Photo Courtesy: Steve Post, postman68.com
Do you ever have those moments where you can hear or smell something that takes you back? Maybe it’s the aroma of your Grandma’s kitchen or the jingle of an old commercial. A feeling that brings you back to a simpler time. For me, it’s the crackle of a boombox. Tweaking a dial and positioning an antenna to a specific angle.
On top of my Dad’s workbench at my childhood home is one of those early 90s boomboxes. The kind of boombox a guy holds on his shoulder at the beach. It’s an absolute tank.
I think it still works now, but it definitely worked in the mid-2000s because every Sunday it was dialed to MRN radio. My Dad always had it on in the background while he drilled, sawed, or hammered his latest project.
The clanking and banging echoed in the house, but the sound of a legendary voice reverberated through the speakers.
That was the booming voice of Steve Post. MRN’s pit road reporter who was heard over the torque wrenches and roaring engines.
Post is a Pennsylvania-raised motorsports commentator. You can recognize his voice anywhere.
Back then radio guys didn’t have social media. It was a mystery who was behind the microphone.
It’s not a mystery anymore. You can find most of today’s commentators active on Instagram and other platforms.
Recently, I asked Post over Instagram if he ever visited the Reading Fairgrounds, which he said he wasn’t able to before it closed—although his brother did. If you follow me, you know I am based out of Reading. Go ahead and read my recent story on the Reading Fairgrounds.
The reason I reached out is because Post is from PA. He’s from Hallstead, which is right on the New York border near Binghamton.
According to his site, he grew up visiting Five Mile Point Speedway in Binghamton, NY, and Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, PA. He spent his youth on pit road talking to drivers. His love for racing comes from his core memory of meeting local modified champion Pete Cordes.
Post turned his love for racing into a broadcast career and eventually moved to North Carolina in 1995. However, it wasn’t until 2002 when he auditioned for MRN.
A LinkedIn post from 4 years ago says that he got his dream job on March 14, 2003 at a NASCAR truck series event at Darlington. His first story being an interview of a young Carl Edwards’ truck overheating after battling with Travis Kvapil on the track.
By 2004, he became a fixture on MRN as the host of NASCAR Performance Live with Larry McReynolds.
As of 2026, he’s called 23 years of NASCAR. Just a guy from small-town Pennsylvania who made a living off telling stories.
So if you have one of those old 90s boomboxes, navigate through the crackling channels and find Steve Post’s voice. That’s when you know you’ve found NASCAR history.