FOX announcer’s son making NASCAR debut with – Sports News
FOX Sports announcer Kevin Lee shall be entrance and middle in St. Petersburg to cheer on his son as he takes a main step in his motorsports profession.
On Saturday, Jackson Lee will make his highly-anticipated NASCAR debut whereas piloting the No. 22 Ford F-150 for Team Reaume. The 23-year-old will be a part of forces with fellow Reaume driver Frankie Muniz, who’s out to show he can compete within the Craftsman Truck Series after transitioning from Hollywood to the racetrack.
For Kevin — a FOX IndyAutomotive pit reporter — watching Jackson make the leap to stock car racing will deliver pleasure, but in addition some nerves. “I’m used to not cheering in the press box because of my job, so I can kind of stand stoically and just churn inside a little bit, but I always feel a lot better after the thing is over,” he advised FanBuzz’s John Newby.
“So I enjoy it, but it’s a little bit hard and maybe it’s [a] good distraction because I’m thinking about my show that comes up right after his race is over and I’m trying to talk to some of his sponsors that are hanging around with us.”
This is hardly the primary time that Kevin has watched Jackson showcase his expertise on the observe, as he routinely supported his son during stints in open-wheel racing and sports activities automobiles. “So he came up through the Road to Indy,” Kevin defined.
“So he raced in USF2000 and Pro 2000. And I think last year at St. Pete was the first time in five years he wasn’t racing something here.”
At occasions, Kevin has even supplied commentary for FOX on the race that Kevin competed in. That gained’t be the case this weekend, nevertheless, as he’ll solely need to work the IndyAutomotive and Indy NXT on-track classes during the crossover occasion with the Truck Series.
“It’s a hectic weekend because we always have a lot of sponsors and guests,” Kevin conceded. “And it’s a nerve-wracking weekend because I’m trying to get my job done and still pay attention to what he’s doing and I’m worried about how he does and I’m worried about paying the crash damage bill if it doesn’t go well.
“So there’s a lot of stress concerned with these weekends. So it is laborious to completely simply get pleasure from it. I’ll admit, I’ve loved the weekends more when he is executed a sports activities car race and I have not been working. You know, that is been enjoyable.”
With no shortage of sponsors slated to be on-hand in St. Petersburg, Kevin expressed hope that Jackson will turn in a dominant performance to create more opportunities for himself. “I’m enthusiastic about this as a result of that is a great platform for him,” he said.
“We love sports activities car racing and that is pure racing and it is enjoyable and it is actually laborious, however now we have to search out sponsorship to make this work. And it is a lot simpler to search out sponsorship for a race on FS1 or Fox than it’s one which’s on YouTube.”
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