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Krista Voda | |
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 Voda at the2011 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte | |
| Born | (1974-05-31)May 31, 1974 (age 51) Clinton, Iowa, U.S. |
| Other names | Krista Kelley |
| Alma mater | University of Northern Iowa |
| Occupation(s) | TV announcer, sports reporter |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Known for | NASCAR on NBC host |
| Spouse | |
Krista Voda Kelley (born May 31, 1974) is an Americansportscaster who coversauto racing as the play-by-play announcer for theARCA Menards Series onMAVTV. She previously worked forNASCAR on Fox andNASCAR on Speed from 2003 to 2014 as the host of the pre-race show for the Truck Series and beginning in 2007 as a pit reporter for theNASCAR Cup Series. She also was a fill-in sideline reporter forFox's NFL coverage. She then worked as the pre and post-race show host for the Cup Series forNBC from 2015 to 2020.
Voda was born and raised inClinton, Iowa and attended theUniversity of Northern Iowa. Inhigh school, she lettered involleyball,basketball, andtrack and field. Her surname meanswater inSlavic languages.
Voda began as a NASCAR broadcaster in 2003 as co-anchor ofTotally NASCAR onFox Sports Net. She was also co-host onNASCAR Nation when that show aired on Speed Channel. Before moving to FSN, she worked for various local television stations inIowa andKentucky, includingWLEX, theNBC affiliate inLexington. Among her first radio jobs was working the night shift atKROS AM/FM in her hometown of Clinton, Iowa.[1] She hostedThe Setup, the pre-race show for coverage of theCamping World Truck Series, as well asTrackside onFox Sports 1 (formerlySpeed Channel). In 2007, she was promoted toNASCAR on Fox as a pit reporter for theNASCAR Cup Series, replacingJeanne Zelasko, who moved toFox's baseball coverage full-time.
In addition to NASCAR, she has coveredcollege football (including theCotton Bowl Classic), theNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, theKentucky Derby, theWorld Series, thePGA Championship, and theNational Football League.[2]
On October 29, 2014, Voda was announced to be the pre- and post-race host forNBC Sports'NASCAR coverage, which includes hostingNASCAR America onNBCSN.[3]
On November 7, 2020. Voda announced on herFacebook page that she would not be returning to NBC to host pre and post-race programs forNASCAR races once the 2020 season ends in mid-November 2020. NBC eliminated her position due to COVID-19 financial problems and the network could not find another role for her.[4]
In 2021, Voda joinedMAVTV as the host of theirLucas Oil On the Edge show. In 2022, she returned to calling races as the play-by-play for MAVTV'sARCA Menards Series races, replacingBob Dillner, who was promoted to a managerial/supervisory-type role with the network.[5] She became the second woman to be a play-by-play in motorsports afterJamie Little, who became the play-by-play for the ARCA races onFox in 2021.
Voda lives inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania and married Phillip "PK" Kelley on January 23, 2010.
When it was announced that she would be the play-by-play for the ARCA Menards Series on MAVTV, the press release referred to her as Krista Kelley (her married name). Her social media accounts are still "Krista Voda". Neither Krista herself nor MAVTV have yet to further specify which last name she will be using on-air during the season.