Fox Sports’ NASCAR broadcasts have had a variety of rotating analysts join play-by-play announcer Mike Joy and color commentator Clint Bowyer in the booth over the past couple seasons. Former crew chief Larry McReynolds will be back this weekend at Richmond Raceway, with Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick having already served as guest analysts for multiple races this season.
But the most eye-catching addition so far? Guenther Steiner, the Haas F1 Team principal, joined the Fox booth along with Kurt Busch at Circuit of the Americas last weekend.
Steiner, the breakout star of the Netflix “Drive to Survive” series, used to work in NASCAR (he was technical director of the short-lived Red Bull Racing NASCAR team) and still maintains a home in the Charlotte, N.C. area.
Prior to his booth duties last weekend, The Athletic sat down with Steiner to get his thoughts on TV, NASCAR, F1 and his newfound fame.
Why did you want to do this?
(Fox Sports asked) if I could do a guest appearance. It was like, “Yeah, why not?” And then you don’t think too much about it. We had a meeting in January, and I didn’t hear anything for awhile, and then I was called up and I said, “Yeah.” Then I had to try to explain it to my wife, because I’ve got a weekend at home (between F1’s Saudi…
