Marty Reid

For the Northern Irish actor, see Martin Reid.

Marty Reid at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May of 2008.

Marty Reid is an American television sportscaster who has worked for ESPN since 1982.

Reid is currently the lead television announcer for ESPN on ABC's coverage of the IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500, and was the lead announcer for ESPN and ABC's NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage for the 2010 season when he was replaced by Allen Bestwick.

Reid was the lead television announcer for the NHRA on ESPN from 2001 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]

References

Marty Reid's ESPN Bio

1. ^ "CORR/Vegas race report 1998 EXXON Superflor winter series". http://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbike/rick.corr2/CORRVEGAS-RACE-REPORT-1998-EXXON-SUPERFLO-WINTER-S/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/331517. Retrieved 2008-02-16. 

Preceded by Todd Harris

Television voice of the Indianapolis 500 2006-Present

Succeeded by Current

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