Marty Snider

Marty Snider
Snider in 2013
Born
Marty Snider

(1969-07-15) July 15, 1969
High Point, North Carolina, US
Sports commentary career
GenrePit reporter
Sport(s)NASCAR
IndyCar
EmployerNBC (2001–present)
TNT Sports (2025–present)
Prime Video (2025–present)

Marty Snider (born July 15, 1969) is an American sportscaster who currently works as a pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC since 2001,[1] NASCAR on TNT Sports,[2] and NASCAR on Prime Video since 2025. Snider was a pit reporter for NBC Sports for six Indianapolis 500s from 2019 to 2024.

Career

Snider's career started in 1994 working as a sports reporter for TV station WYFF in Greenville, South Carolina.[3] From 1995 to 2000, Snider was a pit reporter for Motor Racing Network.[4] In 2000, Snider was selected to become a pit reporter for NBC's coverage of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series starting in 2001.[1]

Snider was a courtside reporter at the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for TruTV.[5] In 2013, Snider reported on select games for NBC during the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

In 2006, Snider was criticized for making disparaging comments in an interview with Carl Edwards. On Edwards needing a haircut, Steve Byrnes remarked that "another fan wrote in and said we were the whitest men on Earth." Snider then asked Edwards "can you not dance?" NASCAR Vice President Jim Hunter believed Snider used "poor judgement" in the interview while Speed Channel declined to comment.[6]

In 2007, Snider was a pit reporter for NBC Sports' coverage of Championship Off-Road Racing.[7]

Snider worked for NBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, including reporting for cycling and triathlon.[8][9][10]

From 2009 to 2012, Snider worked as a reporter for Professional Bull Riders on CBS Sports Network.[11]

Snider was a pit reporter for IndyCar on NBC from 2011 until NBC lost the rights in 2024. Snider reported his first Indianapolis 500 in 2019.[9]

Personal life

Snider grew up in High Point, North Carolina, working summers on cousin Jay Hedgecock's NASCAR Busch Series cars in the early 1980s.[12]

Snider's son Myatt competes in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. When asked about working a race that Myatt is in, Snider says "I've always told Sam Flood, my boss, that I'm never covering one of his races (...) I don't know...I don't want to."[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "NASCAR announcers chosen by NBC, TBS". Toledo Blade. 8 November 2000. p. C5. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ^ Srigley, Joseph (6 May 2025). "TNT Announces Full Broadcast Team for 2025 Cup Series Coverage". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  3. ^ Stern, Adam (8 November 2024). "NBC Sports' Snider hits 30 years with company, but checkered flag not yet in sight". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  4. ^ Creed, Jimmy (11 February 2001). "NASCAR on TV: It's a new ballgame". The Anniston Star. p. 2D.
  5. ^ Southall, Richard; Brown, Michael; Nagel, Mark; Southall, Crystal (July 2014). "Media March Madness: A Comparative Content Analysis of 2006 and 2011 NCAA Division I Men's National Basketball Tournament Broadcasts". International Journal of Sport Management. 15 (3): 376.
  6. ^ Utter, Jim (4 November 2006). "'Poor judgement' from NBC's Marty Snider". The Charlotte Observer. pp. C7.
  7. ^ Fiolka, Marty (June 2007). "Power Play". Dirt Sports Magazine.
  8. ^ Powell, Brian (16 July 2008). "Your NBC Olympic Announcers (UPDATED)". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  9. ^ a b Ayello, Jim (23 May 2019). "NBC will combine magic of television with majesty of race to produce its first Indy 500". IndyStar. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Behind The Mic: CBS Sports and TNT Sports Announce Men's March Madness Championship Commentator Team". Sports Video Group. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  11. ^ "CBS SPORTS NETWORK SIGNS MULTI-YEAR TELEVISION AGREEMENT WITH PBR". Paramount CBS Sports. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  12. ^ Habina, Joe (17 July 2011). "He has a heritage unlike others in NASCAR". The Charlotte Observer. p. 4M.
  13. ^ James, Brant (18 June 2017). "For racing dads, tacks vary when kids want in". Farmington Daily Times. USA Today Sports. p. 5B.
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