Steve Post broadcasts for MRN from Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, in this 2020 photo.
A Racing Heart Broadcaster Steve Post’s Passion Spans a Lifetime
48
Inside Motorsports | April 2021
F
or as long as Motor Racing Network broadcaster Steve Post can recall, his life has revolved around racing. “I don’t remember a time when I was not interested in racing and what got me started is my dad,” Post, 56, said, noting that he grew up in Hallstead, Pennsylvania. “We’d always go to the local races at Penn-Can Speedway (in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania) or Five Mile Point Speedway in Kirkwood, (New York), so I don’t remember an aspect of life where I was not just all absorbed with racing. It goes back to going to those racetracks.”
Announcing Allure
Post said, from the first lap, announcing had his attention.
Story: Allison Collins, FOR INSIDE MOTORSPORTS Photos: Provided
“As a child, one of the things that fascinated me was the announcers,” he said. “I would take my Matchbox cars on the braided rug or under the dining room table and have races and announce them. I loved talking about the racing, so it was always a passion of mine … and talking about the racing has always been part of who I’ve been. “One of those Friday nights Cal Arthur and Jim Beavens were the two announcers,” Post continued. “I’ll never forget it: my dad knew those guys from being in the community and … he took me up to the tower before the races started. I remember looking out over the racetrack and what a moment that was for me.” But it was hearing such races
broadcast over static-riddled airwaves, Post said, that really set his wheels spinning. “I loved listening to baseball on a transistor radio and the two stations I could get were the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies,” Post said. “But there was a Sunday afternoon when I was scrolling on the AM channel — holding my breath, holding the thing up in the air – and I heard NASCAR racing on the radio. I could not believe it. “The signal was terrible and I’d get it for seconds, then it’d be gone,” he continued, “but I knew it was out there and thought, ‘That’s interesting.’”
From PR to Pit Road
Post said that early interest
