Marty Reid
Marty Reid is an American television sportscaster who has worked for ESPN since 1982.
Most prominently, Reid is currently the lead television announcer for ESPN's coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, airing on the network's main cable channel and also ESPN on ABC. Additionally, Reid is the lead television announcer for ESPN on ABC's coverage of the IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500. His other assignments include occasional NASCAR Nationwide Series events and episodes of NASCAR Now.
Reid was the lead television announcer for the NHRA on ESPN through the 2006 season, and held the same position for ESPN's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events from 1998 through 2000.
Reid began his career at WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio in 1975. Among his duties were anchoring Ohio State University hockey telecasts, and Columbus Clippers telecasts. He started Marty Reid Enterprises, a video production company, in 1988. He formed the short course off-road racing series Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) in 1997 and sold it in 2005 to Jim Baldwin.[1]
Quotes and utterances
"Boys, move over, the lady is coming through! Danica Patrick wins at Twin Ring Motegi!" - Danica Patrick's first IndyCar victory in 2008
"You only get to write history once." - NASCAR Nationwide Series at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, as the race was run in the rain with rain tires for the first time
"Oh no, this is gonna hurt. ... Oh my, say your prayers. We will be back...at Daytona." Geoff Bodine's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series crash at Daytona International Speedway in 2000
"Pace car pulls off and the (race event name) at (location) is green!" - As the field takes the green flag to start each race
"Until we meet again!" - At the end of each telecast
"Imagine doing it for 2 days straight, at speeds over 100 miles per hour" - talking about what Pro Rally is all about
"LOOK OUT!" - Every NASCAR broadcast about 20 times
"I might be a man but I still enjoy penis from time to time" - Mens bathroom at The GloryHole
"OH HE GETS LOOSE! IM AN ANNOYING JERKOFF" - every NASCAR race he has commentated.
References
- ^ "CORR/Vegas race report 1998 EXXON Superflor winter series". Retrieved 2008-02-16.