Meet the Team: NBC and TNT's on-air talent

Bill Weber serves as play-by-play announcer for NASCAR on NBC and TNT. Weber has served as an auto racing commentator on ESPN and ESPN2 since 1994, primarily as a pit reporter on NASCAR Winston Cup telecasts. Since 1996, he has reported for RPM2Night on ESPN2.

Weber began his career as a sports reporter for WISH-TV in Indianapolis in 1978. He was the assistant sports director at WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Ind. in 1979 and WTVW-TV in Evansville, Ind. in 1980. In 1981 he became the sports director at WEHT-TV in Evansville.

In his six years at WEHT, he produced and hosted sports documentaries and handled play-by-play duties of high school and college football and basketball games, in addition to his anchoring duties.

Weber left television in 1987 and served as a media relations consultant for the Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, working on its Unlimited Hydroplane Racing program. In 1989, he joined WIKY-FM in Evansville as the sports anchor, where he also called play-by-play of college and high school sports and hosted a call-in talk show. In 1990, he moved to Charlotte as a producer/reporter for Sunbelt Video, a television production company, where he produced, hosted and served as a reporter on a variety of motorsports programming, mostly aired on TNN.

A native of Middletown, N.J., Weber received a bachelor of science degree in radio and television with a minor in journalism in 1979 from Butler University in Indianapolis. He was first introduced to auto racing by watching the Indy 500 while a student at Butler. Weber is an avid golfer who plays whenever he gets a chance, he dabbles in amateur magic - "mainly just card tricks and some slight of hand," and lists Jimmy Buffet as his favorite musician.

He currently resides in Charlotte with his wife Teresa.

Matt Yocum serves as a pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC and TNT. Yocum comes to NBC/TNT from ESPN, where he was a pit reporter on NASCAR race coverage and a reporter for "RPM2Night" and "NASCAR2Day." Prior to ESPN, Yocum was a pit reporter for TNN on "Race Day," the network's motorsports show.

In 1994-95, Yocum was a sports reporter and anchor for WCYB-TV, the NBC affiliate in Bristol, Tenn., where he also co-produced NASCAR pre-race shows. From 1992-94, Yocum was a sports producer and reporter at WESH-TV in Orlando, Fla.

Yocum grew up in Daytona Beach, Fla. His mother worked in motorsports management, owning her own sponsor services company, so he started tagging along to races with her at the age of three. He worked for the International Race of Champions (IROC) each summer through high school and college, beginning as a tire specialist and progressing to racecar preparation and maintenance.

Yocum is a graduate of Florida State University, where he received degrees in political science and communications.

Marty Snider, a pit reporter for NBC and TNT, was CNNSI's NASCAR reporter from 1998-2002, filing regular reports from every Cup event. Since 1995, Snider has worked as a pit reporter for the Motor Racing Network's (MRN) NASCAR radio broadcasts. From 1994-1997, he worked as a reporter and associate producer for ESPN's "NASCAR Today."

Snider worked as a sports reporter for WYFF, the NBC affiliate in Greenville, S.C. from 1993-94 and WGHP in Greensboro, N.C. from 1991-93. He began working for WGHP as an intern and was hired as a sports reporter and was actually on the air while he was finishing his senior year of college.

Snider was raised in High Point, N.C. were at the age of 10 he was introduced to racing by his cousin and occasional Cup driver Jay Hedgcock. He remembers hanging out in the garage with Hedgcock, Jeff Burton, Kyle Petty and Phil Parsons.

"I would hang out in the garage, hand them wrenches and generally just get in the way," he said. "I remember hanging around from the time I was 10 to the time I was about fifteen years old. I would follow those guys around to all the races I could -- I think that's when I really fell in love with racing."

Snider earned a degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina -- Charlotte. He resides in Charlotte, N.C. with his wife Andrea and their two children.

Benny Parsons, the 1973 Cup Champion and 1975 Daytona 500 Champion, is the analyst for NASCAR on NBC and TNT.

