Nascar Broadcasting Coroporation

Well, after six years, Nascar leaves NBC after this weekend's race at Homestead. While most of the crew will soldier on with an abbreviated TNT package next year, it won't be the same. Lets take a final look back at the announcers who've shaped our lives.

Matt Yocum: Nascar's "Ironman" reporter, broadcasting from every race every season, not to mention the bulk of the Busch Series schedule. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that he's not married.

Marty Snider: Yet another of NBC's crossover reporters, serving both in Nascar and Arena Football. Because when you think of Nascar, you think of second-rate football players flying around a half-filled arena.

Dave Burns: After the reception he constantly gets from Nascar fans, I was ready to write a scathing evaluation. However, a friend of his assured me that they're just saying "Boo-urns!"

Allen Bestwick: Sure, you can talk about his race experience, his strangely unemotional cadence, or his stellar hockey career. But for me, he'll always be the only Nascar announcer who ever came close to looking like Peter Tomarken.

Wally Dallenbach: I'll admit it--at the beginning, I hated Wally Dallenbach. But strangely, he's grown on me. He's like that girl you can't stand in Freshman year, but you have Pre-Calc with her Sophmore year, then you team with her on doubles tennis Junior Year, and by your Senior year, you're practically friends. But does that mean I have to ask Wally to the prom?

Benny Parsons: Benny's become the Dan Dierdorf of Nascar--he's been around forever, he's annouced dozens of memorable events, but he still gets criticized for his on-air performance. What's more, a marketing manager at Unilever, one of the world's largest companies, decided that "Hey...you know who would help us sell more Hellmann's Mayonnaise--Benny Parsons!"

Bill Weber: (Warning--NSFW) I SWEAR I am not making this link up, but it strangely sums up the career of this Donald Trump-lookalike.