Rick Allen breaks silence abruptly by losing his nascar broadcasting on the NBC: “I didn’t understand that”

Rick Allen, a longtime Nascar commentator, has recently opened for his sudden departure from his job at NBC after 2024 Series NASCAR CUP season. Allen breaks the silence on the “Dale Earnhart Jr.’s Dirty M Media” about her exit from the NBC.

Allena, who was the voice of the coverage of the NBC series CUP for more than a decade, was replaced by Leigh Diffey as the main Play-Play announcer in August 2024. This change came after interruption in the middle season, with Diffey, who made his debut on Coke Zero Sugar 400 in Dayton International Speedway and Ales in the Call series. Now CW will broadcast the XFINITY 2025 race, bringing its own team.

In the last episode “Dale Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. He sat down with his former colleague Rick Allen. At the Podcasta, the veteran Emitter shared a new insight into his exit from the NBC, as he learned for it. Allen and Dale Jr. They were colleagues at the NBC cabin between 2018 and 2023.

“I found out about that day before the celebrity house in January (2024), I think it was like 18. or something. I discovered the day before at lunch,” Allen said.

“In fact, they said at the time that I would do until they knew exactly how many races, but they would have Diffey to do the last, as much as the races. I didn’t understand it. I suppose I didn’t know why it would be the way you would convey someone to me. He didn’t know why,” he continued. (1:15:00)

“I wore it with” I ” – Rick Allen was not satisfied with the NBC job switch

Rick Allen worked as a commentator for NBC between 2015 and 2024. During his term, he led the coverage for numerous Nascar races and some events in the Indycar series. Previously, Allen worked with Fox Sports for more than a decade in various roles and was best known for playing by play-play in Play Nascar of the truck series.

Having a decade experience in broadcasting, Allen remained frustrated because NBC acted with the announcement of his removal from the Nascar Cup Series show.

“I carried it with me. The news did not go out until later, and they told me that they would not go out, and then suddenly it was not, and they told me not to release or answer.” Allen explained that the switch had hit him hard.