Parsons won the 1989 CableACE Award for the best sports analyst on cable television in his first year in broadcasting for ESPN. In addition to his NBC/TNT duties, Parsons has a nationally syndicated radio show "Fast Talk with Benny Parsons."

Prior to joining NBC and TNT, Parsons was a NASCAR commentator for ESPN's various NASCAR coverage. His ESPN duties included serving as an analyst for Winston Cup, Busch Grand National and other events held in conjunction with Winston Cup races. Parsons, nicknamed "The Professor," is a fan favorite whose relaxed demeanor and humorous remarks are often popular with race fans.

Parsons enjoyed a 25-year racing career on the NASCAR circuit beginning in 1963 and highlighted by the 1973 NASCAR Championship. The 1975 Daytona 500 is the most notable of his 21 career wins. Parsons' last checkered flag came at the 1986 Winston Invitational in Atlanta. He worked a few races as a pit reporter for ESPN before retiring from racing in 1988.

Parsons and his wife, Terry, live in Concord, N.C. near Charlotte. He has two sons.

Dave Burns serves as a pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC and TNT. Burns has been a pit reporter on ESPN's coverage of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 1998 and 1999.

Burns began his career in racing in 1990, when he worked as the public address announcer for the American Speed Association until 1993. In 1993, he became an analyst for the ASA's radio broadcast and later became the series' radio play-by-play voice. In 1996, Burns began his television career as a pit reporter for TNN's ASA telecasts. After quitting his "day job" and moving to Charlotte, Burns worked various motorsports telecasts for TNN in 1997-98. His duties included ASA, Swamp Buggy Racing, Monster Trucks and Motorcycles. In 1998-99, he worked as a pit reporter for ESPN on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and various other motorsports assignments.

A native of Kalamazoo, Mich., Burns credits his parents with introducing him to racing and turning him into a racing fan. He remembers attending races with his parents as early as five years of age. "We used to be in the stands at the races every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, if it rained on a weekend we were crushed. I didn't grow up as a gear head, I was a racing fan."

Burns earned a BS in Business and Systems Analysis from Taylor University in Upland, Ind. He resides in Charlotte.

Allen Bestwick, the "Voice of NASCAR" on MRN Radio, is lead pit reporter for NBC and TNT's NASCAR coverage. He joined NBC Sports in February 1999 to host the network's coverage of the inaugural Pennzoil 400 from Homestead-Miami Speedway in November 1999. He has also called the American LeMans Series on NBC since July 1999.

Bestwick has served as the lead announcer for the Motor Racing Network (MRN) radio broadcasts, where he has called more than 75 races each season since 1988. MRN broadcasts most NASCAR races through more than 500 affiliate stations across the United States. He also hosted two weekly NASCAR programs on cable television, "This Week in NASCAR" on Speedvision cable network, and "Inside Nextel Cup Racing" which airs on both Speedvision and Fox Sports Net. Bestwick is a member of TNT's NASCAR coverage team, and also appears on ESPN's "NASCAR Shop Talk."

A native of Coventry, R.I., Bestwick was first introduced to auto racing at a young age when his father built and raced stock cars at a local track. He began his broadcasting career at the age of 15. He resides near Charlotte, N.C., with wife, Melanie, and sons, Allen III and Jason.

After competing in 226 Winston Cup races, Wally Dallenbach is hanging up the helmet and picking up a microphone. He joins NBC/TNT booth announcers Allen Bestwick and Benny Parsons covering the second half of the NASCAR season. The Basalt, Colorado, native enjoyed a successful career prior to his Cup endeavors by winning the 24 Hours of Daytona four times, the 12 Hours of Sebring three times and the Sports Car Club of America Trans-Am series championships in 1985 and '86.

He ran his first NASCAR event in 1991 for Junie Donlavey. From there he drove for Jack Roush, Richard Petty, Bud Moore, Felix Sabates and Rick Hendrick. His best finishes came at Watkins Glen, where he placed second in 1993 and 1995.

Dallenbach is also noted for his big game hunting around the world, for which he has a large collection of trophies.