Award-winning motorsports writer Bob Pockrass has joined ESPN and will
cover NASCAR for ESPN.com effective immediately.
Pockrass, who has been covering NASCAR since 1991, will produce news
stories, features, analysis, columns, blogs and more for the NASCAR section of
ESPN.com. The 2015 NASCAR season begins at Daytona International Speedway later
this week.
Also, John Oreovicz, who has covered IndyCar, NHRA, NASCAR and other forms
of motorsports for ESPN.com since 2004, will continue in his writing and
reporting role. Oreovicz will join Pockrass in Florida to cover NASCAR Daytona
Speedweeks for ESPN.com along with ESPN the Magazine senior writer Ryan
McGee and ESPN bureau reporter Marty Smith.
Pockrass was most recently NASCAR writer for The Sporting News, a
continuation of his previous position as associate editor for NASCAR Scene
and SceneDaily.com that began in 2003. During those years he was twice named
Writer of the Year by the National Motorsports Press Association (2009, 2013)
and received numerous writing awards.
He has twice been named to the SI.com “Twitter 100” of 100 sports
personalities to follow on Twitter (2011, 2012), has also made dozens of
television and radio appearances as a NASCAR expert.
Pockrass began his journalism career as a sports reporter for the Daytona
Beach News-Journal, covering Florida State football, college and high
school sports and motorsports for the 100,000-circulation daily newspaper from
1991-2003. He is a graduate of Indiana University with a major in
Journalism.
“Adding an accomplished veteran in Bob Pockrass to ESPN.com’s editorial
staff is another step in ESPN’s continuing to serve NASCAR’s passionate and
dedicated fan base going forward,” said Patrick Stiegman, ESPN vice president,
editorial, digital and print media. “We look forward to having Bob’s work
appearing on our platforms.”
Dude why can't they hire you???? If there was ever one person who knew the NASCAR community its you. Anyway good luck to Mr. Pockrass. He deserves more visibility.
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