Barney Hall

Hall was born at Elkin, North Carolina in 1932.^[5] After serving four years in the United States Navy, Hall's career started in the 1950s working for local radio stations in Elkin, particularly as disk jockey at WIFM-FM for 13 years.^[5]

In 1960, Hall became the first person to work on the public address system at Bristol Motor Speedway, which was stated as "dumb luck".^[6] When Motor Racing Network started in 1970, Hall became a turn announcer, before becoming a booth announcer. Hall commentated on all but three Daytona 500s in his career.^[7] On July 5, 2014, Hall announced that the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona would be his final broadcast.^[8]

In 2007, he was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Hall of Fame.^[9] On May 23, 2012, the NASCAR Hall of Fame announced the creation of the Squier-Hall Award for Media Excellence, named for Hall and former MRN reporter Ken Squier.^[7]

On January 26, 2016, MRN president David Hyatt announced that Hall had died at the age of 83 after complications from surgery.^[10] He was survived by his wife of 35 years, Karen Carrier.^[11]