Marty Reid

Motorsports Anchor

Marty Reid, a former driver in both drag racing and sports cars, has been a commentator for a wide variety of ESPN auto racing telecasts since 1982. His first telecast was the network’s inaugural NHRA event and in some busy years he has worked more than 110 events.

Reid became the anchor for ESPN’s coverage of the IndyCar Series in 2006 while at the same time anchoring ESPN2’s coverage of NHRA drag racing. He now works on the IndyCar Series, including anchoring the Indianapolis 500 on ESPN on ABC, while also serving as lead announcer on selected NASCAR events.

In his 25 years with ESPN, Reid also has worked Champ Car, Formula One, USAC, motorcycle, off-road and sports car racing events for the network.

From 1975-88, Reid served as a news and sports anchor at WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio. While there, he won several awards for his sports coverage, including two UPI awards for best sports story, an AP award for best sports coverage and one regional Emmy. He anchored Ohio State University basketball and ice hockey coverage as well as telecasts of the Columbus Clipper minor league baseball team from 1975-82.

In 1988, he formed his own company, Marty Reid Enterprises, in Indianapolis, to produce racing programming for ESPN and other networks. He also founded CORR, a sanctioning body for off-road racing, in 1997. He sold both companies in 2005.

Born in Darby, Pa., Reid, who is married, received a bachelor of arts degree in radio and television from Marietta College.