Regan Smith

Regan Smith is a former professional stock car racing driver and a current pit reporter for Fox NASCAR. He most recently drove part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro SS for JR Motorsports.

Like his hometown of Syracuse, Regan Smith is a gritty, blue-collar racer who has emerged as one of NASCAR's biggest rising stars.

Veteran NASCAR driver Regan Smith joined the Fox NASCAR broadcast team as a pit reporter in 2018 for its Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series coverage. Smith also serves as a NASCAR Race Hub analyst, a role he first undertook in 2015.

Smith, winner of the prestigious Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 2011 and 2008 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year, took a broadcasting test drive with his race analyst debut at Iowa Speedway for FS1’s presentation of the June 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series race. Smith, who has more than 200 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts to his credit, was one of the first active NASCAR drivers to offer analysis for NASCAR Race Hub.

Smith formerly drove the No. 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing entry for the entire 2016 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season and served as a substitute driver for Kurt Busch in the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing entry for three races and one for Kyle Larson in the No. 42 Chevrolet in 2015. In 2018, Leavine Family Racing called upon Smith to pilot the No. 95 Chevrolet for an ailing Kasey Kahne. Smith substituted for Kahne in 11 races -- from the Brickyard 400 through the season finale.

He made his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at the 2007 Bristol spring race and co-drove the No. 01 Ginn Racing Chevrolet with Mark Martin for the first half of the season. Smith then joined Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI) mid-season after the organization merged with Ginn Racing. His first full season of Cup Series competition came in 2008, when he earned Rookie of the Year honors and became the first rookie in series history to finish every race he started.