Background
This was due, at least in part, to the fact that his mother has been involved in automobile racing for over 35 years owning her own sponsor services and motorsports management company.
This was due, at least in part, to the fact that his mother has been involved in automobile racing for over 35 years owning her own sponsor services and motorsports management company.
In 1991, Yocum graduated from Florida State University with a degree in political science and communications.
He is best known for his pit reporting in the sport of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. Yocum"s exposure to automobile racing began at an early age. In high school and college Yocum began working for the International Race of Champions (IROC) as a tire specialist and eventually moved on to racecar preparation and maintenance. Yocum began his broadcast career in 1992 as a sports reporter and anchor with National Broadcasting Company affiliates in Orlando, Florida and Bristol Tennessee.
In 1995, he joined TNN (The Nashville Network) as a pit reporter and Motorsports Bureau reporter.
He also appeared on the network’s racing magazine show, “Raceday”. From 1995 through 1998 Yocum covered an array of motorsports events on TNN, including National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup, Busch Grand National, Craftsman Trucks, Busch Grand National North, Associate of the Royal College of Art, as well as other series.
In that time he was awarded several honors and awards. During the 1999 and 2000 seasons, Yocum’s talent for motorsports reporting was put to use working for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in a number ways including televised reporting for SportsCenter, RPM2night, and NASCAR2Day and as a radio broadcaster for RPMnow radio and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network radio.
He also wrote a regular column for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com.
In 2001 Yocum joined the Turner Sports team as the first National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing reporter scheduled to cover every Cup series race telecast on TNT, Fox, and National Broadcasting Company and the only broadcaster to work for both Fox and National Broadcasting Company at the same time. The show was titled "Tony Stewart Live" and broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio. The show was primarily a commentary on current events in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing as well as a listener call in show.
The show ran from 2007 through 2008.