BURBANK, Calif. (January 14, 2025) — The CW Network has announced its broadcast team for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Veteran broadcaster Adam Alexander will serve as lead play-by-play announcer and will be joined by Daytona 500 champion Jamie McMurray and NASCAR driver Parker Kligerman as racing analysts. Dillon Welch and Kim Coon will serve as pit reporters, and Carla Gebhart will host the “NASCAR Countdown Live” studio show before each race.
The CW’s coverage of the 2025 Xfinity Series season begins Saturday, Feb. 15 at Daytona International Speedway, with “NASCAR Countdown Live” (4 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET) followed by the race (5 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET). For the first time in series history, all 33 NASCAR Xfinity Series races will be available on free, live television with additional content available through The CW’s digital platforms. All 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series races and ancillary content will be produced entirely by the Emmy® Award-winning NASCAR Productions Group, in close collaboration with The CW.
Adam Alexander is the preeminent voice of NASCAR, serving as lead play-by-play announcer for The CW’s Xfinity Series as well as Prime Video and TNT Sports’ Cup Series coverage. In addition to his game director responsibilities, Alexander will also work with NASCAR Studios to develop content for the NASCAR and CW platforms. Prior to joining The CW, Alexander led coverage of FOX Sports’ NASCAR Xfinity Series, a position he has held since 2015 as part of FOX’s coverage of the series. Alexander also co-hosted “NASCAR Race Hub,” FS1’s daily NASCAR news and current affairs program, and called select NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races, while serving as a play-by-play announcer for various FOX college football and college basketball games.
Jamie McMurray is a former professional driver whose distinguished career spanned 16 full-time Cup Series seasons from 2002 to 2018, including winning the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in 2010. In 2019, he joined FOX Sports as a NASCAR analyst for “NASCAR Race Hub” and “NASCAR RaceDay,” among other duties. In 2020, he became an analyst for all of FOX NASCAR’s pre- and during-race studio coverage of the Cup Series and Xfinity Series, in addition to calling several Xfinity Series and Truck Series races and a Cup Series race in 2023.
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Parker Kligerman is a NASCAR driver and media personality with a career spanning NASCAR’s top three series. With three wins, 39 top-five finishes and 105 top-10 finishes, he recently retired from the Xfinity Series after two years as a marquee driver for Big Machine Racing, earning the team its first and second place in the playoffs. Since 2015, Kligerman has been an analyst and reporter for NBC Sports. He has also created original motorsports programming and is currently co-host of “The Money Lap” podcast.
Dillon Welch is an Emmy® Award-winning racing announcer and television producer. From 2014 to 2016, Welch traveled nationally as a public address announcer for the United States Auto Club. He joined the Motor Racing Network in 2015 as a turn announcer and pit reporter for select NASCAR National Series events. Starting in 2018, he was visible on NBC Sports television broadcasts as a pit reporter and pit announcer covering NASCAR, IndyCar and IMSA.
Kim Coon has spent the last 14 years covering NASCAR, most recently as part of NBC’s coverage of the Cup Series and Xfinity Series. She has covered NASCAR for Motor Racing Network, as well as roles for IndyCar and American Flat Track. Most notably, she co-hosted NBC’s “Off the Grid” as well as NASCAR’s popular “Glass Case of Emotion” podcast with driver Ryan Blaney.
Carla Gebhart is an Emmy® Award-winning anchor who currently serves as Sports Director at WJZY-TV (FOX), the Nexstar-owned television station serving Charlotte, NC and surrounding areas. She hosts a nightly sports show for WJZY-TV called “Charlotte Sports Live,” where she reports the latest news from NASCAR, NFL, NBA and college athletics. She also hosts other shows related to the Carolina Panthers and NASCAR, which are broadcast regionally and nationally.
Comprised primarily of younger, up-and-coming NASCAR drivers, the Xfinity Series features the sport’s future stars often competing side-by-side against NASCAR’s biggest names – many of whom earned their stripes and won championships in the Xfinity Series. NASCAR at Phoenix Raceway. The complete 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series race schedule on The CW is available here.
