Lindsay Czarniak Back Again To Get Your Attention

Before we go any further, The Junkies are a group of guys that have a morning radio show in Washington, DC. As a Sports Reporter for WRC-TV4 in the nation's capital, Lindsay Czarniak knows just how to handle the morning talk show crew. Sometimes, a T-shirt goes a long way.

In just a couple of days, Czarniak will begin her second season with the "summer six pack" of Sprint Cup races on TNT. Last year, her fresh face and hard work added another female presence to what had been a male-dominated position. That would be the NASCAR pit road reporter.

Czarniak follows-up on the work of Fox's Krista Voda and then passes the baton to ESPN's Jamie Little and Shannon Spake. Now, the Sprint Cup Series has at least one female pit road reporter for the entire season. Add-in the fact that Wendy Venturini handles the reporting duties for SPEED's RaceDay and the mix of females on-the-air is stronger than ever.

Czarniak is a James Madison grad, who followed-up with stints at two local TV stations in Florida. In DC since 2005, she has enjoyed a wide variety of assignments in the local area and beyond. TV viewers may remember her covering the Winter Olympics from Torino and even working pit road in the ARCA Series for SPEED.

This summer on TNT, Czarniak will once again be joined by a trio of experienced NASCAR reporters. Matt Yocum continues his work after handling pit road for the NASCAR on Fox TV coverage. Fresh from the motorcycle world is Ralph Shaheen, one of the best-known faces in the business. Finally, returning from last season is TV and radio veteran Marty Snider.

The only drawback to this group's task is that only Yocum has been on TV regularly this season in NASCAR. The rest of the gang will have to come up-to-speed quickly at Pocono, especially with all of the on-going NASCAR news.

Last year, Czarniak drew positive reviews for her ability to get-in and get the story whether it was on pit road or in the garage area. She had a local station reporter's "nose for news" and asked her questions directly regardless of who was being interviewed. That might be the result of being involved for only six races.

Fans can clearly see the different approaches the pit reporters use when they are full-time in the sport and often are associated with drivers and teams away from the track. Just like DW caught some flack for his Toyota connections, several pit reporters have a whole lot of NASCAR business going-on long after the racing is over.

The TNT package is here and gone quickly, last season leaving memories of endless promotions of TNT programs and one good Daytona race. This season, nestled among the Kyra Sedgwick and Holly Hunter promos should be a solid group of pit reporters ready to take-over the task of covering a sport in transition. Czarniak should be front-and-center.

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