Larry McReynolds

NASCAR crew chief and TV broadcaster

Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is a NASCAR crew chief and current racing analyst on Fox Sports as well as a columnist on Foxsports. com. In the past, he has served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises, and as a minority owner in Bang! Racing.

At the end of the 2000 season, McReynolds left the Richard Childress owned No. 31 Chevrolet and ventured into the Fox Sports broadcast booth with Mike Joy and 3 time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip. The three called the NASCAR Cup Series races for NASCAR on Fox from 2001 through 2015 and also called Busch Series races from 2001 to 2006. In 2015, he served as an analyst for Fox Sports 1's live race coverage of the Xfinity Series, in addition to serving as an analyst on FS1's NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR RaceDay Xfinity, the network's pre race shows for the Monster Energy Cup Series and Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Race Hub, its daily NASCAR news and highlight show. McReynolds, who was inducted into the Alabama Auto Racing Pioneers Hall of Fame in December 2013, was a longtime panelist on NASCAR Trackside and NASCAR Performance on Speed. In 2016, McReynolds served as an in race analyst for Fox NASCAR 16th season broadcasting the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

McReynolds is co host with Danielle Trotta of the daily radio program, On Track on SiriusXM Satellite Radio's NASCAR Radio Channel 90. The program runs 11:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. Eastern Time Monday Friday. During the first half of the racing season when FOX Sports carries the broadcast, he sometimes misses broadcasts due to conflicts with his television schedule. He was a roving reporter for the six Sprint Cup races on TNT during the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Cup seasons. From 2012 to 2014, he worked as a co host (along with Kyle Petty and Adam Alexander) for the pre race segments on TNT.

McReynolds was inducted into The Oceanside Rotary Club Hall of Fame in Daytona Beach, Florida in 2008. In 2009, McReynolds received the Living Legends of Auto Racing Russ Moyer Media Award. He played himself in the 2006 movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. McReynolds also co hosted the NASCAR Performance Show with Steve Post on Motor Racing Network (MRN) between 2004 and 2013, and co authored the books The Big Picture: My Life from Pit Road to the Broadcast Booth and How to Become a Winning Crew Chief. McReynolds' son Brandon McReynolds is a racing driver and spotter. His daughter Kendall is married to NASCAR Xfinity Series owner and driver Jordan Anderson.