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| - The Motor Racing Network (MRN) is the radio broadcasting operation of NASCAR. It broadcasts coverage of most major NASCAR races at the top three levels of NASCAR: the NEXTEL Cup, the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. The exception to these are races held at tracks controlled by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which operates their own radio network called the Performance Racing Network, and the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, which is broadcast by Indianapolis Motor Speedway's own radio network. All Craftsman Truck races are broadcast on MRN regardless of track ownership. The Nextel Open and Nextel All-Star Challenge are also broadcast on MRN despite being held at Lowe's Motor Speedway, an SMI-owned track. MRN promotes itself as the "voice of NASCAR".
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| - The Motor Racing Network (MRN) is the radio broadcasting operation of NASCAR. It broadcasts coverage of most major NASCAR races at the top three levels of NASCAR: the NEXTEL Cup, the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. The exception to these are races held at tracks controlled by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which operates their own radio network called the Performance Racing Network, and the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, which is broadcast by Indianapolis Motor Speedway's own radio network. All Craftsman Truck races are broadcast on MRN regardless of track ownership. The Nextel Open and Nextel All-Star Challenge are also broadcast on MRN despite being held at Lowe's Motor Speedway, an SMI-owned track. MRN promotes itself as the "voice of NASCAR". The most prominent broadcaster associated with MRN is probably Eli Gold, who is identified by many racing fans as personally being the "voice of NASCAR"; however, Gold's participation is somewhat limited by his association with all broadcasts of University of Alabama football and men's basketball, and also some NBC coverage of Arena football. Broadcasts of Nextel Cup races receive MRN's highest ratings and hence the greatest station clearance (number of stations using the broadcasts). Audiences for the Busch and Craftsman Truck series are considerably smaller, and so are the number of affiliated stations. Many MRN stations broadcast all three series, with the lower series being preempted in many instances by other events. Along with race broadcasts, MRN offers other race related programs. Many different reports, talk shows, and commentary are broadcast over the network.
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