran on a handful of stations for one year . in 1987 garrow partnered with capitol sports network in raleigh north carolina to network and sell the program . the name was changed to winston cup today and grew to approximately 480 stations at its peak . richards produced the program served as substitute host and covered the majority of the scheduled nascar events . midway into the 1999 season the show was ended by capitol broadcasting when nascar demanded rights fees for the use of audio originating from the racetrack . in 2000 garrow partnered with performance racing network as the show was resurrected and renamed garagepass as the rights fee issue was settled . 2011 marked the 25th year mark garrow has produced a daily nascar news program . steve richards who began his radio career in 1977 has been covering the sport on a full time basis for about 15 years and before that on a part time basis from 1985 . he also covered duke nc state and university of north carolina basketball and football from 1986 until the mid nineties for wral fm and the north carolina news network . richards produced and anchored the scoreboard shows on the duke and nc state football networks . o reilly auto parts pit reporters brett mcmillan hosts a panel driven show with journalists discussing the issues of the week in nascar racing primarily in the sprint cup . other forms of racing are occasionally talked about if the news is important enough . zmax racing country a weekly two hour country music oriented program hosted by wkkt morning disc jockey paul schadt along with cathy martindale with news from both country music and nascar . top country artists and nascar drivers are featured in interviews as are a rundown of the week s popular country songs . this is a 52 week program no off season breaks . the program dates back to 1989 and was formerly known as nascar country before losing the rights to the nascar name circa 2000 . its slogan is the two fastest hours on the radio . jim noble also co hosts a daily call in show on sirius xm nascar radio channel 90 called tradin paint with longtime gasman for dale earnhardt chocolate myers monday through friday from 11 00 a.m. to 3 00 p.m. eastern time . brad gillie co hosts a late night call in show on sirius xm nascar radio called late shift monday and tuesday nights from 7 00 to 10 00 p.m. eastern time . he now does the show with kenny wallace . gillie also is a frequent co host of press pass every saturday from 11 00 a.m. to 2 00 p.m. eastern time . pat patterson hosts a weekend morning call in show called the frontstretch from 7 00 to 11 00 a.m. during the season and 9 00 to noon in the offseason . announcers edit eliott sadler and dale earnhardt jr. in an interview on performance racing network booth announcers edit doug rice lead announcer co host of fast talk mark garrow announcer for sprint cup races host of garage pass wendy venturini social media reporter from the booth turn announcers edit rob albright lead turn announcer pat patterson host of the frontstretch on sirius xm nascar radio pit reporters edit brett mcmillan host of o reilly auto parts pit reporters steve richards jim noble co host of tradin paint on sirius xm nascar radio also reporter on nascar on nbc brad gillie co host of late shift on sirius xm nascar radio also fill in booth and turn announcer heather debeaux fill in reporter and reporter for nascar on nbc hermie sadler fill in reporter and reporter for nascar on fox taylor zarzour fill in reporter references edit a b wineka mark february 16 2011 . nascar announcer calls salisbury home . salisbury post . concord north carolina boone newspapers . archived from the original on february 18 2011 . retrieved february 16 2011 . external links edit performance racing network online performance racing network auto racing glance nascar at kentucky 2016 start time lineup tv schedule and more v t e nascar chairmen and presidents bill france sr. bill france jr. mike helton brian france major national racing series sprint cup series daytona 500 xfinity series camping world truck series regional local racing series k & n pro series east west whelen modified whelen modified tour whelen southern modified tour weekly short track racing whelen all american series international series nascar australia nascar in australia auscar nascar canada pinty s series nascar europe whelen euro series online racing series nascar iracing series nascar iracing.com series nascar peak antifreeze series former 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