17 Facts About Allen Bestwick

Allen Bestwick was born on September 24,1961 and is an American sportscaster.

Allen Bestwick is the lead play-by-play voice for University of Connecticut women's basketball telecasts for SNY.

Allen Bestwick's broadcasting career began at the age of 15, when he did on-air work for his high school radio station in Coventry, Rhode Island.

Allen Bestwick then was hired by Charlie Roberts, founder of MotorNet in New Jersey, to be the radio network's Director of Affiliates and Associate Producer.

In 1985, Allen Bestwick joined Motor Racing Network as a race reporter and eventually became co-lead announcer with Joe Moore and Barney Hall.

Allen Bestwick joined NBC in 1999 as its lap-by-lap commentator for its lone race, the Pennzoil 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

When NBC acquired rights to the second half of the NASCAR season, Bestwick was joined by Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach Jr.

Allen Bestwick continued to work for Turner Sports, as TNT served as NBC's broadcast partner on cable.

Allen Bestwick took Weber's position as lead pit reporter while Weber, who had substituted for Allen Bestwick for two races in 2004 as he recuperated from a broken leg, moved to the booth.

Allen Bestwick substituted for Weber from 2005 to 2006 at Standalone Busch Series races.

Also in 2005, Allen Bestwick made a cameo appearance as himself, being the lead announcer, in the movie Herbie: Fully Loaded.

For 2007, Allen Bestwick joined the NASCAR on ESPN package as lead pit reporter, as well as occasionally being race coverage host and play-by-play announcer on Nationwide Series races, and occasional NASCAR Now hosting duties.

On July 20,2011, it was announced that Allen Bestwick would replace Marty Reid for the 17 Sprint Cup races hosted by ESPN alongside Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree.

Allen Bestwick replaced Marty Reid as play-by-play announcer for the Sprint Cup Series races starting at the Brickyard 400, returning him to the position for the first time since 2004.

Allen Bestwick called the Nationwide Series for the remainder of the 2013 season after Reid was fired from ESPN.

Allen Bestwick began to perform play-by-play duties for non-racing events, including college football.

In 2023, the Superstar Racing Experience signed a deal with ESPN to broadcast the 2023 season on their channels with Allen Bestwick returning as play by play commentator for the broadcasts.