Shannon Spake

Shannon Spake (born 1976) is a NASCAR correspondent for ESPN. Spake contributes to both "NASCAR Countdown" and "NASCAR Now", and occasionally appears on "SportsCenter" to give pre and post-race reports.

Before coming to ESPN, Spake worked at SPEED Channel, where she co-hosted "NASCAR Nation" in its second version (June through November 2005) and was a reporter in its first (February through June 2005). She also co-hosted "Back Seat Drivers", a talk show, with online columnist Marty Smith. Her previous on-air jobs included those at WCCB in Charlotte, North Carolina and Carolina Sports and Entertainment Television.

For the 2008 season, Spake will be a full-time pit reporter for Nationwide and Sprint Cup races aired on ESPN.

Before becoming an on-air reporter, she worked for Nickelodeon, CBS (on "The Early Show" with Bryant Gumbel), and MTV as a production assistant.

Spake grew up in Florida. She is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and Piper High School.

External links

[http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnBio?type=name Official bio (click on tab "P-T," then her name)]

[http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/shannonspake/ Yahoo Group]