Dave Burns (sportscaster)

David Burns (born 1963) is an American sportscaster who works for NASCAR on NBC as a pit reporter for the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series as well as a substitute play-by-play on standalone Xfinity Series races. He has been a motorsports analyst for over 25 years and counting.

Career


After ESPN lost its rights to broadcasting NASCAR races, Burns returned to NBC (who replaced TNT and ESPN after outbidding both networks for the TV coverage) and became one of four pit reporters for the network's Cup and Xfinity Series (previously Nationwide) events, along with Mike Massaro (who also moved over from ESPN), Marty Snider (who also was a NASCAR on NBC pit reporter with Burns from 2001 to 2006), and Kelli Stavast. Burns and Massaro were signed by NBC to join the broadcast team on November 6, 2014.

After serving as a NASCAR pit road reporter for ESPN since 1996, Burns was back in the play-by-play booth this weekend as he will have the call during the Get to Know Newton 250 Sunday at Iowa Speedway, the first of a handful of Nationwide Series races.

While feelings of uncertainty might await Burns after this racing season, Burns, a graduate of Taylor University in Indiana, is thrilled to have a chance to see all aspects of a race and relive the days of sitting with his family in the stands at Kalamazoo-area race tracks.

Personal life
Burns grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan and graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1981. He then attended Taylor University. Since working in the NASCAR industry, he has lived in Concord, North Carolina, which is in the Charlotte metropolitan area where NASCAR teams are based.