Shannon Spake

About

Shannon Spake (born July 23, 1976) is a pit reporter and host for NASCAR on TNT and the Hornets on FanDuel Sports Network Southeast. Spake also hosts the Sons & Daughters Podcast. Spake previously worked for Fox Sports as a host for NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Race Hub, and a sideline reporter for coverage of the NFL on Fox, Fox College Hoops and Fox College Football. Prior to Fox Sports, she worked for ESPN where she contributed to SportsCenter with pre and post-game reports, and also worked as a sideline reporter for SEC on ESPN basketball games as well as college football games.

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.
From 2007 to 2014. Spake was a NASCAR pit reporter for the network and contributed to both NASCAR Countdown and NASCAR Now. For the 2008 season, Spake was a full-time pit reporter for…