In the lead up to the Daytona 500 (Sunday, February 16 at 1:30 PM ET on Fox) host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews Fox NASCAR pit reporter/play-by-play commentator Jamie Little. Jess and Jamie discuss a wide range of topics including Jamie's love of dirt bikes, breaking through as a woman in motorsports, the domination of Team Penske and why Joey Logano gets booed, and more.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-1:45: Welcome Jamie to Short and to the Point-2:03: Building up to Daytona 500-3:21: Jamie’s 26th year in broadcasting-4:50: Being nervous as a positive-6:05: Going from pit reporting to play-by-play-7:32: First assignment doing play-by-play-8:57: Crowd energy for a NASCAR race broadcast-10:18: Importance between wanting to be a good reporter instead of being a good female reporter-12:26: Sensing responsibility as a woman in racing media-14:01: Being “strong” and “bitchy” in broadcasting-16:04: Evolving with technically throughout Jamie’s career-17:41: Importance of writing-19:50: Surprises when giving advice-21:39: Unexpected things that helped Jamie in reporting-23:30: Dirt bikes-25:19: Comfort around dirt bikes and noise-26:38: Pit reporting-28:22: Balancing professional and personal life-30:40: Staying in the present-32:55: Busch Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium-37:05: Team Penske-38:40: Joey Logano-41:29: NASCAR fans being generational-43:27: NASCAR embracing its historyDownload Short and to the Point:Listen on AppleListen on SpotifyAwful Announcing on XAwful Announcing on FacebookAwful Announcing on InstagramAwful Announcing on ThreadsAwful Announcing on BlueSkyAwful Announcing on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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