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NASCAR Announces Big Addition To Amazon Prime Broadcasting Team

Originally posted on The Spun | By Matt Hladik | Last updated Mar 11, 2025 1:05 PM ET

NASCAR is adding a racing legend to its Amazon Prime Video broadcasting coverage.

Carl Edwards, who won 28 races in 13 years on the NASCAR Cup Series before his surprising retirement in January 2017, will be joining the Amazon team as a pre- and post-race studio analyst this spring. NASCAR will stream five races on Amazon Prime this year, beginning with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25.

Networks have been trying to get Edwards, 45, in the booth for the last nine years, but Amazon was finally able to seal the deal.

“The thing I’m excited about, and I feel like I can hopefully accomplish, is to get to talk a little bit about — especially since I’m not competing anymore, I got nothing to hide — there’s no trade secrets I don’t want to talk about,” Edwards told Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic. “I want to share with the fans what might be going on inside of that helmet, inside of that car. I want to ask the drivers, before, after, maybe away from the track, ‘What’s going on? What is really driving you? What are your fears? What are your hopes? What are the difficulties? What are the things that you’re so good at that maybe aren’t obvious for someone just watching the racing?'”

HAMPTON, GA - MARCH 03: Former NASCAR driver Carl Edwards looks on during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuickTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 3, 2017 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)Jerry Markland/Getty Images

A 2025 inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Edwards won the 2007 Busch Series and lost the 2011 Cup Series championship to Tony Stewart on a tiebreaker.

With Prime, Edwards will work in the studio with host Danielle Trotta and fellow analyst and current Cup Series driver Corey LaJoie. Adam Alexander will handle play-by-play at the track, with legendary driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. also part of the broadcasting team, along with analyst Steve Letarte and pit reporters Trevor Bayne, Kim Coon and Marty Snider.

“Dale’s involvement in this is key,” Edwards said. “I didn’t get anything out of my mouth and the first thing he said to me was, ‘Hey, l want this to be a good team. We are going to support each other; we will build each other up.’ Hearing this I thought, ‘Man, this is just perfect.'”

NASCAR will air races on Prime on five consecutive weekends, beginning with the Coca-Cola 600 on May 25 and finishing up at Pocono Raceway on June 22.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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