Shannon Spake

 Shannon Spake (born July 23, 1976) is an NFL reporter as well as NASCAR host for Fox Sports. She was previously employed by ESPN in which she was a reporter for SportsCenter and also a sideline reporter for the SEC for both college and basketball games. Spake was also a part of the recently created SEC Network which is owned by ESPN.Before joining ESPN, Spake worked at Speed channel, where she co-hosted NASCAR Nation in its second version (June through November 2005) and also worked as the first reporter (February through June 2005). She also hosted Back Seat Drivers, a talk show that she co-hosted along with the online columnist Marty Smith. From 2007 until 2014 her previous jobs on air included WCCB in Charlotte (North Carolina) as well as Carolina Sports and Entertainment Television. Spake was an NASCAR pit reporter for the network. She also was a contributor to NASCAR Countdown and NASCAR Now. Spake was a full time pit reporter for Nationwide races and Sprint Cup races that aired on ESPN in the year 2008. This role would be continued until ESPN dropped the rights to broadcast NBC Sports in the 2015 season. On August 13 2013, Spake signed an extension of her contract over a period of several years with ESPN.