by FOX Sports

Updated: February 13, 2007, 1:33 PM EST

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Matt Yocum joined NASCAR on FOX in 2001 after two years as a motorsports reporter, anchor, and pit reporter on ESPN. Reporting on shows such as RPM2Night, NASCAR2Day and SportsCenter, he also served as an internet columnist for ESPN.com and was a weekly contributor to RPMnow radio and ESPN radio. Yocum currently serves as a pit reporter for both FOX and NBC, the only broadcaster to work for both broadcast entities. His FOX duties include work alongside Steve Byrnes, Dick Berggren and Krista Voda.

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Yocum's broadcast career began in Orlando, Florida and Bristol, Tennessee at NBC affiliates as sports reporter and anchor before joining TNN in 1995. He spent four years at TNN as a pit reporter and Motorsports Bureau Reporter, covering live NASCAR telecasts such as Winston Cup, Busch Grand National, Trucks, Busch Grand National North, ARCA, and other regional series.

Yocum majored in political science and communications at Florida State University, graduating in 1991. Yocum grew up in the NASCAR arena; his mother continues to own a motorsports management and sponsor services company. During high school and college he worked for the International Race of Champions, where he began as a tire specialist and progressed to racecar preparation and maintenance.

In 1997, Yocum was awarded the Telly Award for Pit Reporting at NASCAR's All-Star race at Charlotte. In 1995 he won 2 Associated Press Sports Feature Awards for NASCAR coverage.

Yocum was born on April 8, 1968.