Wesley Outland

[ksmitty79]

Haha this is comical. I even called a racetrack he was announcing in to tell them to turn down the speakers. Everyone in my section was deaf before hotlaps..

[jog49]

About once a year I have to post the following:

Tell me the names of the drivers of the cars and where they are from.......then pack your microphone and go home.
Nobody can hear a thing when the engines fire.

[dirtcrazy4u]

So true jog 49. I like a guy that is on top of the schedule of events. Get in the pits, see who is in what group. Let the fans know in hot laps and trails. Any announcer that tries to yell over the engines is just a waste. Cars come out for a heat race, know the line up from the pit board. They go green, cork it, they go yellow give fans a top 3 and if someone made a great pass or is coming thru the field mention it. That is a good announcer. Who cares about the name of his wife or kids. He's there to race not give out family information.

[Clayton_Wetter]

No one, that Ive heard, can rattle off knowledge about any one particular team like Essex. All you need is a couple races to listen to Essex call qualifying and you will know everyones sponsors, chassis make, engine builder, color of the car, drivers wifes name, how many kids they have, what team they used to drive for ,or where they might drive next year. Lol Its really impressive and sounds like its all off the top of his head like he genuinely know that stuff without some cue card.

He's always had a teleprompter and actually knows nothing without it.

Wonder if he will see this??? He's knows I'm kidding. Just call him Mr. Authority!!!

[Late_Model_Mark]

I have worked with Wesley when he came to Talladega for a number of shows, USCS, Nesmith, Ice Bowl pay-per-views and so on. I find that some of the posts here are a little rough on the guy, his marital status should not be brought into this topic, in my view, rather in called for and not relevant to his time at the track. Just in my experience, Wesley had been very respectfull up in the tower with me at TST.

If ya don't like his style, delivery, tone or whatever, that is your right. As a announcer myself, you have to take criticism, it is part of the deal. You can't please all. We all have vastly different styles, mine is way different than Wesleys for sure.

I for one don't use a computer with stored info on it, my info, good or bad, comes from some notes and from my bald head, LOL. This is just me, and it may be flawed, I try to have a style that I have soaked in from all the years of going to races (since 1964) from all the different tracks.

I try to use a take on the microphone as a true fan that happens to have the privilege to call races.

Some of my announcing heroes, Jon Lunberg, Steve Evans, Bernie Mather, Ted Otto, James Essex, Rick Eschelmen, and Perry Holman to mention just a few.


Late Model Mark
Talladega Short Track Announcer

[a25rjr]

I have worked with Wesley when he came to Talladega for a number of shows, USCS, Nesmith, Ice Bowl pay-per-views and so on. I find that some of the posts here are a little rough on the guy, his marital status should not be brought into this topic, in my view, rather in called for and not relevant to his time at the track. Just in my experience, Wesley had been very respectfull up in the tower with me at TST.

If ya don't like his style, delivery, tone or whatever, that is your right. As a announcer myself, you have to take criticism, it is part of the deal. You can't please all. We all have vastly different styles, mine is way different than Wesleys for sure.

I for one don't use a computer with stored info on it, my info, good or bad, comes from some notes and from my bald head, LOL. This is just me, and it may be flawed, I try to have a style that I have soaked in from all the years of going to races (since 1964) from all the different tracks.

I try to use a take on the microphone as a true fan that happens to have the privilege to call races.

Some of my announcing heroes, Jon Lunberg, Steve Evans, Bernie Mather, Ted Otto, James Essex, Rick Eschelmen, and Perry Holman to mention just a few.


Late Model Mark
Talladega Short Track Announcer

I think the problem we have is the change in volume.....he goes from a 10 to a 10,000. I don't know if that's an equipment issue or just him. Its very annoying listening to him at home on a computer.

Also, he tends to make a lot of mistakes about the drivers. Maybe it was new to him being at a national race, I dunno.

[dirty bert]

Very well put Late Model Mark especially about his personal life don't see how many times he's been married has to do with his annouing