PA announcers ranked

1. Dave Hare

2. Bruce Ellis

3. Wayne Harper

4. Shawn Brouse

then theres 50 feet of shit

5. Port Royals announce team

100 feet of more shit

6. John Kroll (Lincolns fill in guy) 

I like Johnny, i was more referring to the Port announcers or some of the local dirt modified or late model tracks you hear on Flo or elsewhere. 

Now that we're on announcing topics, a pet peeve of mine that has come up recently....does anyone care whos watching on Flo? I'd rather have dead air than listen to "Brad Doty's watching on Flo tonight..." 

lol at Kroll

The "so and so watching Flo tonight" is getting old, but I love all the new sayings I'm hearing from a lot of these announcers.  

I heard something about waving the doctors coat the other night that caught my attention.  I laughed my ass off the first time I heard the School Bus driver taking everyone to school.  Theres been a lot of great one lately.  

I still love hearin Johnny say all alone on prom night.  Brings back so many great memories of the PS2 game.

Brandon McLain
United Sprint Car Series Driver
2014 Season
National Rookie of the Year!
National Points - 8th
Southern Points - 3rd
Asphalt Points - 3rd
18 Races, 3 Top 5's, 14 Top 10's

I like Wayne Harper & Bruce Ellis. Less is more. They are not radio broadcasters.

Most announcers now a days are yelling and carrying on when not much is happening and

I just put on the mute. Not every pass is a slide job, they aren't nose to tail if they are 5 cars lenghts apart

 and rarely are they 3 wide for more than a second.

Ditto

I'm okay with Bruce...I will take a laid back guy with a ton of knowledge over the superhype...

You young bucks probably never heard the guy that all others are measured against, the late great Jack Miller.

Member of this message board since 1997

Couldn't agree more. All the upgrades are great. Everyone is appreciative of what they've done....but SHUT UP ABOUT IT. We all have eyes. There's no need to brag about it like you're the only track who's ever made upgrades. It's really getting old. 

Haha. I used to see the school bus line on those old AND1 t-shirts that were big on the playground courts in the very early aughts.

Bruce is a professional.  What did you want him to ask, boy you sure used him up in the corner want to explain that ? 

+1 for Jack Miller

Agree except I would have Harper in front of Ellis.  OMG yes on Kroll.  I keep my ear plugs in when he is on the mic.

I enjoy listening to Bruce Ellis at Williams Grove as well . He has his own style which I think is very professional and I don't feel like he is trying to sell me something all night. If I'm watching a good race, I don't need some guy all hyped up and screaming at volume 10+++   . I was a little surprised he didn't ask Freddie abut Macri  in his interview but that's ok.

Bruce always leaves us wanting more. JMO 

Chet Christner is my fave. He feels the same way about racing that I do. Would love to get a "Dropthehamma" sticker. 

To the comment about Freddie driving like his old man, I for 1 hope so, Hall Of Fame, 500 wins, too many championships, a driver & a family to admire. 

Being aggressive is sometimes confused with being dirty. It's a mind set to Win, not a decision to be dirty. Second guessing with a keyboard anyone who has the balls to go 140mph in a glorified gocart, that should be illegal.  Have a nice holiday...

I have to use the mute button when he says that baby talk stuff. I only made it through 100 laps of the little 500 last night before muting. Announcers who try to be the show instead of announcing the show drive me nuts.

To each their own. If we were all clones life would be pretty boring. 

When Christner announces at Lincoln for Flo, he takes over for Harper on the broadcast but leaves Kroll to do the dash and VL interviews. Christner and Kroll is cruel and unusual punishment for the average race fan.

Christner is pretty fun IMO but I don't hear him all that much, I don't think I could handle hearing him for every race. Those guys I heard at Port Royal last night on Flo were terrible, they made me want to stick ice picks in my ears, that one dude would wind up to his high pitch sqeal every other lap. Kinda reminds me of gibson..

Maybe brenter the tenter will know this? Was Ted Reitz(sp) the announce at the Grove before Bruce? That guy was a lot of fun it seemed in those days.

The Cars are the SHOW, Not the Track Announcer