Allen Bestwick
| Allen Bestwick | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 24, 1961 Newport, Rhode Island |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Employer | ESPN |
Allen Bestwick (born September 24, 1961) is an American sportscaster who is currently working for ESPN and ABC as a motorsports and college football broadcaster. He has been with the ESPN family of networks since 2007 and is the lap-by-lap broadcaster of ABC's coverage of the IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500.
Bestwick is perhaps best known for his work covering NASCAR, which he did for many years for such organizations as ESPN, Motor Racing Network, NBC Sports, and Turner Sports.
Bestwick was born in Newport, Rhode Island. His broadcasting career began at the age of 15, when he did on-air work for the high school radio station (Coventry High School) located in Coventry, Rhode Island. Bestwick began announcing auto racing at age 16, when he called the action at Seekonk Speedway, where his father raced.
He then was hired by Charlie Roberts, founder of MotorNet (www.motorsportsreport.com) in New Jersey, to be the radio network's Director of Affiliates and Associate Producer.
In 1986 Bestwick joined Motor Racing Network (MRN) as a race reporter and eventually became co-lead announcer with Joe Moore and Barney Hall. While still employed at MRN, Bestwick took over for Ken Squier as TBS' lead NASCAR commentator for its abbreviated schedule.
Bestwick joined NBC in 1999 as its lap-by-lap commentator for its lone race, the Pennzoil 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. When NBC acquired rights to the second half of the NASCAR season, Bestwick was joined by Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach, Jr. as the network's full-time broadcast team. Bestwick also continued to work for Turner Sports, as TNT served as NBC's broadcast partner on cable.
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