Bob Pockrass
{{short description|American motorsports journalist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bob Pockrass
| image = File:Bob Pockrass at Würth 400.jpg
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| caption = Pockrass at Dover Motor Speedway in 2024
| birth_name = Robert Pockrass
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|3|1}}{{Cite web |last=Gluck |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Gluck |date=2018-11-30 |title=The truth about Bob |url=https://jeffgluck.com/bob-pockrass-nascar-media/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=JeffGluck.com |language=en-US}}
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| occupation = TV sports reporter
| years_active = 1991–present
| employer = Fox Sports
| alma_mater = Indiana University Bloomington
| spouse = Lori Perkovich (m. 2019)
| children =
}}
Robert Pockrass (born March 1, 1969) is an American motorsports journalist and on-air talent for Fox Sports who covers NASCAR and IndyCar.
Early life
Pockrass moved to Indianapolis at 10 years old and attended Indiana University Bloomington, initially being a business major before graduating with a degree in journalism.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2019/01/27/award-winning-motor-sports-journalist-bob-pockrass-pens-next-chapter-at-fox-sports |title=Award-Winning Motor Sports Journalist Bob Pockrass Pens Next Chapter at FOX Sports |website=Fox Sports |date=January 27, 2019 |access-date=April 29, 2020}} His older brother was a writer for the Indianapolis News.{{cite interview|last=Pockrass|first=Bob|interviewer-last=Gluck|interviewer-first=Jeff|url=https://jeffgluck.com/bob-pockrass-espn-background-interview-how-i-got-here/|title=How I Got Here with Bob Pockrass|publisher=JeffGluck.com|date=May 24, 2018|access-date=December 17, 2020}} Pockrass is Jewish and grew up as a fan of the New York Mets.{{cite tweet |last=Pockrass |first=Bob |author-link=Bob Pockrass |user=bobpockrass |number=1585640165254782980 |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Rarely do I listen to a podcast that takes me back to my youth but this one did growing up in a Jewish family of Mets fans. A fun listen for anyone who enjoys exploring how sports intersects culture: https://t.co/pVMxmOfvQA |language=en |access-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027211016/https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1585640165254782980 |archive-date=October 27, 2022 |url-status=live}}
Career
File:NMPA 2010-2 163 Bob Pockrass (4285284275).jpg
Pockrass began covering NASCAR in 1991. He started as a sports writer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal from 1991 to 2003. He later covered the sport for SceneDaily.com from 2003 to 2012, Sporting News from 2012 to 2014 and ESPN from 2015 to 2018.{{cite web |title=Bob Pockrass Biography |url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/bob-pockrass |work=Fox Sports}}
Pockrass joined Fox NASCAR before the 2019 season{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2019/02/05/fox-nascar-rounds-out-2019-studio-roster-with-addition-of-hosts-lindsay-czarniak-and-sara-walsh |title=FOX NASCAR Rounds Out 2019 Studio Roster with Addition of Hosts Lindsay Czarniak and Sara Walsh |website=Fox Sports |date=February 5, 2019 |access-date=April 29, 2020}} after being laid off at ESPN following the 2018 NASCAR season due to the network's financial problems and budget cuts.{{cite web |first=Jeff |last=Gluck |url=https://jeffgluck.com/bob-pockrass-nascar-media/ |title=The truth about Bob |website=JeffGluck.com |publisher=WordPress |date=November 30, 2018 |access-date=April 29, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Phillip |last=Bupp |website=Awful Announcing |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/fox-sports-hires-former-espn-racing-journalist-bob-pockrass.html |title=Fox Sports hires former ESPN racing journalist Bob Pockrass |date=January 27, 2019 |access-date=April 29, 2020}}
In 2023, Pockrass made his broadcasting debut, serving as a pit reporter for the ARCA Menards Series race at Watkins Glen International.{{Cite web |last=Samra |first=Steve |date=August 18, 2023 |title=Bob Pockrass to make pit reporter debut at Watkins Glen |url=https://www.on3.com/pro/news/nascar-fox-sports-bob-pockrass-to-make-pit-reporter-debut-at-watkins-glen/ |access-date=May 7, 2024 |website=On3.com}}
References
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External links
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- {{Twitter|bobpockrass}}
{{NASCAR on Fox}}
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Category:American male journalists
Category:Indiana University Bloomington alumni
Category:American sports journalists
Category:Journalists from Indiana
Category:Writers from Indianapolis
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:20th-century American journalists
Category:20th-century American male writers