JOSH SIMS BIO

Veteran reporter Josh Sims joined FOX Sports in July 2021 as a FOX NASCAR reporter for NASCAR RACE HUB, NASCAR RACEDAY and select NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races, becoming the first African-American to cover pit road for a NASCAR national series television broadcast.

For the 2024 NASCAR season, Sims serves as a FOX NASCAR reporter for the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, in addition to serving as co-host of NASCAR RACE HUB.

In 2023, he made his NASCAR Cup Series pit reporting debut in the Daytona 500 as part of a select schedule of Cup Series races. Sims also added a full season of NASCAR Xfinity Series pit reporting to his schedule for the first time, while maintaining his NASCAR RACE HUB co-hosting duties. In the fall of 2023, Sims made his FOX college football sideline reporting debut, working several games during the season. He followed that up by calling play-by-play for select college basketball games.

In 2022, Sims served as a pit reporter for the full NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season and made his ARCA Menards Series debut on pit road at Daytona International Speedway, in addition to serving as a NASCAR RACE HUB and NASCAR RACEDAY reporter. In June 2022, he was named a co-host of NASCAR RACE HUB. Additionally, he called play-by-play for select college basketball games for the first time.

Sims joined FOX Sports from WJZY, the FOX affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., where he served as a sports anchor/reporter for six years (2015-2021), extensively covering NASCAR, NFL, NBA and multiple other sports.

Prior to WJZY, Sims worked for nearly three years at WTEN (FOX/ABC) in Albany, N.Y., as a sports anchor and reporter after working as a general assignment reporter for NBC40 outside Atlantic City, N.J.

Raised in East Brunswick, N.J., Sims graduated from Villanova University with a bachelor’s degree in communications, after which he earned a Master’s in Broadcast and Digital Journalism from Syracuse University.

Sims grew up a Philadelphia sports fan and enjoys music, movies, playing basketball and various outdoor activities. He resides in Charlotte with his wife, Christian. You may follow him on Twitter at @JoshRSims.

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